Washington Post: Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service 03/12/25 Under pressure from the U.S. DOGE Service team to root out alleged fraud, the Social Security Administration is considering dramatically curtailing the phone services that 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned […]
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds 03/05/25 Republicans in Congress cannot reach their goal of cutting at least $1.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on taxes and immigration unless they cut Medicaid or Medicare benefits, lawmakers’ nonpartisan bookkeeper reported […]
Medicaid covers kids, moms and grandmoms. Now it could be on the chopping block. 02/28/25 Janae Stevenson was on the hunt for her first “big girl job” when her symptoms hit in 2021. Months after graduating from Arizona State University, she began suffering bouts of severe stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting. Doctors said she needed […]
‘It’s been a lifesaver’: millions risk going hungry as Republicans propose slashing food stamps 02/27/25 During a recent grocery store visit, Audrey Gwenyth spent $159.01 on items such as eggs, Greek yogurt, edamame snaps, bagels, chia seeds, brownie mix, oatmeal, milk, cilantro rice and pork sausage. The entire bill was paid via her electronic benefit […]
The GOP’s budget plan: Tax cuts for the rich, austerity for the poor Opinion: Catherine Rampell, 02/23/25 Republican politicians plan to take food and health care away from the poor to subsidize tax cuts for the rich. That might sound like a stale, Scroogy stereotype. But it’s not an exaggeration: It’s laid out, in black […]
