Darren Grubb from the Medicare Advantage Majority discussed the importance of the Medicare Advantage program, which covers over 34 million seniors and people with disabilities, including 225,000 in Maine. The program offers comprehensive, affordable care with additional benefits like dental, vision, and hearing services. Grubb expressed concern over potential budget cuts to Medicare Advantage, emphasizing that 82% of seniors believe such cuts would negatively impact their financial well-being. He highlighted bipartisan support and noted that 71% of seniors oppose funding cuts. Grubb encouraged seniors to engage with their lawmakers to protect the program.
Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.
As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.
The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.
The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
