Trump wants to ease restrictions as health experts warn the worst is coming

A recent study recommended increases in Medicaid eligibility and other legislative measures to help improve health care outcomes and access for Black women in Ohio, while still spotlighting fears of discrimination among women seeking care.

More doctors are considering leaving or retiring early, while fewer medical students are applying to obstetrics and gynecology residencies in Texas.

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake)said he was “passionately against” allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which he referred to as “sugar high politics.”

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court started allowing states — what has become almost half of the country — to ban all or most abortions, doctors continue to report that these laws have detrimentally changed their jobs and the quality of care they can provide pregnant patients.

The provisions are part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, which every Republican senator opposed

Both the overall number of abortions and the use of telehealth abortion care continue to increase in the United States, according to the latest #WeCount report released Wednesday.

ASEAN is arguably the most important political and economic partnership in the Indo-Pacific

The FEC prohibits the use of campaign funds for personal attire.

Tens of thousands of Californians have been displaced by recent wildfires.

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has long championed the cause of increasing Social Security benefits for public workers.

Thune flip-flopped three times on providing care to veterans exposed to toxic substances.

The Montana Democrat consistently ranked as one of the most effective lawmakers in Congress during his 18 years in the US Senate.

More than 1 million veterans across the United States have had PACT Act claims approved.

The Montana Democrat consistently ranked as one of the most effective lawmakers in Congress during his 18 years in the US Senate.

A $600,000 federal grant will help state and local officials work to prevent veteran suicide.

Currently, veterans are only eligible for IVF coverage through the Department of Defense if they have a service-connected injury or illness that prevents them from conceiving.

Lombardo’s involvement in downballot races was unusual for a sitting governor.

Several of Trump’s cabinet picks have worked to undermine workers’ rights.

Ken Paxton has been accused of corruption, bribery, and self-dealing

Every seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives is up for election this year.

The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a Republican attempt to gut a paid sick leave law.

I was 17 when I found out that I was pregnant and was already about 8 weeks along. I was so overwhelmed because I had no idea of what my options were going to be, and I was afraid. I was well aware that I wouldn’t be able to access an abortion in Texas. The […]

Hogan refused to sign a state law that banned price gouging by drugmakers.

Chavez-DeRemer represents Oregon’s 5th district despite living in District 3.

More than half of Ohio’s child care funding comes from a federal program.

Collins has a history of incendiary and offensive social media posts.

The partisan split in the Michigan House of Representatives will be decided in the Nov. 5 election.

Ayotte voted on multiple occasions to cut financial aid for low-income students.

Some pro-voucher lawmakers pushed for the Bible to be taught in elementary schools.

Critics of school choice say it diverts funds away from public schools to private institutions.

Beckwith pledged to defund Planned Parenthood “not only in Indiana, but across the country.”

Scott is being accused of using military members for political gain.

Bishop opposed a bill that could’ve helped missing person investigations in his own district.

Bresnahan’s net worth is estimated to be up to $69 million.

Senate candidate’s claims of tapes being ‘chopped’ debunked

The groups claim Rosen is guilty of insider trading, an offense she has never committed or been investigated for.

Moreno was appointed to the MetroHealth board by a CEO who was later fired for malfeasance.

Doctors have warned that American women will die as a result of Trump's state abortion bans - now they have.

Dave McCormick has described Iran as “our sworn enemy” and the “underwriter of terror across the Middle East.”

More than 700,000 veterans in Virginia could lose their health insurance under the plan.

Hovde has touted his work with assisted living facilities as an asset on the campaign trail.

Montanas could vote to add a right to abortion access to their state constitution.

Ayotte voted at least nine times to repeal Obamacare

Buckhout said President Joe Biden should be impeached for not being tougher on China.

Scott travels almost exclusively on a private jet.

Moreno says extending Trump’s tax cuts would lessen the national debt. It won’t.

In July, 3,793 Mainers registered to vote, which was higher than every month since the 2023 November election.

Disinformation about foreign investments has engulfed the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.

Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform that emphasizes economic opportunity.

As Secretary of the Interior, Zinke spent $12,000 on a private jet from Las Vegas to Montana.

Bresnahan has contributed thousands of dollars to anti-abortion candidates

Gianforte criticized the Biden administration for giving temporary work status to Venezuelan asylum seekers.

Calvert has cast several votes seeking to curtail abortion access throughout his 30 years in Congress.

Ayotte has endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign

Former Pres. Donald Trump needs to discard his storied penchant for racist and sexist tropes and nicknames if he wants to win over independent voters in his likely race against Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, say political experts in Nevada, one of a handful of battleground states.

Cruz’s Democratic opponent says he is the “architect” of the state’s prohibitive abortion laws.

Bridger Aerospace is being sued by two former employees for breach of contract.

Brown’s race for U.S. Senate could decide which party controls congress in 2025.

Domenici is one of several Republican U.S. Senate candidates who has been scrutinized for owning properties in multiple states.

Robinson said feminism has created a generation of weak minded men.

Ayotte has repeatedly backed reforms to Medicare and Social Security that would result in less Americans getting the support they need.

Paxton’s close relationship with the Texas Public Policy Foundation dates back to 2015.

Cruz’s podcast is the subject of an FEC complaint claiming its ad revenue structure violated campaign finance law

Lake’s budget proposal could imperil border security, which Lake often cites as one of her top priorities.

Cao supported a claim that diversity and inclusion initiatives caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Moreno is one of multiple Republican U.S. Senate candidates to exaggerate their background.

Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.

When Ayotte worked with Caterpillar Inc. the company offshored over 2,000 jobs.

Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.

Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz celebrated a police funding initiative that her caucus now wants to eliminate.

Robinson said science education should be taken out of elementary schools

The Republic Pregnancy Resource Center website provides step-by-step directions from local middle and high schools to their address.

Brown has called for abolishing the U.S. Department of Education.

Luna supports abortions bans with no exceptions for rape

Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, according to comments he made during a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Tuesday.

Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s claim to not know about the millions an Akron utility spent supporting his 2018 campaign for governor simply isn’t credible, an Ohio political scientist said in a recent interview. A spokesperson for DeWine pushed back. FirstEnergy provided that support, then spent more than $60 million to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer-financed […]

Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.

Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.

Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.

Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.

Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.

McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.

Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.

The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.

Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”

The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”

Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.

Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.

On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience. 

Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.

Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.

Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.

Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.

A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.

Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.

Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.

More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.

It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.

Biden and Carter’s political careers often intersected and reflected similar paths.

Outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper says “Republicans want to toss thousands of legal votes in the trash.”