A rural clinic in Nebraska is shutting its doors after more than 30 years due to mounting financial pressures and looming federal funding cuts tied to Medicaid, ABC affiliate KLKN reported Wednesday. read more
Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin wrote a letter urging his state's Democratic governor to take steps to protect rural hospitals from the fallout of Republicans' widely reviled budget bill " which Van Orden voted for. Van Orden's urgent letter, which was dated Wednesday ahead of the bill's Thursday passage, added to the list of Republicans who have effectively acknowledged the legitimacy of widespread fears that Republicans' Trump-backed budget will harm some of the most vulnerable Americans " even as many Republicans have suggested it won't.
U.S. President Donald Trump drew criticism for using the antisemitic term "Shylock" to describe some bankers during remarks on his signature tax-cut and spending legislation that just passed Congress.
"Think of that: No death tax. No estate tax. No going to the banks and borrowing from, in some cases, a fine banker - and in some cases, Shylocks and bad people," he said during remarks in Iowa late on Thursday.
The Defense Department held up a shipment of U.S. weapons for Ukraine this week over what officials said were concerns about its low stockpiles. But an analysis by senior military officers found that the aid package would not jeopardize the American military's own ammunition supplies, according to three U.S. officials. The move to halt the weapons shipment blindsided the State Department, members of Congress, officials in Kyiv and European allies, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. Critics of the decision included Republicans and Democrats who support aiding Ukraine's fight against Russia. read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to host a UFC fight on White House grounds as he kicked off a series of events to mark America's 250th anniversary next year. "Every one of our national park battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of America 250," Trump said at the "America 250" event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on the eve of the Fourth of July, adding: "We're going to have a UFC fight " think of this " on the grounds of the White House." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the plans, adding that the president is "dead serious." "We are in discussions with the White House about hosting a UFC event on site," A UFC official told CNN, adding they had no additional details to share at this time.
Texas officials are blaming their failure to act on a faulty forecast by Donald Trump's new National Weather Service gutted by cuts to their operating budget and most experienced personnel"
The------------- is now drowning young girls instead of molesting them.