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In the hours immediately following the government shutdown earlier this month – which happened only after Republicans refused to work with Democrats to extend Obamacare subsidies to get their votes to keep it open – the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress began speaking publicly about the rapidly drying up funding for active-duty military pay and for funding WIC, a federal welfare program. supplementary nutrition for low-income mothers.
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
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I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
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Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
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New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
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Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
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The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Over the weekend, the Pentagon began taking steps to use what it considers unspent research and development funds to pay the checks of 1.3 million active-duty troops. The White House apparently privately informed lawmakers that it would spend $6.5 billion of “remaining military R&D funding available through next fall, according to a person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to speak about details,” in the words of Politico.
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
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Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
Obviously, hypocrisy is nothing new. But within weeks of the shutdown beginning, the Trump administration found ways to fund both.
Over the weekend, the Pentagon began taking steps to use what it considers unspent research and development funds to pay the checks of 1.3 million active-duty troops. The White House apparently privately informed lawmakers that it would spend $6.5 billion of “remaining military R&D funding available through next fall, according to a person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to speak about details,” in the words of Politico.
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
And the version of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that he signed into law this summer included sweeping cuts to Medicaid that are expected to force some three million Americans off WIC, according to the National WIC Association.
Obviously, hypocrisy is nothing new. But within weeks of the shutdown beginning, the Trump administration found ways to fund both.
Over the weekend, the Pentagon began taking steps to use what it considers unspent research and development funds to pay the checks of 1.3 million active-duty troops. The White House apparently privately informed lawmakers that it would spend $6.5 billion of “remaining military R&D funding available through next fall, according to a person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to speak about details,” in the words of Politico.
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
House Republicans held several news conferences blaming the shutdown on Democrats who they said did not care about American troops and mothers who rely on federal welfare programs. At the time, I noted the irony of their concerns about mothers who rely on WIC to feed their children: a few months earlier, in their initial budget plans for what would become the “big, beautiful bill,” House Republicans proposed sweeping cuts to WIC that, if enacted, would have resulted in a loss of $1.3 billion in nutritional benefits for some 5.2 million women and children.
And the version of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that he signed into law this summer included sweeping cuts to Medicaid that are expected to force some three million Americans off WIC, according to the National WIC Association.
Obviously, hypocrisy is nothing new. But within weeks of the shutdown beginning, the Trump administration found ways to fund both.
Over the weekend, the Pentagon began taking steps to use what it considers unspent research and development funds to pay the checks of 1.3 million active-duty troops. The White House apparently privately informed lawmakers that it would spend $6.5 billion of “remaining military R&D funding available through next fall, according to a person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to speak about details,” in the words of Politico.
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
In case you missed it
Morning memo: In Oval Office screed, Trump shows who really runs the DOJ
TPM launches our 25th anniversary essay series covering the last 25 years of digital media. We have two articles today: The original sin of digital media was the belief that digital journalists were part of the tech industry.
What Makes Blogging Different?
The latest news from Kate Riga: 7th Circuit: “Administration still barred from deploying U.S. National Guard to Illinois”
New episode of the Josh Marshall Podcast Feat. Kate Riga: Ep. 387: Transmission from No Kings Terrorist HQ
Yesterday’s most read story
From Josh Kovensky: Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
What we read
What are we experiencing?
I quit the military because of Trump
Thousands of truck drivers fail English exams and are taken off the road
House Republicans held several news conferences blaming the shutdown on Democrats who they said did not care about American troops and mothers who rely on federal welfare programs. At the time, I noted the irony of their concerns about mothers who rely on WIC to feed their children: a few months earlier, in their initial budget plans for what would become the “big, beautiful bill,” House Republicans proposed sweeping cuts to WIC that, if enacted, would have resulted in a loss of $1.3 billion in nutritional benefits for some 5.2 million women and children.
And the version of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that he signed into law this summer included sweeping cuts to Medicaid that are expected to force some three million Americans off WIC, according to the National WIC Association.
Obviously, hypocrisy is nothing new. But within weeks of the shutdown beginning, the Trump administration found ways to fund both.
