Keya Vakil

On Monday, former President Donald Trump attacked Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, for daring to remain neutral in the 2024 Republican presidential primary featuring him, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and nearly a dozen other candidates. “I opened up the Governor position for Kim Reynolds, & when she fell behind, I ENDORSED her, did big…

For the first time since 1859, the United States Marines Corps is functioning without a Senate-confirmed leader, due to the actions of one US Senator: Republican Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. Tuberville has engaged in a months-long campaign to block every single military nomination in the Senate as part of his opposition to a Defense Department…

The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, ruling that consideration of race during the admissions process is unconstitutional. In two separate decisions, the Court’s conservative judges ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard were illegal, even as legacy-based admissions that benefit wealthy,…

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a fringe legal theory that was embraced by former President Donald Trump’s allies during his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court declined to embrace the “independent state legislature theory”—an extreme reading of the Constitution that would have eroded America’s system of…

The pharmaceutical giant Merck on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a federal law that will allow Medicare to negotiate prices directly with drugmakers in order to lower drug costs for millions of American seniors. Merck’s lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., comes less than a year after Democrats passed…

A Republican effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan could cause more than a quarter-million public service workers to lose out on already-canceled loans and push more than 2 million more into greater debt, according to a new report from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Student Borrower Protection…

As early as June 1, the United States could default on its debt for the first time ever, sending the economy into complete free fall, causing millions of hard-working Americans to lose their jobs and decimating retirement accounts. This outcome, which becomes more likely with each passing day, has been made possible by the actions…

“Let us take food and healthcare away from millions of American families or we’ll cause an economic collapse” might seem like an extreme political position, but it’s mainstream among House Republicans, who on Wednesday passed a bill to do just that and a whole lot more.  Dubbed the “Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023” by…

In the span of less than a week, the United States experienced at least four separate instances of random shootings over simple, harmless mistakes—one of which led to the death of a 20-year-old woman. It’s not news that America has a gun violence problem. On average, more than 100 people in the US die every…

Every five years, Congress gets together to pass a massive piece of legislation known as the Farm Bill.  While the 1,000 page bill, $700 billion bill does have a lot to do with farming and agriculture, it has 12 sections in total covering a range of policies, from food assistance to land conservation and crop…