POLITICS
FBI figures show 15% drop in violent crime in 2024
| June 13, 2024
During the first quarter of 2024, there’s also been a 13% drop in aggravated assault, according to the FBI. Murder and rape both decreased by about 26%. Robbery decreased by 18% and property crime declined 15%.
Medical debt would be removed from credit reports under new Biden rule
| June 11, 2024
Roughly 15 million Americans have medical debt on their credit reports. The new rule means that debt will no longer be able to depress their credit scores and make it more difficult for them to get a job, rent an apartment, or secure a mortgage or car loan.
Trump allies considering plans to limit insurance coverage for abortions
| June 11, 2024
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.
Trump failed to cap insulin costs. Now, he’s mad Biden got it done.
| June 10, 2024
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.
Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledges he should have disclosed free trips from Texas billionaire
| June 10, 2024
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 […]