Among other things, a 5-4 ruling on birthright citizenship is an invitation to try again.
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Florida has executed nine men this year, more than all other states combined. This description by @pamelacolloff.bsky.social of what that looks/feels like is definitely worth your time. www.propublica.org/article/flor...
We’re gonna find more places to park Bram with a card table and a “let’s talk xxx” sign
Bram Sable-Smith@realbrambo.bsky.social · last mo.One of my goals as a journalist this year is to do a better job showing where my stories come from and how I report them. It's the best way I can think of to build trust. So let me pull back the curtain on my latest video for @kffhealthnews.org and @npr.org...
"She would make sure that all 535 packets of letters and drawings were delivered to every member of Congress. She would keep telling the stories of the children she’d met." Keep going, Ms. Rachel. (gift link) wapo.st/4ecHKP2
Ms. Rachel goes to Washington, carrying letters from children in ICE custody
The children’s media star is urging lawmakers to end family detention and reunite the kids and parents who had been separated by ICE enforcement.
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People were burned out of their homes with children inside. City busses were set on fire. This is what the face of DHS is supporting?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoKilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."
I checked with Bluesky-famous shark biologist @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and he declined to rule out with certainty that Congressman Kean was swallowed by a shark.
Oriana González@oriana.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW from @josepagliery.bsky.social: Tom Kean Jr. hasn’t been seen in Washington for over 75 days and has missed 88 House votes His neighbors in New Jersey say they haven’t seen him either Kean’s wife declined to comment when asked about her husband’s whereabouts www.notus.org/congress/tom...
FIFA painted over a beloved Wyland mural of whales, one of just 100 in the world, to advertise for the World Cup. Apparently without talking to anyone before doing so. www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Outcry as World Cup art replaces beloved Dallas whale mural
As Dallas pulls out the stops for the World Cup this summer, one makeover is causing an uproar: the sudden disappearance of a beloved, giant mural downtown of swimming whales.
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Brilliant story on RFK's push for an unethical study that withholds vaccines from 7000 children in Guinea-Bissau, based on a "house of cards." Guinea-Bissau says they never approved of this. And yet HHS calls it an "opportunity." By Arthur Allen @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/a-dani...
A Danish Couple’s Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t.
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NEWS: Trump's stock trades included up to $680,000 in Eli Lilly as his administration was preparing policies that would benefit the drug company's GLP-1 business. $LLY Trump personally signed the disclosure. By @dariustahir.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs - KFF Health News
New ethics disclosures show the president invested in Eli Lilly and a company that manufactures injectable devices as his health agencies implemented policies that benefited them.
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A growing number of states are using their health agencies as arms of immigration enforcement, requiring them to report recipients of Medicaid to DHS if their legal status is in question. @arjonesreports.bsky.social has the story⤵️
Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further. - KFF Health News
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. North ...
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Pope Leo XIV gifted Marco Rubio a plant of peace. In return, Marco Rubio gave the pope a crystal football. The pope’s response? “Wow. Okay.”
GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Zepbound will be available to some Medicare enrollees for weight loss for the first time. The program will cap the monthly cost of the popular drugs at $50. bsky.app/profile/kffh...
KFF Health News@kffhealthnews.org · 3mo agoStarting in July, people on Medicare might be able to get weight loss drugs, such as Wegovy and Zepbound, for $50 a month. It’s a notable shift for Medicare, which has long been barred from covering weight loss treatments. @jackie-fortier.bsky.social reports ⤵️
Amid plenty of hantavirus headlines... The official leading CDC’s cruise ship program has retired, according to an internal announcement obtained by STAT www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...
Official leading CDC’s cruise ship program retires
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius has focused the public's attention on cruise ship safety.
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NEWS: Medicaid work requirements begin in Nebraska *tomorrow* -- nine months ahead of the One Big Beautiful Bill's deadline. But the state published a list of thousands of health conditions that will exempt people as "frail." Via @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/neb...
Trump’s Medicaid Work Mandate Debuting in Nebraska to Much Dismay - KFF Health News
On May 1, the state will become the first to require people on the government health program to fulfill a work requirement or lose their coverage under a new rule that was a key part of congressional ...
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The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that three of the women suspected was because of their gender.
Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead
The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that three of the women suspected was because of their gender.
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A lot of people choose their health insurance the same way they shop for a flight - sort by the lowest monthly price and click “buy.” If you have a high-deductible plan, we've got tips to make it work better for you. @kffhealthnews.org @npr.org
How to make a high-deductible health plan and HSA work for you
If you chose a cheaper health plan, you may be stuck with some hefty medical bills until you meet your deductible. Here's how to get the most out of your plan and health savings account.
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Introducing over 11,000 new members of the Solar System...and our main survey hasn't quite started yet! ☄️ Using pre-survey observations from 2025, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory scientists have reported more than 11,000 new asteroids and comets! 🔭🧪 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/11000-n...
NEWS: After an unexplained delay, the CDC has begun publicly releasing taxpayer-funded sequences of genomes from measles outbreaks. The data will help determine whether we've lost our status as a measles-free country. By @amymaxmen.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines - KFF Health News
This week, the CDC began to publish long-awaited data that will reveal the extent of measles’ comeback. While applauding the science, researchers say the Trump administration has done little to contai...
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UPDATE: Two hours ago, Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death was ruled a homicide by the Erie County Medical Examiner.
Prism@prismreports.org · 4mo agoBuffalo’s Rohingya community demands answers in the death of a disabled refugee released from immigration custody, reports Victor Maung. Border Patrol agents left the nearly blind Nurul Amin Shah Alam in downtown Buffalo on a cold winter night. Days later, he was found dead.
Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.
This is so wrong. Great reporting, as always, by @kffhealthnews.org ’s Elizabeth Rosenthal.
She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage — KFF Health News
When medical bills started rolling in, a teacher’s aide in Florida wondered why her insurance suddenly wasn’t covering them. The answer? She owed a balance of 5 cents, so her insurer canceled her poli...
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President Trump showed a classified map from his first term to passengers on a 2022 private plane flight and retained another record so sensitive that only six government officials had access to it, according to a prosecution memo released to Congress.
Trump showed classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022, memo says
The document offers a snapshot of an early moment in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and adds new shading to the public understanding of Smith’s probes.
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One of the great things about my job at @kff.org is coming up with innovative survey designs. In a rare instance of longitudinal survey data, we went back to our 2025 ACA Marketplace Enrollees to see how they fared during open enrollment. www.kff.org/public-opini...
Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees | KFF
This KFF survey is a follow-up survey of adults who had ACA Marketplace insurance in 2025. The survey examines the cost concerns and coverage changes that these 2025 Marketplace enrollees are experien...
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Ashley Kirzinger@ashleykirzinger.bsky.social · 8mo agoA key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees www.kff.org/public-opini...
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder, groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement.
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.
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Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Here's a TV commercial of her on a horse, filmed five months ago at Mount Rushmore, for an ad campaign that cost more than $200 million
Kind of strange that in 1993, the president was someone who was born in 1946. And in 2026, the president is someone who was born in 1946.
Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 5mo agoI was just watching some of the Bill and Hillary deposition footage and its really striking/disturbing how much the Clintons clearly come off younger and in better shape than either of our two recent presidents.
Hi — new to BlueSky! I’m a journalist covering how health policy and systems impact people. Lately I’ve reported on federal cuts hitting a rural bioscience hub, a town recovering from meth, and a man who said he had to break Medicaid rules. Based in Montana, I write for both 📰 and 📻
CBO finds after passage of Trump's tax cuts and recent economic adjustments, the Medicare hospital trust fund will be exhausted in 2040, "12 years earlier than in our most recent estimate.. which was published in March 2025." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Just months after receiving a presidential pardon, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao appeared at Mar-a-Lago last week, placing himself squarely in the Trump family’s crypto orbit.
Binance’s Zhao Touts US Growth Bid at Trump Family Crypto Bash
Just months after receiving a presidential pardon, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao appeared at Mar-a-Lago last week, placing himself squarely in the Trump family’s crypto orbit.
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in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you
Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 5mo agoIn the video of Trump talking to the US men's hockey team, when he says "I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that" as a joke about how annoying it is to have women around, the most painful part for me, are all the hockey players laughing. Actually laughing.