Economic Policy June 28 Harsh anti-Trump UN human rights report on US 'extreme poverty' cherry-picks data, assumptions, examination shows A United Nations report on extreme poverty in the U.S., which has sparked strong denunciations from the Trump administration as being “inaccurate, inflammatory, and irresponsible,” ...
White House May 09 Pullout from Iran nuclear deal is latest Trump move to dismantle key Obama policies President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that the United States would withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement is the newest element of Trump’s ongoing effort to ...
Social Policy April 25 HUD chief Ben Carson proposes hiking rents for some low-income Americans getting housing subsidies Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson unveiled a plan Wednesday to increase rents in an effort to bring more money into the federal housing system and encourage ...
Social Policy April 11 White House mulls letting states require drug tests for some food stamp recipients The Trump administration is considering adopting a plan that would allow states to require mandatory drug testing for some food stamp recipients, the Associated Press reported ...
Budgets March 19 White House, Dems restart negotiations over DACA, funding border wall The White House and congressional Democrats traded proposals over the weekend about how to fix an Obama-era program protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U....
Social Policy March 18 Trump to seek death penalty for some drug traffickers in plan to fight opioid crisis The White House announced Sunday that it intends to seek the death penalty for certain drug traffickers "where appropriate under the law" in a bid to slow down the country's opioid ...
Federal Courts March 12 Judge throws out Massachusetts lawsuit over Trump birth control rules A federal judge in Boston Monday threw out a lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general that attempted to block the Trump administration's rules expanding exemptions from ObamaCare'...
Social Policy March 11 White House backs off call to raise minimum age to buy long guns The White House announced a series of recommendations Sunday night meant to stop school shootings, including a full audit and review of the FBI tip line after warnings about a ...
Social Policy March 08 Dreamers to Democrats: We're tired of your lies The illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children – known as Dreamers – say that they have been failed by Democrats who are more interested in blaming President Trump and ...
White House February 25 Trump tells governors meetings on Florida massacre will be 'first on our list' President Trump told the nation's governors Sunday night that they would discuss the mass shooting at a Florida high school during White House meetings.
