Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico

A Trump administration proposal to allow more exploration for oil and gas violates environmental laws, the groups said.

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When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest

Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.

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How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.

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How Medicaid’s New Work Requirement Will Work

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies.

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G.M. Will Cut 1,750 Jobs in Electric Vehicle Business

The layoffs at factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee follow the elimination of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.

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After Trump Cuts, Hochul Vows to Fund Planned Parenthood in New York

President Trump’s signature policy bill has barred clinics that provide abortions from receiving any Medicaid payments, putting many at risk of closure.

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‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever.

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Can a University From Tennessee Help Accelerate Growth in West Palm Beach?

At a time of financial and enrollment uncertainty in higher education, Vanderbilt University, along with other schools, has forged ahead with expansion.

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Education Dept. Agrees to Resume More Student Loan Cancellations

Hailed as a win for borrowers, the agreement will enable more enrollees in income-driven repayment plans to have their remaining debt canceled.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

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