| Feb 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityWith an annual budget rapidly approaching $1 trillion, the Pentagon already gets more discretionary tax dollars than any other agency. Now congressional Republicans are proposing to hike that figure by anywhere from $100 billion to $150 billion — while slashing...
| Jan 29, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump caused panic and chaos when his Office on Management and Budget ordered a sweeping freeze on federal funding for programs American families rely on. The backlash was fast and fierce as programs ranging from Medicaid to Meals on Wheels to cancer...
| Jan 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedAs President Trump takes office, his Republican allies in Congress are already hard at work readying his legislative agenda. Trump campaigned on a promise to lower costs for Americans. But so far, the GOP hasn’t proposed a single plan to do that. Instead, Republicans...
| Dec 11, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI worked hard my whole career and retired feeling secure. Then I lost every last dime in a scam. I was left with $1,300 a month in Social Security benefits to live on in an area where monthly expenses run about $3,700. I’m a smart woman, but scams against older...
| Nov 26, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI teach my children to be kind and respectful and not to judge others — we’re all in this life together. Yet families like ours are often stigmatized when we need assistance to make ends meet. My husband and I work hard for our four boys. We live above the official...
