The GOP’s reconciliation bill includes cuts to anti-poverty programs that help save tens of thousands of lives yearly. A Republican senator has dismissed her constituents’ concerns that the GOP’s sweeping cuts to Medicaid could kill people by saying that “we all are going to die” in a comment on Friday. As Iowa Republican Sen. Joni...
Helen Bushby Culture reporter Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha has said ITV’s cuts to its daytime schedule came “out of the blue” and have been “absolutely brutal” for those working on the show. ITV announced last week it was axing more than 220 jobs and making cuts to shows including Loose Women and...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Sandra Anderson didn’t think the storm would be too bad. When her grandchildren asked if the dogs should be brought in, Anderson demurred, saying they’d be fine. But later that night, an alert on her phone warned her of a tornado...
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the cuts will barely boost the economy and mostly go to the rich. An analysis released Thursday by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found that the tax cuts at the center of Republicans’ massive reconciliation package would do little to boost economic growth — and would...
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Noaa/Reuters Hurricane Milton, in October 2024, was one of the Atlantic’s strongest recorded storms The coming Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be busier than usual, US science agency NOAA has warned, just as cuts to American research are raising fears about the ability to track and prepare for...
I did not see this one coming. Gov. Newsom is getting some angry pushback from Planned Parenthood over his new budget which would slash about half a billion in funding that goes to Medical providers. California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s proposed $322 billion budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year includes a $500 million cut to health...
A spokesperson for the Unrig Our Economy coalition called the GOP package “a reverse Robin Hood of the highest order.” House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation that would deliver a slew of tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, giveaways that the party aims to fund with unprecedented cuts to Medicaid and federal...
Getty Images The NHS in England is planning “previously unthinkable” cuts to try to balance the books, health bosses say. Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers, which represents health managers. Staff, including doctors and nurses, also face the axe –...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter House of Commons Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned welfare cuts some have warned are “impossible to support” without a “change of direction”. In a letter to The Guardian, 42 MPs said proposed welfare savings worth £5bn a year by 2030 had...
The US has announced that it is cutting $50m (£37m) in aid to Zambia’s health sector, due to the country’s failure to address the “systematic theft” of donated drugs and medical supplies. This “difficult” decision was taken after repeated warnings to the Zambian government to safeguard vital drugs meant for the country’s most vulnerable patients,...
A number of Labour MPs have said they will vote against the government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits. Nine Labour MPs voiced concern over the government’s plans to make it harder for people with less severe conditions to claim disability payments during a debate on Wednesday. Calls to rethink the benefits cuts, as well as...
Becky Morton Political reporter PMQs: Badenoch presses PM on winter fuel payment Sir Keir Starmer has defended the decision to axe winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as calls for a reversal of the policy continue. A group of around 45 Labour MPs representing seats in northern England and the Midlands have joined those...
Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s civil war. The announcement came as the RSF were blamed for attacks on the usually safe city of Port Sudan, which started on Sunday and have continued...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm. Sweeping cuts imposed by the Trump administration, they told higher-ups in an...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Restricting winter fuel payments dented Labour’s support at last week’s local elections, the health secretary has acknowledged. Wes Streeting told the BBC many voters “aren’t happy” with the move, adding it had “come up on the doorstep” during campaigning. But he insisted the move would help the government invest...