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Trump allies considering plans to limit insurance coverage for abortions

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 11, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | DFW | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
The proposals would modify existing labor laws to exclude “uniform” employer coverage for abortion, making it more challenging for patients in red states to seek care across state lines.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 06: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Turning Point PAC town hall at Dream City Church on June 06, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Trump delivered remarks and took questions from the audience during a 'chase the vote' town hall. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump failed to cap insulin costs. Now, he’s mad Biden got it done.

by Isabel Soisson

| June 10, 2024

DFW | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Trump’s time in the White House saw no changes to the staggering cost of insulin for patients, and it was two laws signed by Biden that helped lower insulin costs to $35 per month for millions of Americans.
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Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledges he should have disclosed free trips from Texas billionaire

by The Texas Tribune

| June 10, 2024

DFW | Supreme Court | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged for the first time in a new financial disclosure filing that he should have publicly reported two free vacations he received from Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow. The […]
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 5: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gestures to a reporter for a question during a news conference following a vote on the Right to Contraception Act at the U.S. Capitol on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats, seeking to put reproductive rights at center stage heading into November's election, held a vote to move forward with legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide it was blocked by all present Senate Republicans, except Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Senate Republicans block bill to protect birth control access

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 6, 2024

ABORTION | DFW | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | Texas Lead Story | US SENATE
The bill would have guaranteed the right for Americans to obtain and use birth control without government interference. It would also protect the right of health care providers to distribute information about contraception and provide it to patients.
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about health care and prescription drug costs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Biden's administration will announce on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, the first prescription drugs being targeted by the U.S. government for price negotiations as part of an effort to lower Medicare costs. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Big corporations are suing to block Biden’s efforts to lower costs

by Isabel Soisson

| June 5, 2024

DFW | ECONOMY | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
From the cost of medication to education to everyday expenses, the Biden administration has passed several laws and implemented many federal rules taking on giant corporations, but big businesses are fighting tooth and nail to protect their profits.
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