Too sick to work, some Americans worry Trump’s bill will strip their insurance

Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said. Ivory, 58, of Columbus, Ohio, believes she would be exempt from a requirement that adult Medicaid recipients work, but she worries about the

Florida Rep. Kat Cammack says her office was evacuated due to death threats

Rep. Kat Cammack said late Wednesday her offices were evacuated due to “imminent death threats” against her and her family. The Florida Republican said on X the threats began after a recent Wall Street Journal story about her experience with an ectopic pregnancy last year. She told the paper that emergency room doctors were hesitant

A Cuban girl, 10, was to join her mom in Miami. Then Trump’s travel ban happened

Miami — Ten-year-old Sofia of Havana recently recorded a plea for President Trump, asking him to reconsider the partial travel ban he issued for Cuba and several other countries earlier this month.  “President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,” Sofia says in her video posted to social media.  Sofia’s mother,

L.A. immigration detention facilities a “ticking time bomb,” immigration lawyer says

Los Angeles — Outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, a 26-year-old man stood waiting, hoping to deliver blood pressure medicine to his father, who was detained last Thursday by federal immigration officials.   The man, who asked that CBS News not use his name, said his father needs to take the

Why the Fed is keeping rates steady for now

Why the Fed is keeping rates steady for now – CBS News Watch CBS News In two days of congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell defended his decision to keep interest rates steady and vowed Fed policy wouldn’t be influenced by President Trump’s pressure. Jo Ling Kent has more. View CBS News In Be