David DeWitt

Trump won Ohio 55-44. But Ohio Republican politicians left in charge of drawing district maps want to do more gerrymandering. Bernie Moreno says politicians are going to draw a 12-3 Congressional map — 80% GOP. He absurdly claims that reflects the state. punchbowl.news/article/campai…

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration once again to publish details about the pace at which it plans to spend money approved by Congress, writing, “Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/rep…

Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will add nearly $3.4 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/rep…

The economist who first proposed baby bonds more than 15 years ago says President Trump's plan will hinge on contributions from a child’s relatives instead of the government, so it will benefit those from wealthier families that have more money to chip in. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/rep…

President Donald Trump’s administration confirmed Friday that it’s releasing funds that support before- and after-school programs as well as summer programs, a portion of the $6.8 billion in withheld funds for K-12 schools. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/rep…

News Analysis: Just 3 days after after receiving a controversial $600 million gift from Ohio Republican lawmakers for a new stadium, Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, who are worth more than $14 billion, bought a $25 million mansion in Florida ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/new…

Ohio House Republicans voted Monday to override a Gov. Mike DeWine veto of a provision in the state budget restricting the kinds of local levies that can be put to voters. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/ohi…

Experts, hospital leaders, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle fear that President Trump’s signature legislation will particularly gut rural hospitals and clinics, which see an outsize share of patients who are insured through Medicaid ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/no-…

Lawmakers are trying to restore access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, after Ohio removed medical coverage for state employees ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/ohi…

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has responded to nearly 600,000 calls, texts, and chats from Ohioans in the three years since it was launched ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohios-9…

"Ohio House Republicans override one of Gov. DeWine's vetoes, restricting school levies." news5cleveland.com/news/politics/…

Ohio House Republican leaders are making a last-ditch effort to convince their GOP colleagues to override several of Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/ohi…

President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/18/rep…

"On Lake Erie, Ohio agencies are bracing for gutted clean water funds." statenews.org/government-pol…

The US House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday to cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid, marking only the second time in three decades Congress has approved a president's rescissions request ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/18/rep…

"‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts: With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years." the74million.org/article/back-t…

"Trump administration pulls back on work combating human trafficking, long a top GOP priority." 19thnews.org/2025/07/trump-…

"He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them." propublica.org/article/venezu…

House Democrats sent a letter Thursday to the heads of Homeland Security and the State Department seeking more information about the financial agreement between the United States and El Salvador to detain more than 200 men at a notorious megaprison. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/18/rep…

Experts, hospital leaders, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle fear that President Trump’s signature legislation will particularly gut rural hospitals and clinics, which see an outsize share of patients who are insured through Medicaid. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/21/no-…

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the voter lists of several states — representing data on millions of Americans — ahead of the 2026 midterms, raising fears about how the Trump administration plans to use the information ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/trumps-…