The first year of Donald Trump’s presidency has felt like a hurricane, as the administration worked frantically to unwind rules and regulations on everything from environmental policy to Obamacare. But the nation’s burgeoning marijuana industry was able to survive attempts by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to enforce the federal prohibition …
Read More »What Happens to Survivors of Mass Shootings Like Las Vegas?
When a gunman who had coolly calculated his strategy for maximum damage opened fire on a crowded concert in Las Vegas earlier this month, he killed 58 people, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Numerous media outlets have painstakingly assembled the stories of those who died …
Read More »'Fiscal Conservatives' Make Their Priorities Clear With Defense Bill
On Monday night, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the 2018 defense policy bill, a package worth nearly $700 billion.The bill sailed through the chamber with broad bipartisan support, as Republican senators were simultaneously weighing a last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act before the window to do so with a …
Read More »Everyone Is Confused About What Trump Is Doing With DACA
President Trump is at a crossroads with regard to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, the Obama-era initiative the president just rescinded that protected nearly 800,000 undocumented individuals who came to the U.S. when they were young. And instead of picking one path to go down, he …
Read More »Bernie Sanders' Single-Payer Health Care Bill: What You Need to Know
For seven years, Republicans dined out a promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, and in the fall the slogan finally helped the party capture both chambers of Congress and the White House. Turns out, the Affordable Care Act was a lot more popular with Americans than Republicans realized before their …
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