The National Institutes of Health planned an open competition to replace a $112 million research contract. Its own paperwork says Trump's DOGE order caused delays and staff turnover that wrecked the plan, so it gave the same company two more years and up to $20 million more without a bid.
A draft agenda put the sale of 1,300 acres in Cameron County on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's closed-door calendar for November 5. All nine commissioners are Greg Abbott appointees. Two sources told Texas Monthly the land is Boca Chica State Park and the buyer is SpaceX. After reporters asked, the agency said the sale isn't on its November agenda.
On October 14, Tommy Tuberville said he's '100% for data centers,' that they use 'as much water as two McDonald's' and won't raise power prices. Six weeks earlier, his own plan said they must replace the water they take and that Alabama ratepayers need protecting from them.
The No. 3 Republican in the House told Fox News that Rep. Ilhan Omar should 'serve time in the gray bar motel and then get the hell out of here' if allegations about her family's immigration papers are proven. Four months ago he said Somalis who don't assimilate should 'go the hell back.'
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Monica De La Cruz voted to slash nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, a vote that will help leave an estimated 10 million more Americans without health insurance.
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Ann Wagner claims her signature law was designed to crack down on sex trafficking.
Six legal aid groups sued on October 15 over new rules that rush asylum cases for children who arrived without a parent: 24 hours' notice of interviews for detained children, rescheduling blocked even for double-booked lawyers, and a January 31 deadline for immigration judges.
Career prosecutors in Virginia had a grand jury examining whether Meta facilitated and profited from illegal drug sales, including to children. Right after they subpoenaed Meta executives, Trump's Justice Department leadership told them to back off.
Lawler tells Hudson Valley voters he opposes a federal abortion ban. He doesn't bring up his two votes for Trump's budget bill, which blocked Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for a year — including for cancer screenings and birth control.