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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
NH delegation slams 'reckless cuts' to AmeriCorps
Three-quarters of the state's congressional delegation attacked what they called the Trump administration's "reckless cuts" to the AmeriCorps program during a Manchester event Monday. Leaders of City Year estimated the impact to New Hampshire from lost grants was about $5 million. 'For decades, AmeriCorps members have put ideology aside to work for our communities and fill critical service gaps,' said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. 'I heard from volunteers in the Granite State today, and Trump's shameful cuts to this bipartisan program would be devastating for the Granite Staters they serve.' Along with City Year, the event attracted leaders of conservation groups that have benefited from the program. "AmeriCorps members do critical work for our communities, but the Trump administration's funding cuts and firing of AmeriCorps staff are threatening this work,' said Sen. Maggie Hassan, also D-N.H. The Trump White House has said critical audits of AmeriCorps in recent years revealed millions of dollars in improper payments. Officials called AmeriCorps a 'target-rich environment for President Trump's agenda to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse." Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., said she'll keep fighting to restore the program. 'The returns on investment are real: Every $1 that Congress invests in AmeriCorps generates more than $30 in returns to communities across New Hampshire,' Goodlander said. 'AmeriCorps changes lives for the better and its spirit of volunteerism is core to who we are as a state and as a nation." The Trump administration ended nearly $400 million in grants in AmeriCorps' roughly $1 billion budget and also fired most of its staff in April. About 32,000 lower-level workers were let go and an estimated 1,000 programs were eliminated. A Trump administration notice said the grants erased didn't fit AmeriCorps priorities. Two lawsuits have been filed over the changes, one by leaders in two dozen blue states and another by community organizations. Both alleged President Trump lacked the authority to gut the agency that was created and financed by Congress for decades. Monday's event was at the Manchester School District Welcome Center.
CNBC
20-05-2025
- Politics
- CNBC
Noem says Trump can deport who he wants, botches what 'habeas corpus' means
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has an absolute right to deport people without due process, after she incorrectly defined the meaning of the term habeas corpus. Noem was grilled on habeas corpus — the constitutional right of individuals to challenge their detention by the government in a court of law — during the Senate hearing. "Secretary Noem, what is habeas corpus?" asked Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. "Well, habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Noem replied. "That's incorrect," Hassan interjected. "Habeas corpus is the foundational right that separates free societies like America from police states like North Korea." A spokesperson for DHS did not immediately reply to a request for comment from CNBC on the secretary's definition of habeas corpus. Noem's remarks were notable because she leads the agency carrying out an unprecedented campaign of detentions and deportations that courts have ruled violate detainees habeas corpus rights. Earlier this month, White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller floated suspending the writ of habeas corpus for migrants, by claiming that "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in time of invasion." In mid-March, Trump issued an executive proclamation that invoked an 18th century wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to claim that a Venezuelan street gang known as Tren de Aragua was "perpetrating an invasion" of the United States. That proclamation declared that any Venezuelan over 14 years of age who belonged to the gang and was not a naturalized or lawful resident was subject to removal and "chargeable with actual hostility against the United States." U.S. authorities quickly moved to unilaterally detain and deport scores of Venezuelans, by claiming they were members of the group, denying them the due process to challenge their detentions and deportations. One group of Venezuelan detainees who were about to be deported to El Salvador argued in court that they were not given enough time or resources to challenge their detentions, accusing the United States of violating their right of habeas corpus. The Supreme Court on Friday granted the detainees' request to block their removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act. In a 7-2 decision, the court said the Trump administration had not given the detainees enough time or adequate resources to challenge their deportations. "Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster," the unsigned ruling said. The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended only four times since the U.S. Constitution was ratified. In three of four of those instances, Congress first authorized the suspension.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hassan releases report on Medicaid's success in battling fentanyl addiction
