Partisan deadlock on Capitol Hill has triggered a government shutdown, with Democrats conditioning their support for a stopgap funding bill on health care provisions they say are essential to protecting Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Meanwhile, Republicans say that the Democratic plan would once again open the door to billions of taxpayer dollars flowing to
“If I were 10 percent less mean or 10 percent less stubborn, I’d probably be dead,” Sarah, a multiple sclerosis patient, said when describing her year-long battle to obtain the medication that could alter the course of the incurable condition and extend her productive life for years. Diagnosed at age 37, Sarah said she experienced
“If I were 10 percent less mean or 10 percent less stubborn, I’d probably be dead,” Sarah, a multiple sclerosis patient, said when describing her year-long battle to obtain the medication that could alter the course of the incurable condition and extend her productive life for years. Diagnosed at age 37, Sarah said she experienced
Eddie Ledesma, the brother of Lesley Ledesma (background wearing pink), speaks out against trans-identified males allowed to use the girls’ bathrooms at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Calif. on Oct. 1, 2025. Courtesy California Family Council About 60 students walked out of morning classes on Oct. 1 to protest their high school’s policy allowing male
The National Park Service’s 474 national monuments, memorials, and parks remain reliant on skeleton crews in the wake of the federal government shutdown. Operational capacity of each site’s staff was reduced to an absolute minimum after thousands of employees were furloughed. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different
Browning soybean pods at Harborview Farm as harvest for the crop nears, in Rock Hall, Maryland, on Sept. 23, 2025. Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 1 that China’s soybean purchases would be front and center in his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese
President Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be “unlawful combatants” and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a newly obtained memorandum. The Trump administration has carried out three strikes in recent weeks on boats it