Would the Green New Deal make us more dependent on China for energy?
A new study underscores a longstanding concern about sweeping plans to increase renewable energy use in the U.S., like the Green New Deal: dependency on China.
The US economy beat the experts by nearly 20,000 jobs in March
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released a positive jobs report on March, showing gains of 196,000 jobs, after only 20,000 jobs were created in February. All the while, the U.S. continues to boast an almost record low unemployment rate and rising wages for workers.
California attorney general becomes latest Democrat to call for decriminalization of illegal immigrants
“They are not criminals,” Xavier Becerra said to HuffPost about immigrants who attempt to enter the country without authorization. “They haven’t committed a crime against someone, and they are not acting violently or in a way that’s harmful to people.”
Vermont, other states sue Trump administration over changes to Michelle Obama school lunch standards
Several states along with the District of Columbia filed a complaint against the Trump administration Wednesday over the changes to school lunch standards they argue could deny “30 million students access to healthy nutritious meals.”
Massachusetts tosses out ‘traumatic’ test question about ‘the Underground Railroad’
“Students who have already answered the question will not have it scored, and students who take the makeup test this week will be instructed not to answer that question,” Riley wrote to superintendents and school leaders Sunday.
Vermont GOP uses Sanders’ collusion logic to call him out over wife’s scandal
The Vermont GOP demanded Sunday that Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders release “all investigative material” related to the investigation of a land deal connected to his wife.
5 key moments from Equality Act hearing
One Republican lawmaker wondered if Democrats would push the bill if President Donald Trump decided to call himself “the first female president.”
$5.1 Million HHS grant goes to pro-life community clinics instead of Planned Parenthood
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that Obria Group will receive three years of Title X family planning funding.
Obamacare is in danger. Here’s why it’s been so bad for America.
Last December, a district judge in Texas ruled that Obamacare should be struck down in its entirety. The Justice Department said in a federal appeals court filing on Monday that it agrees with this ruling, which would be a reversal of its previous position that only some of the law should be overturned.
States post highest rainy-day reserves since Great Recession, study finds
The end of fiscal-year 2018 saw states socking away a record amount in rainy-day funds – nearly $60 billion – with Colorado and Michigan reporting some of the heftiest reserve accounts, according to a new Pew Charitable Trusts study.
Institute: Federal grants are turning states against their own people
States are increasingly lured by the federal government to receive so-called free money, but in the process have become branch offices of Washington — or, even worse, indistinguishable from the federal government itself.
Trump may close US southern border ‘next week’
President Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S. southern border in a tweet Friday if Mexico “doesn’t immediately stop” illegal immigration into the U.S.