LUPICA: GOP won’t budge on gun debate – even after Va. shooting

This is how Sen. Rand Paul, who was at the ballfield in Alexandria, Va., when the shooting started early Wednesday morning, described the first moments of an active shooter firing away, this time at members of Congress: "The first shot was kind of an isolated shot and everybody kind of looks up and says, 'Hey, what's that?'" It was the sound of more gunfire in America, is what it was. It was gunfire that will now command the attention of not just some politicians in Washington, but all of them.

N.J. would see big-time job loss under Trump Obamacare repeal

The Garden State would lose 42,000 jobs by 2026, behind only New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, and Illinois, according to the study by George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that supports efforts to increase health coverage. Senate Republicans working behind closed doors and without public hearings are drafting their own bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Yet another study shows that – surprise! – ‘abstinence-only’ sex education just doesn’t work

Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... High teen pregnancy rates are usually associated with lower levels of education and poverty.

Letter: Trump can’t do anything right

However he achieved it is still in question, but for the time being he still has the title of "president." Besides trying to explain his connection with Russia, he is now going to have to justify taking Meals on Wheels away from the elderly and poor, and making cuts in Medicaid, SS Disability, and funding to urban and rural communities.  We have almost 10,000 children living in poverty right here in Massachusetts now.

Trumpa s cuts could see hungry kids in vulnerable California GOP districts

In this May 23, 2017, photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget as he speaks to members of the media in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Trump's $4.1 trillion plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally proposes deep cuts in safety net programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.

Megan Leavey Review: Could have you in tears of joy

Megan Leavey Bleecker Street Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Written by: Pamela Gray, Annie Mumolo, Tim Lovestedt Cast: Kate Mara, RamA3n RodrA guez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Will Patton, Sam Keeley, Common, Edie Falco Screened at: Critics' link, NYC, Opens: June 9, 2017 When I was a kid I thought that Norman Ferguson and Tee He's "Pinocchio" was not only the best movie I had seen but probably the best movie that will ever be made. Seventy-six years later, when I sit in on some allegedly more mature pictures, I am likely to think back to my judgement on that cartoon with fondness for its accuracy.

Chicago court stays deportation of pizza worker to Mexico

A Chicago-based appeals court has halted the deportation of a Mexican immigrant in Ohio to give the court time to assess whether his deportation might seriously harm his three children who are U.S. citizens. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Ricardo Sanchez made plausible arguments he couldn't support his family on Mexican wages.

Big Bird’s finances come under scrutiny at House budget hearing

The director of the Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday during a House hearing on the president's proposed budget that Sesame Street 's Big Bird "makes more money than anybody in this room." Mick Mulvaney was discussing the phasing out of support for public broadcasting, which President Trump proposed in the draft budget released Tuesday .

With big spending cuts, Trump’s budget highlights clash of values

To the Trump team, the president's budget proposal is rooted in unassailable values: respect for the people "who are actually paying the taxes," as White House budget director Mick Mulvaney puts it. In President Trump's $4.1 trillion fiscal 2018 budget plan, released Tuesday, that approach translates into deep cuts in social safety-net programs that Mr. Mulvaney suggests discourage work and hinder economic growth.

The Montana Kid

Mary and I are in Montana with the Conservative Campaign Committee working to defeat Pelosi's latest "impeach Trump" minion, Rob Quist, who is running for Congress. A small incident brought a smile to my face and my spirit.

Trump’s $4.1T budget relies on deep domestic cuts

President Donald Trump's proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes safety net programs for the poor, targeting food stamps and Medicaid, while relying on rosy projections about the nation's economic growth to balance the budget within 10 years. The cuts are part of a budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year that amount to a dramatic restructuring of the government, with protection for retirement programs for the elderly, billions of dollars more for the military and the rest of the government bearing the bulk of the reductions.

On further reviewA a oeMorning Editiona report last week offered 13…

A "Morning Edition" report last week offered 13 million NPR listeners results from Indiana's largest-in-the-nation school voucher program: Per-pupil education spending, adjusted for inflation, less than 2009 as the state picks up tuition bills for more families who always intended to send their children to religious schools Early research finding ... (more)