Nearly all U.S. health care is government-subsidized through direct payments, assistance with premium payments, tax deductions, or tax exemptions. Add to My List Save By Lawrence Wilson | April 22, 2026Updated:April 22, 2026 Nearly everyone who receives health care in the United States benefits from a government subsidy. Federal, state, and local governments assist in
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 to expand access to psychedelic drugs as treatments for Americans with mental health disorders. The order directed federal agencies to accelerate the process of research and approval for psychedelics, including ibogaine, a plant-derived compound currently classified as a Schedule I substance. We had a problem
Election officials assist voters in casting their ballot in the primary vote at Bruns Avenue Elementary School, Mecklenburg County Precinct 12, in Charlotte, N.C. , on March 3, 2026. Grant Baldwin/Getty Images Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Senate Republicans on Tuesday agreed to move forward on a blueprint for a party-line budget resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement functions. In a 52–46 vote, the Senate approved moving forward the measure put forward by Senate
A voter at a polling site during the redistricting referendum in Alexandria, Va., on April 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Virginian voters approved a constitutional amendment on April 21 that would redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map, giving Democrats an advantage. The Associated Press called the special election for the “Yes” vote at around
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen speaks during a ceremony in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on June 7, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Under an agreement reached with the federal government on Tuesday, Nebraska will stop providing in-state tuition and scholarship programs for illegal immigrants. The state and the Justice Department (DOJ) filed a
Marek Studzinski/Unsplash.com President Donald Trump has long questioned the post-Cold War purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, criticizing the alliance as a “paper tiger” dependent on American money, munitions, and muscle, and calling for a “very serious examining” of its value to the United States after none of its other 31 members responded to