Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft  —  Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) delivered a preliminary analysis …

162. What Does the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Portend?  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and, if you already are …

Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of ‘devastation’ from megabill  —  Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”

Nancy Mace privately asks Trump aides to unfreeze Mercedes EV funds  —  The program, set up through President Joe Biden's climate law, would benefit a Mercedes-Benz plant in South Carolina.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) privately asked the Trump administration on Tuesday …

Trump's Immigration Arrests Are Seeing A Wave Of Resistance  —  The mass deportation agenda relies upon some key choke points.  —  Recent weeks have seen the Trump administration's “mass deportation” program kick into overdrive.  —  Militarized federal agents are working hard to meet …

DHS ends deportation protection for Haitians, says Haiti is ‘safe’  —  DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said allowing Haitians to stay in the country was against the “national interest.”  —  The Trump administration announced an end to temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants in the United States …

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  A coalition of groups, ranging from environmental activists to Native Americans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida Everglades Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center.

Israel and U.S. Smashed Iran Nuclear Site That Grew After Trump Quit 2015 Accord  —  Nuclear experts say the president's rejection of the restrictive deal forced him to neutralize an Iranian threat of his own making.  —  Israeli and American strikes appear to have created a major roadblock …

Chief Justice John Roberts warns anti-judge rhetoric can lead to violence  —  “Threatening the judges for doing their job is totally unacceptable,” Roberts said at a judicial conference.  —  CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Chief Justice John Roberts issued another warning Saturday …

People whose lives were permanently altered by disease send a warning as vaccine opposition grows  —  In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early.  Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems.

Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father's term ends  —  Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue it  —  Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president …

Electing Zohran Mamdani NYC mayor would spur huge cop exodus, rising crime straight out of ‘Gotham City’: cops  —  A New York City led by socialist Zohran Mamdani will mean a two-pronged breakdown of public safety — crime spiraling out of control, and NYPD officers leaving en masse — experts and veteran cops say.

Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they've been asked to work extra hours.  —  The Trump administration's plan for mass layoffs at the State Department …