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GOP Attack on the ACA Leaves Health Care Increasingly Government Subsidized
In a tweet the day after Christmas, President Donald Trump announced that the Tax Cut Bill essentially repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and forces Democrats and Republicans to collaborate to create new health law. The bill eliminates the ACA’s tax penalty for not having insurance, allowing low-risk individuals…
Trump Submits National Security Strategy Report
President Trump revealed the first National Security Strategy Report of his presidency on Monday, further displaying his ideological departure from previous presidents. Trump’s report takes a more grim perspective than past reports, painting a picture of a world overrun with jihadist terrorists, international crime organizations…
Trump Administration New Tax Bill
The Republican-led Congress passed a sweeping overhaul of the US tax code on December 20th just days before their holiday recess. The bill totals an estimated $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. Its main focus is on cutting taxes on businesses of all kinds and on reducing taxes for wealthy individuals. Highlights of the…
Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban 3.0
On Monday, December 4, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the third revision of the Trump travel ban could lawfully take effect. Travel Ban 3.0 had previously been blocked by Judge Derrick K. Watson, a federal judge in Hawaii, the day before its provisions were set to be implemented. While this is a major victory…
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
On December 6th, President Trump announced that the US formally recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will begin the process of moving its embassy, which is currently based in Tel Aviv. The announcement was identified as a “new approach” for finding Trump’s promised “ultimate deal” for ending the Israeli-Palestinian…
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Contraceptive Rollback
On Friday, Pennsylvania Federal Judge Wendy Beetlestone temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s rules that allowed employers to deny contraceptive coverage to employees based on moral or religious objections. The administration drafted the rules early this summer and officially issued them in early October. Other states have…
Flynn Update, Trump Jr Interviews, DoJ Defense
Following the news of former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, reports began to surface of text messages Flynn sent to a former business partner during President Trump’s inauguration. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee told reporters that a whistleblower…
The Use of Search Warrants And Cellphone Location Tracking Information
Carpenter v. United States is a case before the current term of the United States Supreme Court that is examining the issue of whether a warrantless search of cell phone records, including the location of and movement of the cell phone user, is a violation of a person’s Fourth Amendment right against an unreasonable search. Timothy…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Plan To Overturn 2015 Net Neutrality Rules [UPDATED]
On April 26, 2017, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced a vote scheduled for May 2017 to decide whether to overturn FCC rules adopted on February 26, 2015, more commonly known as Net Neutrality regulations. The regulations established that broadband providers may…
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