Donald Trump Accidentally Gave Obamacare More Money. Now He Wants to Take It Away.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ha ha ha. A couple of years ago, as part of his jihad against Obamacare, Donald Trump decided to end something called Cost Sharing Reductions. These were payments made to insurers to offset the cost of covering low-income customers. This is exactly the kind of…
A New Ariana Song May Have Dropped, But We’re Listening to The Drums
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Body Chemistry” by The Drums (Anti, 2019) Why we’re into it: In true The Drums fashion, this track integrates healing and curiosity with an introspective and 80s-inspired rock bop. For those who’ve struggled with—or are struggling with—depression, the opening lines of Johnny Pierce’s “Body Chemistry” may resonate powerfully: “Change my…
A Quick Follow-Up on the Republican Tax Cut
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The Pentagon’s New Climate Change Report Is Missing Some Important Details
Waves slam the Oceana Pier & Pier House Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, as Hurricane Florence approaches the area. Travis Long/The News & Observer/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than two months after President Donald Trump said he did not believe a federal report outlining the existential threat of…
Trump Admin Leaked Pelosi’s Commercial Travel Plans, House Speaker Aide Says
ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday accused the Trump administration of leaking Pelosi’s revised plans to fly a commercial aircraft to Afghanistan, forcing the top Democrat to officially cancel her visit to the war zone. It was the latest development after the president, in an extraordinary…
Trump: “Not One Dollar” For Puerto Rico
Yuisa Rios/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Back when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, there was a lot of talk about how President Trump was taking it a lot less seriously than two other hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, which hit areas that were, um, a…