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'Sit on their butt at home': Republican smears Medicaid recipients in call for cuts

May 12, 2025 1:56PM ET Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) demanded cuts to Medicaid spending because he claimed recipients "sit on their butt at home." While speaking to right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on Monday, Scott rejected calls to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans. "First off, I've never ever voted for a tax increase," the senator insisted. "We need lower taxes and we'll get more revenues." "So no new tax increases, none," he continued. "Red ...

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Justice Department's Todd Blanche appointed acting Librarian of Congress

Updated on: May 12, 2025 / 1:17 PM EDT The Department of Justice's second-in-command can add "librarian" to his résumé. Todd Blanche has been appointed acting Librarian of Congress, the Justice Department confirmed Monday. Blanche is President Trump's former personal criminal attorney. It is unclear if the career lawyer has previously done work involving the Dewey Decimal System (or the Library of Congress Classification system). Two other Justice Department officials have also added ...

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DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans

05/12/2025 03:01 PM EDT Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on Monday that the U.S. will terminate the temporary protected status program for Afghanistan, a move that could lead to the deportation of over 9,000 Afghans residing in the country. Noem said in a statement that the conditions in Afghanistan have improved sufficiently to warrant the program’s termination. Afghans’ temporary protected status will expire on May 20 and the elimination of the program will take effect ...

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Dow soars 1,100 points after Trump team and China dramatically lower tariffs

US stocks surged on Monday after President Donald Trump’s top trade officials brokered a surprisingly dramatic de-escalation in trade tensions with China over the weekend, dropping tariffs to much lower levels, which some economists say could stave off a US recession. The Dow closed higher by 1,161 points, or 2.81%. The broader S&P 500 gained 3.26%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 4.35%. The three major indexes each posted their biggest single-day gains in over one month. “The sharp ...

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First group of white South Africans lands in US under Trump refugee plan

A US-funded flight carrying the first group of 49 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status. President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination". -snip- Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared with other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking plac ...

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House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts

(ABC News) House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans tried to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during Trump's first term in 2017 — which ended in failure.

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States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan

(Politico) House Republicans opted against some of the most dramatic changes they had been considering for Medicaid, the joint federal-state program covering nearly 80 million Americans. But they are plowing forward with other major initiatives that could leave millions without coverage as the GOP starts laying out key provisions of its party-line domestic policy megabill. It incorporates new mandates that will likely force states to revamp how they finance their programs or cut benefits. The health provisions also include new work requirements that are expected to lead many people to lose coverage, as well as a new cost-sharing requirement for some beneficiaries in the program, not to exceed five percent of a patient’s income.

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New Mexico governor says potential GOP cuts to Medicaid would 'destroy health care as we know it'

(The Hill) New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) on Sunday blasted Republican efforts to reduce Medicaid funding, saying potential cuts would “destroy health care as we know it.” “This is very simply an effort to destroy health care as we know it, to rip it away from everyday Americans, make it more costly for everybody else,” Lujan Grisham said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”

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'Very bad idea': Republicans revolt over Trump scheme to get $400 million plane from Qatar

(Raw Story) ABC News on Sunday reported President Donald Trump is poised to accept “what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government” — “a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar” to be used “as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation.”

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Pam Bondi's Qatar Links Under Scrutiny Over Trump's Luxury Plane Gift

(Newsweek) Attorney General Pam Bondi's links to Qatar are under scrutiny again following reports that President Donald Trump will be gifted a luxury plane from the Qatari government. Bondi worked as a foreign lobbyist for the nation of Qatar, earning $115,000 a month in the role which she held in 2020 and in the run up to the World Cup in 2022. In this role, she lobbied Congress on behalf of Qatari interests. She also worked in a separate lobbying position for the Washington, D.C.-based firm Ballard Partners, where she also lobbied on behalf of Qatari interests and several conglomerates including Amazon.

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'Sit on their butt at home': Republican smears Medicaid recipients in call for cuts

10 hrs ago - May 12, 2025 1:56PM ET Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) demanded cuts to Medicaid spending because he claimed recipients "sit on their butt at home." While speaking to right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on Monday, Scott rejected calls to raise tax rates on the ... (Raw Story)

DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans

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Justice Department's Todd Blanche appointed acting Librarian of Congress

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