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Here’s How Millions of People Could Lose Health Insurance if Trump’s Tax Bill Becomes Law
The bill is likely to reverse years of escalating health insurance rates in the country.
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July 3, 2025
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Trump Administration Withholds Over $6 Billion for After-school, Summer Programs and More
“They’re trying to send a message. They don’t believe that taxpayer funding should be used for these children,” said Amaya Garcia, who oversees education research at New America.
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July 2, 2025
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20 States Sue After the Trump Administration Releases Private Medicaid Data to Deportation Officials
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the Trump administration’s data release violates federal health privacy protection laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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July 1, 2025
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Senate Republicans Advance Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ After Dramatic Late-night Vote
Not all GOP lawmakers are on board with proposals to reduce spending on Medicaid, food stamps and other programs as a way to help cover the cost of extending some $3.8 trillion in Trump tax breaks.
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June 29, 2025
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Book Review: Michael Luo Tells the Harrowing Story of Chinese Exclusion in America
“Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” comes at a time when politics and immigration have intertwined once again.
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June 28, 2025
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Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman
At town halls across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats and allied progressive groups are inviting Conor Lamb, a former U.S Congressman who voters rejected in May 2022 when he ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary. Now he is serving as a stand-in for the embattled Senator.
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June 27, 2025
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States Can Cut Off Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court Rules
Medicaid patients go to Planned Parenthood for things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy testing, in part because it can be tough to find a doctor who takes the publicly funded insurance.
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June 26, 2025
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Trump Administration Sues All 15 Maryland Federal Judges Over Order Blocking Removal of Immigrants
The remarkable action lays bare the administration’s determination to exert its will over immigration enforcement as well as a growing exasperation with federal judges who have time and again turned aside executive branch actions they see as lawless and without legal merit.
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June 25, 2025
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Iran Strikes Back at Trump, Launches Missile Attacks on US Bases in Qatar and Iraq
The retaliation came a day after the U.S. launched a surprise attack Sunday morning on three of Iran’s nuclear sites, opening a new chapter of war.
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June 23, 2025
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
