Warren calls on HHS to provide access to voter registration services through health insurance applications
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling on the Biden administration to provide access to voter registration services through HealthCare.gov, where Americans can apply for health insurance through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Warren urged HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to make changes to HealthCare.gov that could lead to millions of Americans registering to vote, especially those living below the federal poverty level, according to a letter first obtained by The Hill. She pointed to President Biden’s executive order on promoting access to voting tha
Read MoreTwo-thirds of small business owners expecting higher revenue despite inflation concerns
Two-thirds of small businesses expect to increase their revenue over the next year and 43 percent percent plan to hire more staff, the highest figures in two years, according to a survey from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife. The report found that small businesses are the most optimistic they’ve been since the start of the pandemic, despite growing concerns about the impact of red-hot inflation. Forty-four percent of small businesses cite inflation as the biggest challenge, up from 33 percent last quarter, according to the survey, which was conducted from April 29 to
Read MoreCruz knocks 'Sesame Street' for having Elmo 'aggressively advocate' for young kids' COVID vaccines
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) slammed "Sesame Street" on Wednesday after the popular children's show promoted COVID-19 vaccines in a recent episode, accusing it of "aggressively" advocating for the inoculations for young kids despite citing "zero scientific evidence." The Texas lawmaker shared a recent clip from the show's Twitter account in which Elmo's father, Louie, tells his son he was "super-duper" for getting vaccinated be
Read MoreRedistricting battle further positions DeSantis for 2024 presidential bid
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a political enigma. The Harvard and Yale-educated attorney has accomplished what numerous conservative politicians — among them Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and fellow-Floridian Marco Rubio — have tried and failed to do in the wake of Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party: position himself as the ultimate insider with the outsider cred to consolidate the MAGA base. DeSantis burst onto the national scene during his 2018 bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination with
Read MoreChris Pratt: 'Wackos' on right and left make US look more partisan than it is
Chris Pratt says tiny bands of vocal “wackos” on both the right and the left are fueling the political division across the country. “There’s an illusion of that we’ve gotten more partisan, but the truth, if you’re looking at it from my understanding, is there’s a very small group of wackos on the right and a very small group of wackos on the left,” the “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World: Dominion” star told ITK in a recent interview. “Each of them are sort of echoed through mainstream media — whether it be Fox or whether it be CNN — and a lot of times there’s
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