New #Trump #ACA Plans Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

The Trump admin is proposing #Obamacare plans that it says will lower #HealthInsurance premiums. But critics warn they will make #healthcare unaffordable.

#Republicans #Congress #law #policy #insurance #AffordableCareAct #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

New #Trump #ACA Plans Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

The Trump admin is proposing #Obamacare plans that it says will lower #HealthInsurance premiums. But critics warn they will make #healthcare unaffordable.

#Republicans #Congress #law #policy #insurance #AffordableCareAct #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

“We are witnessing a White House #CoverUp of serious allegations against the President by a survivor. We demand Attorney General #PamBondi come clean about why these documents are being hidden, comply with our legally binding subpoena by sharing all records, & tell the American people if their President is under investigation for allegations of #SexualAssault,” said Rep #RobertGarcia.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #Trump #Epstein #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief

“We are witnessing a White House #CoverUp of serious allegations against the President by a survivor. We demand Attorney General #PamBondi come clean about why these documents are being hidden, comply with our legally binding subpoena by sharing all records, & tell the American people if their President is under investigation for allegations of #SexualAssault,” said Rep #RobertGarcia.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #Trump #Epstein #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief

Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.

https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOD #Military #Congress #Senate #Drugs #Medicine

#LarrySummers will resign from teaching at #Harvard during review of #Epstein ties, university says

Summers, who has been on leave since November & whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released #EpsteinFiles, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton.

#Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
https://apnews.com/article/larry-summer-epstein-harvard-e4075897230bb917f1c2f3286682e9b8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-25-Breaking+News

#LarrySummers will resign from teaching at #Harvard during review of #Epstein ties, university says

Summers, who has been on leave since November & whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released #EpsteinFiles, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton.

#Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
https://apnews.com/article/larry-summer-epstein-harvard-e4075897230bb917f1c2f3286682e9b8?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-25-Breaking+News

She said that as a teenager in South Carolina, she was asked to babysit at a house on Hilton Head Island. But after she arrived, there were no children to babysit, & only a man she came to know as Jeff who she said plied her with alcohol, marijuana & cocaine. She described him raping her on multiple occasions.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp

[Because #DOJ withheld the materials,] It is unclear exactly what #FBI agents learned about her claims related to #Trump in their 3 subsequent interviews.

The woman spent most of the interview on July 24, 2019, describing in detail what she said were repeated #violent assaults by #Epstein that she had endured.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp

#Spanberger, 46, is the second #CIA veteran in 2 years chosen to deliver the #Democratic Party’s formal response to Trump. Last year, it was Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan, a fellow #moderate who also first entered #Congress in 2018 & had also just won a statewide election. While #Slotkin warned last year that #Trump would increase the #CostOfLiving, Spanberger made a broader case that his admin was working against the #WellBeing of the American #people.

#SOTU

U.S. President Donald Trump declared that "this is the Golden Age of America" at the start of his State of the Union address Tuesday, seeking to project an aura of success at a fraught moment for his presidency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/25/world/politics/trump-us-state-of-the-union/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #congress #tariffs #trade #iran #china #usmilitary #globaleconomy

Under the #law #Trump has now invoked, Section 122 of the #Trade Act of 1974, #tariffs may last only 150 days unless #Congress extends them. And they’re capped at 15%, so Trump cannot raise them again.

Now that #SCOTUS deemed the old tariffs illegal, do the businesses that paid them get their money back?

#law #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #business #geopolitics

As Donald Trump prepares for his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, the U.S. president is weighed down with legal snags to his tariffs, souring public opinion and mounting economic concerns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/22/world/politics/trump-us-state-of-union/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #us #congress #tariffs #trade #immigration #inflation

Senator Ron Wyden revealed that a Treasury Department file shows #JeffreyEpstein moved nearly $1.1 billion through one of his bank accounts, including 4,725 wire transfers. Republicans are protecting rapist pedophiles! Cover-up!

Investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.

That’s 4,725 lines of investigation right there. And that should only be the start of it.

Epstein had to pay for all his sex trafficking somehow. Further evidence shows he used Russian banks to process hundreds of millions in payments. Again, this is info in the possession of the Trump administration, but they’re refusing to investigate.

#news #politics #Congress #Senate #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinList #epstein #EpsteinClientList #press #media #europe #europeanunion #UK

Under AG Bondi's leadership, the Department of Justice is deliberately revealing victims while redacting names of the powerful. Its leaders are limiting access to the files, and lying under oath. They must answer for how they have handled this case.

Congress needs to hear from us now.

☎️Call your members of Congress and demand public hearings! U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

#democratsabroad #congress #epsteinfiles #USpol #USpolitics #Trump #Epstein

Under AG Bondi's leadership, the Department of Justice is deliberately revealing victims while redacting names of the powerful. Its leaders are limiting access to the files, and lying under oath. They must answer for how they have handled this case.

Congress needs to hear from us now.

☎️Call your members of Congress and demand public hearings! U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

#democratsabroad #congress #epsteinfiles #USpol #USpolitics #Trump #Epstein

I guess this could be considered a reaction to the #SCOTUS ruling on #tariffs∶

#Trump told reporters on Friday that he was considering a limited #military #strike to pressure #Iran into a deal. “I guess I can say I am considering that,” he said at the start of a meeting with #governors at the White House.

#law #war #Congress #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics

Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, the reigning Democratic king of trolling Republicans online, wrote bluntly, “Resign now, you racist slob.”

Many #House #Democrats called for #RandyFine to be stripped of his committee assignments.

But #MikeJohnson remained silent, & Mr. Fine doubled down in response to the backlash.

#Islamophobia #bigotry #hate #Republicans #GOP #Congress

The comment prompted immediate & unequivocal condemnation from #Democrats.

Rep #HakeemJeffries, Democrat of New York & the minority leader, said that #RandyFine “is a disgrace to the United States #Congress. He is an Islamophobic, disgusting & unrepentant bigot.”

Jeffries added that it was “unacceptable that #MikeJohnson & #House #Republicans continue to remain silent,” referring to the speaker.

#Islamophobia #bigotry #hate #GOP