Medicaid is a broadly popular program that provides medical coverage to low-income Americans through a combination of state and federal funding. More than 60 percent of Americans either know someone who has benefited from Medicaid or have been enrolled themselves, according to health policy think tank FFF. So any talk of altering the program usually
China ‘has not done enough to curb the export of these chemicals to Mexican transnational criminal groups,’ Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said. A bipartisan legislation aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into the United States was recently introduced in the Senate, with the aim of holding Chinese entities accountable for exporting these
The agency will also cut off access to loans for illegal immigrants. The Small Business Administration (SBA) said it will move several offices from cities with sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants as part of a broader Trump administration effort to stem illegal immigration. In a statement last week, the SBA said that offices in Atlanta,
The president said his tariff strategy is focused on the future, not on short-term fluctuations in the stock market. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on March 9 that his tariff plan would likely impact the economy, describing it as a “transition period” that would ultimately benefit the country. “There is a period of transition because what
About 5,500 loans worth $312 million ’to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan,’ DOGE said. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said over the weekend that it found that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) allegedly granted thousands of loans worth hundreds of millions
‘If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off,’ Lutnick said. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on March 9 that President Donald Trump is likely to maintain his tariff pressure on Mexico, Canada, and China regarding their role in fentanyl trafficking into the United States. “If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off. But
This follows the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East saying recently that securing a particular American hostage was a ’top priority for us’ in negotiations. White House hostage envoy, Adam Boehler, said on March 9 that meetings with Hamas regarding the release of its remaining hostages were very helpful and he did not leave