HHS Directly Gives Crisis Pregnancy Centers Millions of Dollars

How millions in taxpayer dollars are helping fund House members' reelection bids

<p>Keep a close eye on the ads that inundate your screens as the <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/2026-midterm-elections" target="_blank">2026 midterm elections</a> heat up. You, the taxpayer, paid for some of them.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Each election cycle, incumbent House members use a privilege called "franking" to put millions in taxpayer dollars towards giving their reelection campaigns a thinly veiled boost.</p><hr><ul><li>In the 2024 election cycle, House offices spent a combined $44 million on franked mail and another $19 million on other forms of franked communications such as ads, an Axios analysis of congressional disbursement forms found.</li><li>According to the advertising spending tracker AdImpact, around $5 million of that was spent on television and digital ads, which are marked as "paid for with official funds authorized by the House of Representatives."</li><li>Franking is a practice that <a href="https://cha.house.gov/the-history-of...

8 Arrested in Health Care Fraud Takedown, Including Owners of Hospices that Billed Taxpayers Millions of Dollars to Serve the ‘Dying’ - Department of Justice (.gov)

Democrats warn of dire humanitarian crisis in Cuba under Trump’s blockade

Dozens of congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday raising urgent alarm over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Cuba that has been made worse, they said, by the administration’s fuel quarantine against the island. The letter, obtained exclusively by The Hill, was signed by 52 House and Senate Democrats and led by Rep. Gregory…

Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNSFJUbEwzNE5Hc1pLSndOdGhCUHR6WkRLZUx3T3VXdEpHYkZBM0NobVVRdFVzVEUzNmxxdVFnaUpMVXRqQmRtSVhXMGhBTlhpUVJHN0xEa2Q5ZzB6dU44YlNhTC1ULVZjdWdpVlZfbEpKdHhZUUtoT2dSQ2JkSU9xb28xenRQNWlGSHhSNUZsTUItVUtfNW42cTVrUm5rNkhuS21j?oc=5" target="_blank">Tribes in Montana lose millions after USDA kills farm grants</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>

Trump’s USAID Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors

While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.

US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

<p>Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate</p><p>Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.</p><p>In an interview with the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative outlet, Marcos Orellana, an environmental specialist, said pollutants ranging from imported waste to dangerous pesticides are affecting people’s right to live healthy lives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/mexico-us-toxic-waste-un-special-rapporteur">Continue reading...</a>