May 01 Who are the winners and losers in the $1.1 trillion spending bill? By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Retired miners, college students and Planned Parenthood are winners in the $1.1 trillion spending bill unveiled on Monday. Losers are the border wall, efforts to store nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain and President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Apr 25 State lawmakers rush to protect funding for Planned Parenthood By Lev Facher, STAT As the White House and Republican-led Congress take aim at federal funding for health providers like Planned Parenthood that offer abortion services, some state lawmakers may step in to fill the breach. Continue reading
Apr 18 Why musicians are selling old-school records to benefit Planned Parenthood By Jessica Yarvin The box set -- featuring artists like Sharon Van Etten and John Legend -- is one of the projects that have tried to raise money for nonprofits since January. Continue reading
Apr 13 WATCH: Spicer addresses U.S. bomb drop in Afghanistan in news briefing By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Apr 13 Trump allowing states to block some Planned Parenthood money By Associated Press President Donald Trump has signed legislation that lets states withhold federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Continue reading
Mar 30 Why the Senate voted to block funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers By Lisa Desjardins The debate over abortion and women’s health entered a new phase Thursday as congressional Republicans struck arguably their first real blow in years to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Continue reading
Mar 30 Pence casts decisive vote for bill that lets states block some Planned Parenthood money By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press In Congress' latest clash mixing the politics of abortion, women's health and states' rights, Pence cast the decisive vote in a 51-50 roll call. Continue reading
Mar 29 Poll: Americans dislike GOP’s, Trump’s plan on health care By Alan Fram, Emily Swanson, Associated Press Sixty-two percent of Americans turned thumbs down on Trump's handling of health care during the initial weeks of his presidency, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Of the six health coverage changes the… Continue reading
Mar 28 States push to protect birth control despite failed GOP health care bill By David Crary and Alison Noon, Associated Press Even with the Republican failure to repeal Barack Obama's health care law, Democratic lawmakers in some states are pressing ahead with efforts to protect birth control access and Planned Parenthood funding. Continue reading
Feb 22 GOP members of Congress are met with boos and protests at town halls By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press At the town halls, protesters are probing their lawmakers to see if they will veer from some of Trump's more controversial decisions. Continue reading