Tag: politics
Public Media Defunded as House GOP Passes $1.1 Billion Cut to CPB
The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans...
Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close
WASHINGTON – Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a...
Congress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid | Houston Public Media
The House has approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public...
DOJ seeks a single-day prison sentence for an officer convicted in the Breonna Taylor raid
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over...
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in order to acquire "information...
In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: the law-enforcement officer in a mask
NEW YORK – In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and...
Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court
Florida's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in north...
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON – Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home...
Democrat Joe Jaworski to run for Texas attorney general again | Houston Public Media
“Democrat Joe Jaworski to run for Texas attorney general again” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs...
