A proposal in the House would cut the maximum Pell Grant award by $1,500 and remove eligibility for part-time students. Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Nearly half a million Texas students stand to get less help paying for college because of aggressive cuts federal lawmakers are...
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Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough may not be a household name, but the so-called referee of the Senate has found herself at the centre of a firestorm after she objected to several parts of US President Donald Trump’s mega-sized tax bill. The 1,000-page document, which he’s dubbed the...
Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Senate Republicans are under mounting pressure from doctors and medical associations to reject massive cuts to health care and food assistance as they rush to complete a...
Elizabeth Butler goes from one supermarket to the next in her hometown of Martinsburg, West Virginia, to ensure she gets the best price on each item on her grocery list. Along with 42 million Americans, she pays for those groceries with federal food subsides. That cash doesn’t cover the whole bill for her family of...
Struggling households owe billions of pounds in unpaid council tax, but bills are expected to keep rising in the years ahead. Newly-published figures show £6.6bn is owed to local authorities in England, with an extra £642m having been added to those arrears in the year to April. Separate data from Scotland and Wales means the...
It’s good to be the queen, and when you are one who’s been appointed by a different king, you see things (D)ifferently. The Senate Parliamentarian is a lady and a lawyer named Elizabeth MacDonough. She’s been in the Parliamentarian’s office since 1999, so she has seen a lot of sturm und drang in her tenure....
BBC The government hopes its new Planning and Infrastructure bill will speed up house-building A new bill which the government says aims to speed up housebuilding has been described as “catastrophic for wildlife” by a nature charity. Devon Wildlife Trust’s chief executive Nick Bruce-White has said it will give developers an open door to pay...
Getty Images Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying clinic Dignitas Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after it was backed by MPs on Friday....
Oscar Bentley Political reporter Parliament The draft law that would legalise assisted dying in some circumstances in England and Wales has cleared all of its initial stages in the House of Commons. MPs voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in principle back in November by a majority of 55....
After several hours of emotional debate, MPs voted on a bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get medical assistance to end their own lives. MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs, rather than...
Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media In an historic vote, MPs have approved a bill which gives terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to end their own lives. The Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which was backed by 314 votes to 291, will now go to the House of Lords for further scrutiny....
A group of protesters a gathered at Parliament Square as MPs debate the final stage of a bill today which could legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. One woman described her son dying of cancer in “excrutiating pain” and saying that assisted dying would have given him a choice. Another protester said that the...
Kate Whannel Political reporter EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the assisted dying bill, has said she is “confident” MPs will back the legislation when it returns for its final stage in the House of Commons on Friday. If the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – which allows terminally ill adults to get...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Over the objections of critics who say a landmark cryptocurrency bill lacks adequate consumer and financial system protections, among other concerns, several Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Tuesday to pass the legislation that would establish a regulatory...