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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester
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Affordable Care Act insurers are asking for the second-highest premium rate in almost a decade. Health insurance companies in the ACA Marketplace are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, and some are asking for much more. 2.9 million Americans lost ACA care in just seven months since Trump’s OBBB gutted our healthcare system, and now insurance companies are looking to make even more money from those who remain.

Trump formally notified lawmakers this weekend that the nation is once again at war with Iran, giving his administration another 60-day clock to use the military in the region without congressional approval. politico.com/news/2026/07/1…

A new White House report accuses current Smithsonian leadership of imposing a “radical, activist ideology” on the museums and refusing to tell “the noble, honest story of the great country we know and love.” Read more about the report here: wapo.st/4brivrw

Trump's EPA just axed monitoring for microplastics in the country's drinking water for two years. In a new proposal for the agency's Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, the EPA outlined 30 unregulated contaminants public water systems will track between 2028 and 2030. The list included PFAS but does not mention a plan to monitor microplastics. The UCMR 6 results will determine which contaminants the agency will limit in drinking water. Seven state governors have already petitioned the EPA to include microplastic monitoring.

Donald Trump reported earning at least $1.2 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related businesses, according to his latest annual financial disclosure bloomberg.com/news/articles/…


No President, including Donald Trump, has the power to unilaterally change our constitution and strip away the birthright citizenship defined within it. Today's decision is not the end of the road. My parents came to this country 50 years ago in awe of what America stood for. Stories like our family’s are what makes our country a beacon of hope and opportunity, and not something a single president’s Executive Order should ever be able to override.

But in another ruling issued at the same time the court granted Trump the ability to fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, generally furthering the President’s control over independent agencies other than the Fed.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count mail ballots that are cast by Election Day but arrive later, rejecting a GOP challenge to Mississippi law's for late-arriving ballots. cbsn.ws/4f9hEy3

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting a challenge led by the Trump administration. apnews.com/article/suprem…

SCOOP: The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war as well as other non-war-related bills, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg told lawmakers in phone calls this week, according to people familiar with the discussions. W @Kubota_Yoko @MarcusReports wsj.com/politics/natio…






