Idaho Democratic Party News and Articles

In just one month, Idahoans will be forced to bear the costs of the Republicans’ health care affordability crisis. On January 1, more than 100,000 Idahoans will face premium hikes averaging 114%, on top of the tens of thousands who will lose Medicaid coverage due to GOP policies and funding cuts. Americans across the country have begged Trump and Republicans to act on the expiring enhanced ACA premium tax [...]

Every Idaho family deserves the chance to get help when a crisis hits. But GOP leaders are pushing mental health services further out of reach. The system was already strained. Idaho ranks near the bottom nationally. Hundreds die by suicide each year, and tens of thousands report suicidal thoughts. Rural families face long drives and longer waitlists. School mental health staff are overwhelmed. For many, help never arrives. Now [...]

Families across Idaho know something isn’t adding up. They’re working hard, but the bills keep getting heavier. Groceries cost more. Rents and home prices are skyrocketing. Child care eats a bigger share of every paycheck. Schools need levies to maintain the basics, and rural hospitals are stretched to their limits. People feel squeezed, and the Republican supermajority keeps making things worse. Over the past decade, GOP lawmakers have rewritten [...]

From the grocery store to the gas pump, a new report from the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee found that Idaho families have lost $864 in purchasing power since Donald Trump took office. In addition to skyrocketing groceries and rent, the cost of energy bills in Idaho has increased by 13.1%. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is building a gilded ballroom, hosting Great Gatsby parties, and pocketing billions of dollars for [...]

After months of Democrats demanding a vote, the House of Representatives finally voted on the release of the Epstein files. Pressure mounted after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee delivered on their promise and released never-before-seen emails from Jeffrey Epstein. They revealed that Trump “spent hours at [Epstein’s] house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that Trump “of course,” “knew about the girls.”The emails suggest that Trump was lying [...]

There’s something deeply wrong in our politics where the powerful protect predators over children. The latest release of emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell makes that truth unavoidable. They show new details about Trump’s long relationship with Epstein and the cover-up carried out by his White House, Justice Department, and allies in Congress. For years, Trump denied knowing anything about Epstein’s trafficking [...]

Today, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell in which Epstein wrote that Donald Trump — the “dog that hasn’t barked” — “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and “of course,” “knew about the girls.” The newly released emails suggest Trump was lying when he denied knowing about Epstein’s heinous crimes [...]

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As President Donald Trump blocks food assistance for nearly 131,000 hungry Idahoans, the Idaho Democratic Party is stepping up with a statewide food drive to help fill the gap and feed Idahoans left behind by Republican indifference. Democratic attorneys general fought back early on. After two lawsuits were successfully brought against the administration, including one from Democratic AGs, a federal judge originally ruled that Trump must use contingency funds [...]