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TL/DR - President Joe Biden's 2025 fiscal year budget proposal requests strengthening and protecting Medicare and Social Security. The budget proposal amounts to $7.3 trillion and covers a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, child care, and education. The proposed budget plans to extend the solvency of Social Security without cutting…

TL/DR - A group of progressive organizations has launched a campaign - Reject Aipac - to undermine the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (Aipac) influence on primary campaigns against progressive Democrats. This move is largely a response to congressional support for Israel’s campaign in Gaza and Aipac’s increased involvement in election…

TL/DR - President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, signed in August 2022, expanded benefits and lowered drug costs for millions of people with Medicare. The law includes a $35 per month cap on the cost of Medicare-covered insulin, free recommended adult vaccines for Medicare Part D enrollees, rebates from drug manufacturers if they increase their…

TL/DR - Alabama Senator Katie Britt acknowledged that a story she used to criticize President Biden's border policies did not occur during his presidency. The story, about a woman trafficked by cartels at age 12, was used to emphasize Britt's stance that Biden's border crisis is preventable. However, a journalist revealed that the incident Britt…