The prospect — albeit still dim — that Georgia could fully expand Medicaid has prompted Democrats and patient advocates to turn up the pressure on Republicans in the state legislature to act. But political experts, advocates and policy analysts say GOP lawmakers face significant headwinds to approving a plan they have long derided as wasteful, … Read more
A pro-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. super PAC is hiring paid signature gatherers to qualify him for the 2024 presidential campaign ballot in key battleground states.
President Joe Biden said Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Pentagon waited three days to tell the White House that the top defense official was in the intensive care unit.
Rep. Jerry Nadler on Thursday argued the U.S. needs “many illegal immigrants” in the country to pick vegetables and keep them from rotting. The New York Democrat made the remark during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing about the “Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” “We need immigrants in this … Read more
At least 24 reports of adverse events related to products recalled in December but no illnesses confirmed linked to foods, FDA says The Quaker Oats Company has added two dozen additional types of granola bars, cereals and snack foods to a December recall over possible salmonella contamination. The company, which is owned by PepsiCo, announced … Read more
Michigan’s tax revenues will see a slight decline this year before rebounding for the next two years after that — in large part because of tax policy changes implemented by newly powerful Democrats who were working last year with a record surplus, state officials projected Friday. Economists in the Legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s … Read more
Former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl was remembered Friday for his love of both the city where he grew up and the state of Wisconsin at a memorial service attended by sports, political and business leaders. Kohl, 88, died Dec. 27 after a brief illness. Speakers, including former President Barack … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Friday defended his radio show comment that the state is doing everything it can to stop people crossing the border illegally short of shooting them, because the president would charge him with murder.
Senator Chris Van Hollen describes what he witnessed on the Egypt-Gaza border.
President Biden received a hostile welcome from swing state voters in Pennsylvania during a visit to several small businesses to tout his Bidenomics economic plan. “Go home, Joe!” one onlooker yelled as the Pennsylvania-raised president walked into a bike shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. “You’re a loser!” another yelled. “Loser!” During the president’s visit, he swung … Read more
