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Former research fellow at Media Matters for America who has been blogging about politics since 2001.
Senate Bill 2880 also establishes a bounty allowing any private citizen to sue a person they suspect of helping a Texas woman leave the state to get an abortion.
By Bonnie Fuller - May 16, 2025
About 41 million Americans currently receive SNAP benefits.
By Jesse Valentine - May 15, 2025
About 9.9 million receive Medicaid because of a physical or mental disability.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2025
Huizenga is reportedly planning a U.S. Senate campaign.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2025
Ciattarelli is running in the Republican primary for New Jersey governor
By Jesse Valentine - May 09, 2025
LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion and a minimum wage hike as governor
By Jesse Valentine - May 06, 2025
Earle-Sears served on the Virginia Board of Education from 2011 to 2015.
By Jesse Valentine - May 05, 2025
The White House has given no indication that Trump will appoint new leadership at the FEC.
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2025
Ciattarelli said in 2017 that a state government audit would lead to “false savings and phantom revenues.”
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2025
The Center for American Progress estimates the proposal could lead to 34,000 additional deaths every year.
By Jesse Valentine - April 24, 2025
Forty percent of student loan debtors do not have college degrees.
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2025
Billionaire Harlan Crow is associated with groups that support cuts to Social Security
By Jesse Valentine - April 21, 2025
Allie Phillips could have died carrying her unviable fetus. She fought back by running for office & finally vowed not let lawmakers kill her dream of being a mom. Her story:
By Bonnie Fuller - April 21, 2025
The financial firm says an increase in manufacturing jobs would likely be offset by massive losses in other sectors.
By Jesse Valentine - April 17, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia had been in the country for 14 years and had protected status when ICE agents arrested him on March 15.
By Jesse Valentine - April 16, 2025
Attorney General Jeff Jacskon was elected with 52% of the vote.
By Jesse Valentine - April 11, 2025
Retirement savings plans have lost significant value as a result of Trump’s trade war.
By Jesse Valentine - April 09, 2025
Trump’s international tariff plan has created chaos for global markets and supply chains.
By Jesse Valentine - April 08, 2025
Democrats are calling for acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek to resign.
By Jesse Valentine - April 03, 2025
The repeal was co-sponsored by North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis
By Jesse Valentine - April 03, 2025
Samantha Casiano, an east Texas mother of four, tells her story to COURIER Texas writer Bonnie Fuller.
By Bonnie Fuller - March 28, 2025
Republicans in the state legislature have already introduced more bills seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol.
By Bonnie Fuller - March 28, 2025
Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 24 hours and secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
By Jesse Valentine - March 28, 2025
Governors in New Hampshire and Nevada are campaigning as champions of education while backing cuts to public schools.
By Jesse Valentine - March 26, 2025
More than 1 million veterans across the United States have had PACT Act claims approved.
By Oliver Willis - December 30, 2024
Two Michigan Republicans voted against the 2022 PACT Act, which expanded health care benefits to military veterans.
By Oliver Willis - December 30, 2024
'This investment will help create jobs in our region, and it’s exactly the kind of funding we need to expand American manufacturing, innovation, and production,' Sen. John Fetterman said.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023
Republicans have repeated the claim that many residents of Gaza are antisemitic or sympathetic to terrorism.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023
Environmental groups back a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023
Chalmers, Adams, Backer & Kaufman has received thousands in payments from election deniers.
By Oliver Willis - October 18, 2023
The infrastructure law is funding hydrogen hubs to boost the transition to clean energy.
By Oliver Willis - October 17, 2023
Donald Trump faulted Israel for being attacked and complimented Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist organization.
By Emily Singer and Oliver Willis - October 12, 2023
President Joe Biden signed into law the largest investment in Native communities in US history.
By Oliver Willis - October 12, 2023
'The leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration is needed now more than ever,' Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said.
By Oliver Willis - October 11, 2023
The practice has deprived minority communities across the U.S. of access to high-speed internet.
By Oliver Willis - October 09, 2023
This debt relief has occurred despite ongoing opposition from congressional Republicans and a Supreme Court ruling against the administration’s plans for debt forgiveness.
By Oliver Willis - October 05, 2023
Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, which requires drug companies to negotiate prices for Medicare recipients.
By Oliver Willis - October 04, 2023
The 135-year-old Manistee River Bridge will be upgraded to transport modern railway trains.
By Oliver Willis - October 02, 2023
The Biden administration said if a shutdown occurs, nearly 2,000 projects would experience delays.
By Oliver Willis - September 29, 2023
President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to join striking union workers on the picket line on Tuesday.
By Oliver Willis - September 28, 2023
The 2022 infrastructure law signed by President Biden is funding 70 rail improvement projects in 35 states and Washington, D.C.
By Oliver Willis - September 25, 2023
The American Climate Corps will prioritize disadvantaged communities affected by climate change.
By Oliver Willis - September 22, 2023
The federal grants are part of a $1 billion investment in urban forestry projects across the country.
By Oliver Willis - September 21, 2023
President Joe Biden was scheduled to make a speech Thursday about his own Bidenomics agenda.
By Oliver Willis - September 14, 2023
House Republicans’ defense funding bill includes limits on military diversity programs.
By Oliver Willis - September 12, 2023
Turtle Creek-based Eos Energy Enterprises' battery manufacturing plant expansion received federal funding allocated by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
By Oliver Willis - September 11, 2023
Environmental groups praised the department's decision and other efforts to restrict drilling in the Arctic.
By Oliver Willis - September 07, 2023
The vice president's remarks come as Trump faces federal and state charges for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
By Oliver Willis - September 06, 2023
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act set aside $10 billion to set up tech hubs across the United States.
By Oliver Willis - September 06, 2023
The right-wing House Freedom Caucus is leading a Republican push for significant cuts to appropriations bills.
By Oliver Willis - August 31, 2023
The price cuts would target medication used to treat diabetes, heart failure, blood cancers, kidney disease and other ailments.
By Oliver Willis - August 29, 2023
The 11 companies that proposed the expansion projects have committed to providing $311 million in matching funds for the venture.
By Oliver Willis - August 28, 2023
'Why would we put ourselves at a disadvantage?' asked Sen. Tim Scott.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2023
'It appears every candidate either can't or won't answer the question about how to reduce gun violence,' said gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2023