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Inside the Government Shutdown Blame Game
HUD Slammed for 'Partisan'
Message on Shutdown
the rundown
Oct 1, 2025 9:35 AM CDT

HUD Slammed for 'Partisan' Message on Shutdown

Agency points to 'Radical Left' over government closure as blame game between parties kicks off

(Newser) - The finger-pointing was in full swing on Wednesday in the initial hours of a government shutdown. Republicans blame Democrats, while Democrats blame Republicans, which isn't much of a surprise. What's unusual this time: Government agencies are also entering the fray.
  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development posted
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Planned Parenthood Exits Louisiana
Planned Parenthood
Exits Louisiana
Oct 1, 2025 6:11 AM CDT

Planned Parenthood Exits Louisiana

Clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge close after 40 years due to financial, political pressure

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood on Tuesday shuttered its two clinics in Louisiana over what the organization said were mounting financial and political challenges that made operating in the state no longer possible after more than 40 years. The closures make Louisiana the most populous of just four states with no Planned Parenthood...

New White House Initiative: TrumpRx Website

President announces direct-to-consumer website, and a new deal with Pfizer

(Newser) - The White House is rolling out two new initiatives aimed at lowering drug prices, though many details remained in flux.
  • President Trump said Tuesday that his administration had struck a deal with Pfizer to sell its drugs to Medicaid patients at lower prices, reports the AP . He also suggested
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Looks Like a Shutdown, Both Sides Say After Talks

Negotiations are blocked over health care spending as deadline approaches

(Newser) - Democratic congressional leaders left the White House on Monday without a deal to avert a government shutdown, which otherwise would take effect at 12:01am Wednesday. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer said "large differences" remain between the parties on health care funding, the New York Times reports, and Vice...

Mississippi Declares Emergency Over Infant Deaths

State scrambles to address racial disparities and care gaps

(Newser) - Mississippi has declared a public health emergency as its infant mortality rate climbs to the highest level in 14 years, highlighting urgent concerns about healthcare access and deepening racial disparities. The state counted 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, nearly double the national average, per...

GOP Rep Gets a Tongue-Lashing at Town Hall

Changes to Medicaid fuel heated exchanges in Nebraska

(Newser) - Shouts of "Vote him out!" echoed through a packed Nebraska town hall on Monday as Rep. Mike Flood struggled to defend President Trump's policy and tax bill—and faced an audience ready to challenge every word. About 750 attendees made their dissatisfaction clear during the event...

Weight Loss Drugs May Soon Fall Under Medicare/Medicaid

Trump administration pilot program could bring pricey GLP-1 drugs to millions of Americans

(Newser) - The Trump administration is preparing a five-year test that could allow some Medicare and Medicaid patients to access high-profile weight loss drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound. The plan, which would let state Medicaid programs and Medicare Part D insurers choose to cover these drugs for obesity treatment,...

Judge Blocks Trump Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood

Clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation's largest abortion provider fights President Trump's administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation. The new order replaces a previous edict handed down...

Medicaid Requirement Could Test States' Technology

New systems would need to be built for many governments to track eligibility

(Newser) - The Medicaid work requirement in President Trump's tax cut and spending bill now in the hands of Senate Republicans would not only put millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage, it will make dozens of states build software systems quickly to enforce the regulation. States with outdated technology...

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is 'Evolving'

Senate GOP will be hustling over the weekend to work on passing legislation by July Fourth deadline

(Newser) - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts, aka his "big beautiful bill," by his July Fourth deadline. Republicans are using their congressional majorities to push aside Democratic opposition, but...

Senate Parliamentarian Deals Blow to 'Big Beautiful Bill'

A key Medicaid provision violates Senate rules

(Newser) - The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that's central to President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" doesn't adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
  • Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on Thursday
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SCOTUS: States Can Nix Planned Parenthood Funding

If it comes from Medicaid, per Supreme Court ruling

(Newser) - The Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider. The case centers on funding for other health care services Planned Parenthood provides in South Carolina, but the...

House GOP Balks as Senate Rewrites Trump Tax Bill

Senate changes on Medicaid, SALT drive Republican backlash

(Newser) - House Republicans are threatening to derail a sweeping tax and immigration bill backed by President Trump and Senate GOP leaders, citing major changes to the original House version. The Senate's rewrite of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds deeper Medicaid cuts, which detractors warn could hurt rural...

RFK Jr.'s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Loses a Member

Panel set to begin 2-day meeting on Wednesday

(Newser) - Just as its first meeting under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to begin, a newly restructured federal vaccine advisory panel has lost one of its new members. The New York Times reports one of the eight members Kennedy installed two weeks ago after firing all 17 members of...

Agency Given 54 Minutes to Comply With New Directive

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made to hand over data on enrollees to deportation officials

(Newser) - President Trump's administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data—including immigration status—on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. An internal memo and emails obtained by the AP show that Medicaid officials...

Joni Ernst Goes on Defense: 'I'm Very Compassionate'

GOP senator's 'we all are going to die' comment continues to reverberate

(Newser) - On Monday, GOP Sen. Joni Ernst was forced once again to confront statements she made at a Friday town hall in Iowa, though this time around, she was considerably less flip about it. The senator's original remarks in Butler County came about when the event's conversation turned to...

GOP Senator Doubles Down on Snarky Town Hall Comment

Joni Ernst's 'we are all going to die' was controversial, but she's not backing off

(Newser) - Joni Ernst isn't backing down from her controversial remarks at an Iowa town hall Friday. After a constituent noted their concerns about Medicaid cuts potentially causing deaths, Ernst responded, "Well, we are all going to die." The following day, after the comment went viral, Ernst posted a...

House Republicans Unveil Medicaid Cuts

The cuts would offset the tax breaks in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

(Newser) - House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, the AP reports. Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the...

Berated by John Oliver, Health Insurance Exec Sues

Dr. Brian Morley, ex-medical director of AmeriHealth Caritas, claims defamation

(Newser) - A former health insurance boss is suing John Oliver for defamation, arguing the Last Week Tonight host "knowingly manipulated" his words to make millions of viewers believe he'd illegally denied care to a quadriplegic. In an episode on Medicaid released April 14, 2024, Oliver described the case of...

White House Reacts to Musk's Social Security Comments

Trump administration insists benefits won't be cut

(Newser) - Elon Musk sparked alarm Monday when he suggested the Department of Government Efficiency might make cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs, and the Trump administration on Tuesday clarified that no cuts would be made to benefits that are collected under those programs.
  • Musk: "The waste and fraud
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