Advocates are preparing to commemorate World AIDS Day this year against the backdrop of major threats to federal HIV/AIDS funding and services under President Donald Trump, who has already moved to slash critical programs in the broader fight to end the epidemic. This year marks the first World AIDS Day of the second Trump administration, . Read More.
If there’s any good that’s come from the government shutdown, it’s exposing all the fraud being committed to exploit the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The post SNAP Fraud: A $50,000 EBT Card, One Person Getting Benefits from 6 Different States This Is What Taxpayers Are Funding appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
“It’s pure hypocrisy. Our military and federal employees shouldn’t be punished because Congress can’t do its job!” Florida Sen. Rick Scott seeethed.
Government Shutdown Grounds Daytime Launches for SpaceX and Other Private Space Companies
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at CNN during an interview with anchor Jake Tapper because the network hosted a town hall with two progressive lawmakers, whom Johnson described as “socialist.”On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hosted a live town hall on CNN, where the duo heaped criticism on Johnson and the Republican caucus for the government shutdown. “They need to pick up the d phone,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “They’re saying that they’re doing all this work they are twiddling their thumbs and talking to each other. It is actually an unconscionable abdication and refusal to work.” Tapper asked Johnson about Ocasio-Cortez’s comments on Thursday. “I am always open to negotiating, but we had the negotiations in the House, and the mutual agreement by Republicans and Democrats, who were appropriators, was to extend it for seven weeks to November 21st, so they would have time to finish the appropriations process,” Johnson shot back. “AOC engaged in a political stunt, as did Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and voted against it for their own partisan political purposes,” he continued. “They have created this mess. So, it doesn’t matter how many hours you give her in a town hall,” he added. “The first-ever socialist town hall on CNN. I’m glad it was aired. You got to hear their real views, and it’s pretty dangerous for the future of America.”.
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits. The repetition of votes on the funding bill has become a daily drumbeat in Congress, underscoring how intractable [.].
