The Affordable Care Act navigator program will now receive $10 million per year. Last year, it received $98 million. The Trump administration on Feb. 14 cut funding for an outreach program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that helps people sign up for health insurance coverage, according to a statement from the Centers for Medicaid
McConnell voted against three of the president’s cabinet nominees. WASHINGTON—Having retired as leader of the Republican Conference in 2024 after 18 years in the role, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has emerged as Trump’s biggest Republican detractor in the Senate. On key votes to grant advice and consent to Trump’s cabinet nominees, as the Constitution requires
Newly sworn-in Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined her vision for reforming the agency, emphasizing efficiency and accountability. Brooke Rollins, the newly sworn-in secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), outlined her vision on Friday for reforming the agency’s 16 nutrition programs, emphasizing accountability, efficiency, and innovation, in a letter to state, tribal, territorial, and
Delivering on campaign pledge, president named Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum chair, and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright vice chair. President Donald Trump on Feb. 14 issued an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council, a White House panel that will coordinate and steer energy policy “to achieve energy dominance.” Trump vowed
The Trump administration is moving quickly to initiate a cease-fire and bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Following phone calls with his counterparts on Feb. 12, President Donald Trump announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were ready to come to the negotiating table to begin carving out an
A federal judge in Maryland blocked the order in another restraining order on Feb. 13. A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting money that flows to organizations providing transgender procedures to individuals under 19 years of age. The Feb. 14 temporary restraining order, issued by Judge Lauren King of the Western
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) makes the announcement on social media. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) posted on social media on Thursday that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “is now at” the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). “My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk’s henchmen are in a