By: Fred Lucas – stream.org – July 24, 2019 The Trump administration is pushing a reform of the food stamp program that could remove as many as 3.1 million recipients from the rolls, in response to persistent questions about whether only genuinely eligible needy people are recipients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to close a loophole that allows states...

By: Staff – bbc.com – July 23, 2019 Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival’s 46,656. The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday. In his victory speech, Mr Johnson promised...

By: Staff – bbc.com – July 23, 2019 Two US police officers in Louisiana have been fired over a Facebook post suggesting congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot. Charles Rispoli wrote that the Democrat needed “a round”, which was then “liked” by a fellow officer. The police chief of Gretna said it was “an embarrassment to our department”. It comes...

By: John Whitesides & Mike Stone – reuters.com – July 16, 2019 Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden unveiled a $750 billion healthcare plan on Monday that he said would strengthen the Affordable Care Act, drawing a contrast with rivals who back a more sweeping “Medicare for All” government-run system. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at...

By: John Whitesides & Mike Stone – reuters.com – July 16, 2019 Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden unveiled a $750 billion healthcare plan on Monday that he said would strengthen the Affordable Care Act, drawing a contrast with rivals who back a more sweeping “Medicare for All” government-run system. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at...

By: Jeff Cox – cnbc.com – July 18, 2019 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday the administration and congressional leaders are continuing toward resolving an impasse over the debt ceiling and he is confident an agreement will be reached that will ensure the U.S. does not default on its obligations. “I don’t think the market should be concerned,” he said....

By: Jeff Cox – cnbc.com – July 18, 2019 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday the administration and congressional leaders are continuing toward resolving an impasse over the debt ceiling and he is confident an agreement will be reached that will ensure the U.S. does not default on its obligations. “I don’t think the market should be concerned,” he said....

By: Elliot Spagat & Cedar Attanasio – apnews.com – July 16, 2019 Hundreds of immigrants showed up at border crossings Tuesday in hopes of getting into the U.S. but faced the likelihood of being turned away under a new Trump administration asylum rule that upends long-standing protections for people fleeing violence and oppression in their homelands. The policy went into effect Tuesday...

By: Elliot Spagat & Cedar Attanasio – apnews.com – July 16, 2019 Hundreds of immigrants showed up at border crossings Tuesday in hopes of getting into the U.S. but faced the likelihood of being turned away under a new Trump administration asylum rule that upends long-standing protections for people fleeing violence and oppression in their homelands. The policy went into effect Tuesday...

By: Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – July 17, 2018 President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, frequently referred to as the Court’s “swing vote”—i.e., a justice who occasionally crosses party and ideological lines to vote with the other side. Since no one seems...