Jake Johnson

"If there are a lot of details still to be filled in," wrote one analyst, "the theme of the GOP's healthcare agenda is clear: cuts."

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk—the world's richest man, a megadonor to the Republican's campaign, and a beneficiary of government contracts—will co-lead a not-yet-created department tasked with gutting regulations and slashing spending.

"Every single Democrat who voted for this is not taking the threat of Trump remotely seriously and should be disqualified from any leadership positions moving forward," said Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman.

The president-elect previously vowed to "drain the swamp," but his chief of staff pick, Susie Wiles, co-chairs a firm that has lobbied for tobacco giant Swisher International, Tesla, Uber, AT&T;, and other corporate giants.

The Israeli military on Thursday bombarded refugee camps in northern and central Gaza hours after inking a $5.2 billion deal with the United States to acquire more than two dozen F-15 fighter jets made by the American aerospace giant Boeing.

The Ohio Democrat lost his seat because "the billionaire-backed crypto industry donated $40 million to his right-wing opponent," lamented one labor journalist.

"No one—not Donald Trump or JD Vance, nor any one CEO—can stop solidarity," said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler. "Organized labor is the path forward."

A trio of leading congressional Democrats expressed alarm Wednesday about increasingly rampant abuses and care denials by for-profit Medicare Advantage insurers as allies of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump aim to massively expand the for-profit program.

Russell Vought, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget during Trump's first term, said he wants to inflict "trauma" on career civil servants and bulldoze opponents of the Republican nominee.

"How do we know that Lina Khan has done an excellent job as FTC chair? Because billionaires and business leaders want her gone."

"These were just journalists that were sleeping in bed after long days of covering the conflict," said one reporter who was present at the time of the Israeli attack.

The union representing striking Boeing employees announced late Wednesday that its members rejected a tentative labor contract in a strong majority vote.

An inspector general report published Thursday estimates that the U.S. federal government delivered around $7.5 billion in potentially improper payments to for-profit Medicare Advantage companies last year.

In the third quarter of 2024, Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson, and Richard Uihlein donated a combined $220 million to super PACs supporting the Republican nominee.

"Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel's behalf," wrote one journalist.

The New York Times' opinion editor rejected baseless claims that it published fabricated images in an essay highlighting U.S. healthcare workers' experiences in the Gaza Strip.

"States have an obligation to prevent the crimes of starvation and forcible transfer," said four leading human rights groups based in Israel.

"The corporate cure is always the same—lay off workers," said one critic. "Stock buybacks and layoffs are joined at the hip. It's time they were outlawed entirely."

"One year later, the promise by Israeli leaders to destroy Gaza has been fulfilled," said 37 United Nations special rapporteurs. "The strip is now a wasteland of rubble and human remains."

"Unless the Biden administration changes course immediately, the likelihood we see even more violence, more displacement, and tens—if not hundreds—of thousands more lives lost in this conflict will only spike."