Semafor • Jan 8, 2026
US withdraws from key UN climate treaty and 65 other groups
The White House said the groups were “wasteful, ineffective, or harmful.”
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Semafor • Jan 8, 2026
Republicans’ conflict over health care plan deepens
Nine House Republicans voted to advance Democrats’ three-year subsidy extension on Wednesday.
Semafor • Jan 8, 2026
House Republicans move to rebuke Trump on two fronts
They plan to override recent vetoes of two GOP-backed bills for projects in Florida and Colorado.
Semafor • Jan 8, 2026
Trump housing idea surprises some Republicans
The president wants to ban large institution investors from buying single-family homes.
Semafor • Jan 8, 2026
Republicans undecided on Democrats' war powers resolution
Republicans told Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., they opposed the vote last time because they thought President Donald Trump was bluffing.
Scheer Post • Jan 8, 2026
VENI, VIDI, VENEZUELA: Pox Americana from War-a-Iago
The long-term consequences of US actions in Venezuela demolish laws that hold together the United States and the international order.
truthout • Jan 7, 2026
Critics Question RFK Jr.’s Changes to Food Guidance That Emphasize Red Meat
The changes are “a giant step back from decades of evidence-based nutrition research and science," a nutritionist said.
truthout • Jan 7, 2026
Trump Is Betting MAGA Fans Will Relish an Expanded War on Drugs
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela fuses the deeply unpopular “war on drugs” with the “war on terror.”
Lever News • Jan 7, 2026
Medicaid’s Chief Got A Pass On Health-Tech Investments
The government’s top administrator of Medicaid and CHIP funds has no prior experience in public office — but he did run a health care technology firm.
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ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
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Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
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Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
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Kristi Noem’s Throttling of FEMA Funds Constitutes a Preventable Disaster
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American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation
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Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism
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Report: Education Department’s “Efficiency” Layoffs Cost At Least $28 Million
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Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections
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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
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