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P resident Trump and Republicans in Congress are celebrating this holiday weekend after both the House and Senate passed what ...

Trump and his cohort have proposed huge cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including a whopping 38% cut for The ...

As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his ...

Back-to-back retirement announcements last week from a Republican representative and senator represented a victory for ...

The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.

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