Feb 18 Looking to slash Medicaid funding, Republicans consider cutting billions of dollars By Amanda Seitz, Andrew DeMillo, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Over the next decade, Republican lawmakers could try to siphon billions of dollars from the nearly-free health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans. Continue reading
Feb 18 Native American activist Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his life sentence By Curt Anderson, Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press Peltier planned to return to North Dakota, where a celebration was planned Wednesday with family and friends. Continue reading
Feb 17 DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS, AP reports By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press If successful, Musk and his group would have access to millions of tightly controlled files that include taxpayer information, bank records and other sensitive records. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 7:20 How the start of Trump’s second term looks like some autocracies By Amna Nawaz, Mary Fecteau, Sarah Clune Hartman President Trump’s social media post over the weekend that implied he is above the law triggered alarm bells from experts who were already concerned about the legal and constitutional boundaries tested during his first few weeks in office. Kim Lane… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 8:19 Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas In the last two presidential elections, farmers voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, but now some are saying his efforts to cut the government are causing major financial pressure. William Brangham reports and speaks with Nick Levendofsky, executive director of the… Continue watching
Feb 17 Trump has vowed to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling. Workers in Oklahoma hope for a boom By Adam Kemp As President Trump is promising to "unleash" oil and gas production, employees in that industry are wondering if that'll mean more work for them. Continue reading
Feb 17 How Presidents Day turned from reverence to retail By Ben Finley, Associated Press The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the bonanza of consumerism it has become today. For some historians, the holiday has lost all discernible meaning. Continue reading
Feb 17 Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control employees weeks after fatal DC plane crash By Tara Copp, Associated Press The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press. Continue reading
Feb 17 ‘Life-threatening cold’ expected as polar vortex stretches across Rockies, northern Plains By Associated Press The National Weather Service warned of “life-threatening cold” into Tuesday, with temperatures in northeastern Montana predicted to dip as low as 45 degrees below zero with wind chills down to 60 below. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 5:18 What to know about the groups behind online romance scams and who is most at risk By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and love is in the air. More and more these days, that first spark begins with connections made on digital devices — but not all online romances are real. Scammers use texts and fake profiles to… Continue watching