How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
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A gay Maine man seeking Susan Collins’s senate seat says he isn’t buying Graham Platner’s redemption story
“I believe deeply in second chances,” Democrat Jordan Wood told The Advocate. “But what I saw was someone who doesn’t understand what’s wrong with these statements."
October 28, 2025
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts
"Today I find that stuff abhorrent," Platner told The Advocate. "And I am sorry that I ever used it.”
October 22, 2025
In an era of Lindsey, Paul Dans, and Nancy Mace, James Taylor would not be going to Carolina in his mind
Opinion: The statewide races in South Carolina are about who is the biggest liar, Trump derriere smoocher, racist, and bigot, writes John Casey.
August 5, 2025
Trump admin may end PEPFAR, replacing it with a program chiefly benefiting the U.S.
The State Department has drafted a plan to end the successful global HIV-fighting program.
July 23, 2025
Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people
Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.
July 1, 2025
A bipartisan effort looks to rectify tax inequities for same-sex married couples
Legislation reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Susan Collins could help queer married couples get back a total of $55 million in tax refunds. It's just one bill in a new package of similar pieces of legislation.
June 27, 2025
Jeanne Shaheen & Susan Collins introduce bipartisan bill banning anti-LGBTQ+ bias in federal jury selection
Currently, there is no law protecting jurors from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
June 18, 2025
For Sen. Susan Collins, is it a case of ‘Wake Up Little Susie,’ or is she more like Susie from 'Seinfeld'?
Collins shocked many by speaking out against Trump-Musk budget cuts, but that's not enough, and chances are the real Susie is more like convenient fiction, writes John Casey.
February 19, 2025
Former Proud Boys leader, Oath Keepers founder out of jail despite roles in January 6 riot
Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes had received long sentences for their roles in the 2021 insurrection, but Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted sentences, or dismissed charges for those involved.
January 21, 2025
40+ senators oppose anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion provisions in spending bills
Led by Jeff Merkley, Tammy Baldwin, and Cory Booker, they have sent a letter to Appropriations Committee leaders.
December 13, 2024
Elizabeth Warren, Susan Collins Introduce Tax Bill to Help Married Same-Sex Couples
The bill would help couples married before the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Windsor.
June 26, 2023