The only topics surveyed in the new NBC News poll that were less popular than AI? The Democratic Party and Iran
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... by @allansmith.bsky.social
States where hospitals are most concentrated and patients have less choice. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Remember, most states' fiscal year starts in July, and federal guidance on Medicaid work requirements is not due until June. So imagine the scramble for states. and that means doctors, hospitals and insurers have to read an awful lot of tea lea leaves to be ready for Jan. 1, 2027.
Senate Majority Leader Thune still doesn't see a successful way to pass the SAVE America Act via forcing Dems to use a talking filibuster
“Having studied it, researched it pretty thoroughly, you have to show me how in the end it prevails and succeeds. Because I think what has been promised...
Pity poor Kevin Warsh, who was nominated for Fed chair because he promised to cut interest rates
The reductions in the number of new and competing renewal R01s by topic (based on simple searches in NIH Reporter).
The cuts are across the board: Cancer down 24%, Alzheimer down 45%, Obesity down 29%, Child by 21%.
Transgender was down by 84% but represents only a small number of grants.
Wow. Republican Rep Kevin Kiley tells reporters in a virtual press conference that not only will he run as an independent in CA-6, but he will officially be an independent for the remainder of his current term in Congress, @melodykloepfer.bsky.social reports.
A federal judge has blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a fast-track process to dispose of the vast majority of appeals by people seeking review of adverse decisions by immigration judges.
Feds have acted as if civilians have no right to observe or record them, said David Bier of the Cato Institute. “Once you adopt those positions then everyone’s a viable target,” he said. The consequences ... “amounts to going after the political opposition,” Bier said. www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
News: CBS News Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane is exiting the network, it was announced on the network’s morning editorial call.
Sweet Jesus. “The administration is scrambling to improvise a sensible domestic response to its own foreign policy. There are definite signs of a potential policy spiral.” www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to forge ahead with his aggressive immigration crackdown driven by top aide Stephen Miller and a new homeland secretary nominee who shares Trump's hardline view, current and former U.S. officials and lawmakers said.
My kids have measles, there are no jobs, and the country is at war. But at least now I can buy raw milk with my HSA card.
The US Customs and Border Protection agency is unable to comply with a court order directing it to refund tariffs that the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the agency said in a court filing with the US Court for International Trade reut.rs/4somFXm
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And wow. That’s a huge jump I. Turnout
I posted a 2026 Texas primary turnout and early voting analysis. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
NEW: Here's the story of a woman deported by Kristi Noem. Legally in the United States (as a DACA recipient), she is the mother of a U.S. citizen and was working to help the homeless—but when she went for an appointment to get a green card, she was deported.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kristi-noe...
With Qatar raising the prospect of $150 crude, our @pippastevens.cnbc.com says that would -- theoretically -- put retail gasoline somewhere in the $5.50 range.
@cnbc.com #OOTT
from NOTUS' @katenocera.bsky.social and Matt Berman's afternoon news letter
"Noem now gets to be special envoy for the ‘Shield of the Americas,’ definitely not a job the president just made up."
www.notus.org/final-notus-...
Dem Brendan Boyle is trying to get a cost estimate from CBO for the Iran war.
Bennie Thompson, ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, closed his statement on Noem: "I doubt many of the 248,000 employees at DHS who keep us safe around the clock will be shedding a tear tonight."
*deep breath* lol, lmao
I believe the filing deadline is the end of the month, and Mike Rounds is still running. People like Rounds, and he is not stupid.
I don't believe I've seen a senator laying hands on someone like that ever before, though former Rep. Gianforte, now Gov., did hit a reporter.
Hospitals are facing another growing problem. Businesses, insurers and some lawmakers think they've gotten fat and rich, even as they face the $1 trillion in healthcare cuts in HR 1, and it's time to cut them more.
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It's really bleak here in the South
