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Trump's Medicaid Cuts Strip Health Coverage From 500,000 New Yorkers
Almost exactly a year ago, Donald Trump signed what he himself dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive Republican budget

A year after Trump's budget law, rural hospitals are still closing
On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed with great fanfare his tax and budget law nicknamed the Big Beautiful Bill, promising massive

The Former Ethics Lawyer Calling Out Trump's Crypto Conflict
A former government ethics lawyer, interviewed by NPR, called Donald Trump's personal cryptocurrency activities a "clear conflict of interest," a phrase rarely

Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Delay Payment to Carroll
On July 4, 2026, federal judge Lewis Kaplan issued a ruling of almost cruel brevity: a single sentence rejecting Donald Trump's legal

39.7 trillion in debt the day America turned 250
On July 4, 2026, while the United States celebrated with great fanfare the 250th anniversary of its independence, the American federal debt

Measles in America, the worst year in 35 years is not fate
I am writing this letter because the numbers coming out of the CDC these past few weeks deserve a moment of pause,

The Defense budget held hostage by Trump's voter-ID obsession
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives sent its members home two days earlier than planned for the July 4

Trump weighs a Diddy pardon, a symbol of clemency with shifting rules
According to CBS News, citing anonymous sources, PresidentDonald Trump is reportedly considering clemency for rapper and mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, convicted last

Judge Sullivan, the last line of defense against Trump's grip on mail-in voting
On July 1, 2026, federaljudgeEmmet G. Sullivan, of the District Court for Washington D.C., blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to