• Trump opposes USPS funding, says mail voting hard without it

    Trump opposes USPS funding, says mail voting hard without it

    Aug 13, 2020 05:20 PM EST

    ... wants to deprive Americans of their fundamental right to vote safely during the most catastrophic public health crisis in over 100 years," Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement. Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart ...

  • Pelosi creating House committee to oversee economic bailout

    Pelosi creating House committee to oversee economic bailout

    Apr 02, 2020 05:08 PM EST

    ... that won't be until late April, at the earliest. “If we find ourselves where the economy needs a stimulus, to me a highway infrastructure bill would be a key component of that,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of his chamber's Energy and Public Works Committee, said in ...

  • WATCH: Georgia's Republican Gov. Kemp signs 6-week abortion ban

    WATCH: Georgia's Republican Gov. Kemp signs 6-week abortion ban

    May 07, 2019 01:56 PM EST

    ... for fetuses, declaring that "the full value of a child begins at the point when a detectable human heartbeat exists." Republican Rep. Ed Setzler, the bill's author, said in an interview after the bill passed the state House that it's a "common sense" measure that seeks to "balance ...

  • A quiet rise in unvaccinated children could put the U.S. at risk of outbreaks

    A quiet rise in unvaccinated children could put the U.S. at risk of outbreaks

    Oct 11, 2018 07:09 PM EST

    States that have introduced legislation to restrict non-medical exemptions saw quick upticks in vaccination rates. After the 2014-2015 measles outbreak in Disneyland that infected at least 147 people, California passed Senate Bill 277, a vaccination law requiring students entering kindergarten and seventh grade to be fully vaccinated. In ...

  • ‘You're mostly isolated and alone.’ Why some domestic workers are vulnerable to exploitation

    ‘You're mostly isolated and alone.’ Why some domestic workers are vulnerable to exploitation

    Aug 12, 2018 03:14 PM EST

    ... there's a fair floor in the workplace, that we actually have to address immigration, too. Your organization has done advocacy around a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. What is a Domestic Worker Bill of Rights? There's been this long history of exclusion from really basic protections under the ...

  • Trump's family separation policy starts dividing Republicans

    Trump's family separation policy starts dividing Republicans

    Jun 18, 2018 01:28 PM EST

    ... this country." READ MORE: How Trump’s family separation policy has become what it is today Former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said in a weekend interview that the child separation interview could be dangerous for Trump. He said the president "should be immediately fixing this problem." "This is a fuse ...

  • Why the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s fate is uncertain

    Why the federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s fate is uncertain

    Mar 22, 2018 10:12 PM EST

    ... over the spending bill led to the restoration of $108 million for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for fiscal year 2018. The House passed the bill and forward it to the Senate, who has until the end of the day Friday to vote. Congress must pass the bill Friday to ...

  • Trump takes credit for the good economy. Here's what economists say

    Trump takes credit for the good economy. Here's what economists say

    Jan 18, 2018 11:25 PM EST

    ... You can't create an economy overnight. Paul Solman: Now, for the full-on defense of Trump's policies, we were trying to secure an interview with the head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett. But, though he was at the conference, no luck. So, instead ...

  • AP FACT CHECK: Trump on monuments, econ; Moore on accusers

    AP FACT CHECK: Trump on monuments, econ; Moore on accusers

    Dec 10, 2017 10:24 PM EST

    ... 42.3 percent in the second and 42 percent in the third. That’s an uptick from last year but far from a record. Quarterly rates this year for the total U.S. population: 63.6 percent, 63.7 percent and 63.9 percent. READ NEXT: Every moment in Donald ...

  • Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

    Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

    Dec 03, 2017 06:01 PM EST

    Over the next decade, the Republican tax plan would add at least $1 trillion to the national debt on top of an additional $10 trillion in deficits over the same period. This borrowing spree would mark a sharp reversal for Republicans who made a career of sounding the alarm that mounting national debt would ultimately...