President and Administration
The Trump Administration gave final approval on Wednesday, 12/4, to a rule that will remove nearly 700,000 people from the federal food-stamp program by strictly enforcing federal work requirements…
The Department of Health and Human Services Department announced their plan to provide donated HIV prevention drugs (PrEP) for free to the uninsured, as part of the President’s end HIV initiative…
On Wednesday, 12/4, California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed the allocation of $650 million directly to counties and cities to address homelessness across the state, saying he was frustrated with the federal government's slow process in allowing him to release the state funds…
Congress
Democrats indicated optimism that the House and Senate can negotiate all of the Fiscal Year 20 bills and clear them by Dec. 20, when government Continuing Resolution (CR) expires…
Today, 12/9, the House Judiciary Committee began a hearing on the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report…
Ways and Means Democrats are expected to finally unveil legislation this month taking aim at the $10,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes…
Witnesses at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Wednesday, 11/4, testified that the Trump administration’s immigration policies could be deterring undocumented children and children from mixed-status families from attending school and receiving health and nutrition benefits…
Education
At an annual education conference in Reno, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos pitched an idea to have federal student loans managed by a standalone entity that is separate and independent from the Education Department…
Democratic presidential candidates are pitching tuition-free community college as a way to prevent students from piling up student debt…