Nina Heller

Posted May 14, 2025 at 11:19am Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced Tuesday that he will place holds on all Justice Department political appointees until Attorney General Pamela Bondi answers questions about reports that Qatar is offering to gift […]

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will likely face questions during his confirmation hearing Friday about his past support of expanding the Medicare Advantage program as well as his financial ties to the

A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of three nonprofit advocacy organizations argues that a trio of executive orders from President Donald Trump limit the ability to provide health and social services and violate the First Amendment rights of federal grant

While Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushes to confirm many of Biden’s judicial nominees through the lame-duck session, Republicans have employed a series of procedural tactics to slow down the process as much as possible. When Schumer attempted to

Despite deep partisan divides on issues like abortion and contraceptive access, lawmakers from both parties appear to have forged a cautious consensus on another women’s issue: menopause. The agreement became evident earlier this year, when a bipartisan group of female

Vice President Kamala Harris has signaled that, if elected president, she’ll work to increase mental health care access — but she acknowledges that addressing what has become an increasingly complex issue could be a heavy lift.  The issue, she said

When Sen. Laphonza Butler was sworn in to the Senate in October 2023, she joined a small — and lonely — club: being a Black woman in the United States Senate. And when her term concludes at the end of

Reproductive rights groups say they are more confident that Vice President Kamala Harris will be able to appeal to voters, with some citing frustration with President Joe Biden’s abortion messaging. Abortion access and reproductive rights have been a central theme