Carl Gibson

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Carl Gibson

H.R. 1, President Donald Trump's so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," contains one provision that may prove to be both financially and politically costly for Republicans — particularly those from the reddest states in the U.S.Politico reported Friday that the legislation contains a provision that would end up forcing all states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is something Republican-run states have been hesitant to do since the ACA became law in 2010.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

H.R. 1, President Donald Trump's so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," contains one provision that may prove to be both financially and politically costly for Republicans — particularly those from the reddest states in the U.S.Politico reported Friday that the legislation contains a provision that would end up forcing all states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is something Republican-run states have been hesitant to do since the ACA became law in 2010.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, on the day of Gabbard's swearing in ceremony, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan HowardPush NotificationOne of President Donald Trump's Cabinet appointees may be on her way out, according to a Friday report in the New York Times. The Times' Julian E.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan HowardPush NotificationOne of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees reportedly pushed for his elevation to the federal bench after issuing a ruling that benefited Trump.

1 week ago | alternet.org | Carl Gibson

After the Supreme Court issued a 7-2 majority decision siding with the fossil fuel industry over environmental regulators, one of the dissenters lamented not just the decision itself, but the propensity of the nation's highest court to side with the rich and powerful. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern wrote Friday that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson – who was appointed by former President Joe Biden — used her dissent in the Diamond Alternative Energy v.