Ashley Goodwin Two weeks before my husband left for Afghanistan in 2013, my childhood dog, Maddie, died. He promised that as soon as he got home, we would get a dog of our own, so I spent the months he was gone dreaming of what that puppy might be like. Judy came to us serendipitously...
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TikTok The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), a massive omnibus championed by Donald Trump, has passed both the House and Senate (though it needs to go back to the House for another vote). The latest iteration of the bill would see enormous federal spending cuts, including more than a trillion dollars in Medicaid —...
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images In a 6 to 3 ruling on June 26, the Supreme Court Ruled that states can bar Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, a move that Planned Parenthood says could force the closure of a third of its facilities, including in states where abortion is legal. The case, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South...