Over the weekend, the Pentagon began taking steps to use what it considers unspent research and development funds to pay the checks of 1.3 million active-duty troops. The White House apparently privately informed lawmakers that it would spend $6.5 billion of “remaining military R&D funding available through next fall, according to a person familiar with the plan who was granted anonymity to speak about details,” in the words of Politico.
And last week, the Trump administration announced it would use supposed revenue from Trump’s tariffs to keep WIC operating during the shutdown. Administration officials told congressional staff that they plan to dedicate $300 million to WIC to keep it running, the AP reported.
The legality of all this is unclear. While Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a procedural vote to pass a Department of Defense appropriations bill (more on that below) – for the same reasons they did not give Senate Republicans the votes they need to pass a short-term spending bill to reopen the government; none of their requests are being heeded — House Democrats have been looking for ways to fund WIC while the shutdown continues.
On Tuesday, Reps. Robert Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the Protecting WIC Benefits Act, which would keep WIC fully funded during any current or future shutdown by categorizing it as a mandatory program. However, it won’t be voted on anytime soon, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has kept the House out of session for weeks.
The Trump administration is engaging in legal gray areas, finding ways to move money around to keep things it wants running — whether to score rhetorical points against Democrats or to advance their political agenda. Case in point: A new report from HuffPost today suggests that the Trump administration intends to continue paying law enforcement officers within the Department of Homeland Security throughout the shutdown, according to a memo obtained by HuffPost. These officers include ICE agents who have been carrying out brutal and inhumane raids in cities across the country for months.
According to HuffPost:
The memo released Wednesday by the agency’s top human resources official said the White House directed DHS to continue to “pay on time” Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents even though federal funding has expired.
…
It doesn’t specify exactly where the money will come from or what the legal justification will be — only that DHS will “allocate available funds to ensure full and timely payments…for the duration of the shutdown.”
—Nicole LaFond
The GOP tries to bait the Democrats
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote Thursday for the Senate to pass the Defense Department appropriations bill. This comes on the 16th day of the current government shutdown, as Republicans continue to refuse to negotiate with Democrats or even accept their demands to extend ACA subsidies in exchange for their votes.
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) left their caucus to support the defense bill. Cortez-Masto and Fetterman have been doing this all month by supporting the GOP CR. Shaheen, on the other hand, followed Schumer’s lead.
“We can and should try to move forward in a bipartisan appropriations process, even as we work to prevent tens of millions of Americans from seeing a massive increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming days,” Shaheen said in a statement after the vote. “More than anything else, what I hear from my constituents is a desire for us to work together in Washington to get things done. My vote today reflects my commitment to doing just that.”
However, many other members of the Democratic caucus signaled before the vote that they did not intend to follow the Republican Party’s gamble to try to force them to sign on officially on a defense bill without any assurance that their priorities would be taken seriously.
-Emine Yucel
Trump demonstrates action on IVF
It’s still unclear exactly how the Trump administration plans to reduce the cost of infertility treatment IVF, but the White House announced plans today that involve EMD Serono, a fertility treatment maker, reducing the cost of a drug used in IVF. He also announced he would try to force employers to help cover the cost of IVF treatment. According to the Washington Post:
The Trump administration will soon issue guidance encouraging employers to offer fertility benefits directly to their employees, the president said, just as they offer dental or vision benefits. But the government will not offer subsidies to employers or require them to offer this coverage.
This is all good if it actually results in significant monetary relief for Americans using mainstream fertility treatment. But that hardly lives up to Trump’s campaign promise to have the federal government pay for IVF for Americans.
It’s unclear what impact these actions will have on Trump’s base of supporters, a large portion of whom believe in the types of extreme fetal personality ideology that have endangered fertility treatment over the years.
After all, Trump only just learned about IVF a few months ago.
—Nicole LaFond
John Bolton charged
NEW this evening, from CNN:
He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of withholding national defense information.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that while serving as Trump’s national security adviser, Bolton shared “more than a thousand pages of information about his daily activities” with two unauthorized individuals. Both people were connected to Bolton and did not have authority to access classified information, prosecutors said.
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