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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz
Those ballot initiatives took more work, requiring more signatures to get onto the ballot. Activists decided the extra hurdle was worth it to entrench Medicaid in areas of the country that had been hostile to the program - thus giving it more protection in Washington. The politics of the Republican Party have changed since 2017, too, shifting from Tea Party austerity toward working class populism.
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3 weeks ago | 
infobae.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman
Últimas NoticiasRusia invade UcraniaDeportesVenezuelaTecnologíaESPNQué Puedo VerEntretenimientoEEUU Federal-State Relations (US)States (US)Trump, Donald JFederal Aid (US)United States Politics and GovernmentMedicine and HealthHealth and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCoronavirus (2019-nCoV)Disease Ratesyour-feed-healthcareyour-feed-science Se ha comunicado a los estados que ya no pueden usar las...
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman
Se ha comunicado a los estados que ya no pueden usar las subvenciones para la gestión de enfermedades infecciosas, servicios de salud mental, tratamiento de adicciones y otros problemas de salud. El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos canceló abruptamente más de 12.000 millones de dólares en subvenciones federales a los estados que se estaban utilizando para el seguimiento de enfermedades infecciosas, servicios de salud mental, tratamiento de adicciones y otros problemas de salud urgentes.
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4 weeks ago | 
boston.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman |Heather Alterisio
The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues. The cuts are likely to further hamstring state health departments, which are already underfunded and struggling with competing demands from chronic diseases, resurgent infections like syphilis and emerging threats like bird flu.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman
States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services. The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Claire Miller |Margot Sanger-Katz
Abortion bans successfully prevented some women from getting abortions in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a detailed new study of birth data from 2023. The effects were most pronounced among women in certain groups - Black and Hispanic women, women without a college degree, and women living farthest from a clinic. Abortion has continued to rise since the period the data covers, especially through pills shipped into states with bans.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Margot Sanger-Katz |Alicia Parlapiano
Republicans in government are hard at work refashioning federal spending through three major efforts, proceeding along parallel tracks. They may seem to be all the same story - and they do relate to each other - but they each have their own goals, deadlines and constraints. Here, a guide to all three. Potential changes: The bill would fund a portion of the budget - hundreds of billions of dollars - for the rest of the fiscal year.
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1 month ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer |NYT Washington
Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts. But their initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency, has so far barely touched the biggest sources of contract spending in the federal budget. The narrow focus has meant DOGE’s impact on the federal budget has been narrow, too.
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1 month ago | 
news.nestia.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz
The Big Government Contracts DOGE Hasn’t Touched By not targeting major sources of spending like defense, the group has had a minimal impact on the federal budget so far but a big effect on many small companies. By Emily Badger , Aatish Bhatia , Josh Katz , Margot Sanger-Katz and Ethan Singer March 4, 2025 Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Emily Badger |Aatish Bhatia |Josh Katz |Margot Sanger-Katz |Ethan Singer
Elon Musk and his team of budget cutters have claimed credit for billions of dollars in canceled government contracts. But their initiative, the Department of Government Efficiency, has so far barely touched the biggest sources of contract spending in the federal budget. This narrow focus has meant DOGE's impact on the federal budget has been narrow, too.
