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Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump continues to lie about his administration’s so-called success in combating the coronavirus pandemic, even as the United States overtakes China as the global epicenter of the virus with more than 91,000 confirmed cases—and as the American death toll tops 1,300. Now, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a...
Washington, D.C. — As President Donald Trump lies that his administration “saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare”—even as his administration continues to try to use the federal courts to destroy the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during a global health pandemic—the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in its social media...
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to threaten Americans’ health care in the federal courts—and with Secretary Alex Azar, a former president of the pharmaceutical drug company Eli Lilly, at the helm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in...
Washington, D.C. — In the run-up to the 2016 election, then-candidate Donald Trump visited Wisconsin nine times to promise he could revitalize the economic fortunes of working-class Wisconsinites. But as a new issue brief from the Center for American Progress Action Fund shows, nearly three years after Trump’s inauguration, the administration has not helped working-class Wisconsinites. In...
Washington, D.C. — Navin Nayak has been promoted to serve as the Center for American Progress Action Fund's president and executive director, CAP Action announced today. Since joining CAP Action in 2017 as executive director, Nayak has overseen the day-to-day management of the organization and has helped create new programs and projects that help the organization fulfill its mission. "In just a...
Madison, Wisconsin — In the run-up to the 2016 election, then-candidate Donald Trump visited Wisconsin nine times to promise he could revitalize the economic fortunes of working-class Wisconsinites. But as a forthcoming issue brief from the Center for American Progress Action Fund will show, nearly three years after Trump’s inauguration, the administration has not helped working-class Wisconsinites....
Washington, D.C. — Today, as the number of known COVID-19 cases in the United States increases to 149 across 13 states, President Donald Trump will travel to Scranton, Pennsylvania, to participate in a town hall hosted by Fox News. Given that the town hall takes place as the president comes under fire for his weak response to the coronavirus, the administration’s...
Washington, D.C. — As the Trump administration continues to threaten Americans’ health care in the federal courts—and with Alex Azar, former president of the pharmaceutical drug company Eli Lilly, at the helm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in a...
Washington, D.C. — As President Donald Trump lies that he was “the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare”—even as his administration continues to try to use the federal courts to destroy the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—the Center for American Progress Action Fund is releasing a new video in its social media campaign to...
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will once again forgo his responsibilities to respond to the growing coronavirus crisis. Instead, the president will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, for an event at Bojangles' Coliseum, where he will likely distort his administration’s record on a variety of issues. President Trump visited North Carolina last month to discuss his supposed...