More than 100,000 U.S. citizens — including 7,600 New Hampshire residents — would lose their medication treatment for opioid use disorder if Congress adopts President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to Medicaid, according to a new report released Monday by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee produced this report on the impact that Medicaid expansion has had on combating the crisis of fatal overdoses due to fentanyl. Hassan is the ranking Democratic member on the panel. 'The Trump Administration and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree that access to addiction treatment is a critical tool in combatting the fentanyl crisis -– and as this new report highlights, Medicaid is what enables one million people to get medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, the gold standard of addiction care,' Hassan said. 'President Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed gutting Medicaid — in order to pay for tax breaks for corporate special interests and billionaires — which would jeopardize addiction care just as our country is finally starting to see progress in addressing the fentanyl crisis.' In New Hampshire, 77% of those who get medication-assisted treatment do so because they qualified under expanded Medicaid the state Legislature adopted in 2015 when Hassan was governor. Among the nearly 1 million on Medicaid that receive this treatment, 60% get it through Medicaid expansion. But New Hampshire is one of a dozen 'trigger' states that would drop Medicaid expansion without further legislative action should Congress change the 90% support it provides to states that chose the voluntary option. As one of the 10 most income wealthy states in the nation, New Hampshire receives the lowest possible reimbursement — 50% — for its citizens on traditional Medicaid. In 2022, Hassan cosponsored a bipartisan law that lifted limitations on access to medication-assisted treatment. Hassan also said cuts to Medicaid affecting the program would contradict the recent White House report supporting greater use of the program for opioid addicts. After releasing the report Monday, Hassan visited the Elliot Center for Recovery Management in Manchester to meet with professionals there and discuss its findings. klandrigan@
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Marine veteran launches bid for Pappas House seat in NH
Maura Sullivan, a Marine Corps veteran, launched her bid for outgoing Rep. Chris Pappas's (D-N.H.) House seat, becoming the first candidate to run for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District in 2026. Sullivan, an Iraq war veteran, kicked off her run in a 90-second video where she touted her military background and service in the Obama administration. 'I put my life on the line to defend our country because I believe in the constitutional ideals of freedom, justice and opportunity for all,' Sullivan said in the video published Thursday. 'I saw too many of my fellow Marines give their lives for this country to just sit by and watch [President] Donald Trump and Elon Musk tear it down. 'They're driving up costs for New Hampshire families, making it even more difficult to own a home and pay the bill, and that's why I'm running for Congress,' she said. Sullivan previously ran for the seat in 2018. She finished second in the competitive Democratic Party primary, losing to Pappas. Earlier this month, Pappas announced he will run for Senate in hopes of replacing Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who is retiring. No other candidates have announced their intent to run for Pappas's seat. Following her service in the military, Sullivan attended Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. 'When I witnessed fellow veterans dying because of wait times at the VA [Department of Veterans Affairs], I wanted to do something about it, so I joined the Obama administration,' Sullivan said. 'I was proud to work on matters of national security, health care and reforms to help fellow military families like mine.' She was appointed by former President Obama in 2014 as the as assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. And she worked in the Defense Department, where she led department communications. Sullivan moved to the Granite State three months before launching her congressional bid in 2018. She raised more than $1.6 million, according to Federal Election Commission filings, and she accumulated endorsements from number of groups, including EMILY's List, Serve America and VoteVets. The seat is rated 'likely Democrat' by nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Scoop: Chris Pappas is running for Senate in New Hampshire
Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) is telling his colleagues that he'll announce his campaign for New Hampshire's open Senate seat early next month, according to people familiar with the matter. Why it matters: Pappas wants to put down a marker he'll run to succeed retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), regardless of who jumps into the race. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H), a former Biden official and now a first-term lawmaker, is also considering a run, Axios has reported. Republicans are hopeful that former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu will ultimately decide to mount a Senate bid, but he hasn't given a strong indication that he's dying to jump into the race. Announcing at the beginning of the second quarter will give Pappas nearly three months to raise cash before he has to file with the FEC. He ended last year with $400,000 cash on hand, according to his filings. The intrigue: If Pappas ultimately decides not to run, former Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), has indicated she would reenter politics. There has been some friction between Kuster and Goodlander, who defeated Kuster's preferred candidate in the Democratic primary to succeed her in a brutal primary last fall. But Kuster and Pappas had a good relationship when they served as the state's two House members, and she would be unlikely to challenge him for the open Senate seat. The big picture: Senate Democratic retirements this year are making the 2026 map more favorable for Republicans, as the GOP is now looking at open seats in Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire.
