Catherine Rampell
MSNBC anchor/co-host of The Weekend: Primetime, Sat/Sun 6-9pm. Washington Post syndicated op-ed columnist.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
- Changes to the ACA and Medicaid Could Lead to About 14 Million More Uninsured People www.kff.org/policy-watch...
- Princeton has frozen most staff hiring and called on all departments and units to plan for 5% to 10% budget cuts as it prepares for the possibility of “very large, permanent cuts to federal research funding as well as substantial increases to the endowment tax” paw.princeton.edu/article/prin...
- Hasan Piker—US citizen, popular online streamer, and Trump critic —said he was detained by CBP officers upon returning to the US. Was questioned for two hours about his job, political affiliation, opinion of Trump & whether he had ties to terrorist groups. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
- why not www.axios.com/2025/05/12/t...
- Asked if he would vote to suspend habeas corpus, Sen. Barasso said the president will “follow the law.” Asked a third time if he'd suspend habeas corpus, explicitly asking for a yes or no answer; he replied that he didn’t believe the suggestion would make it to Congress thehill.com/homenews/sun...
- mystery trade "deal" announced
- Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...
- Lutnick repeats that Trump's goal in China talks this weekend is to "de-escalate." Again, have they tried not escalating in the first place www.foxnews.com/video/637260...
- In a record-breaking month, immigration judges fast-tracked asylum denials at a record pace, raising questions about due process, the politicization of the courts, and the future of the asylum system. (Via the indispensable @austinkocher.com) austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
- The idea that this kind of armed presence is necessary in Great Barrington - a quaint Berkshires town of artists, aging hippies, and retired dentists - is insane. These agents are dressed like paramilitaries, not police officers. www.berkshireeagle.com/breaking/ice...
