Congress is facing a lengthy “to-do” list from budgets and health care to foreign affairs — all while leaders contend with growing frustration and even open rebellion within their ranks. Lisa Desjardins reports.
Day: December 3, 2025
New limits on federal student loans could reshape how the U.S. trains nurses and doctors. Under the One Big Beautiful Act, medical students would be capped at borrowing $50,000 per year. The Trump administration is now proposing a stricter cap for graduate degrees in nursing, public health or social work. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jennifer Mensik Kennedy of the American Nurses Association.
Brownstone firm buys building with plan for 400 pods in city where median apartment rent tops $3,000 a month
Can’t afford to rent an apartment in San Francisco? No problem. Now you can rent a bed.
Brownstone Shared Housing, a Bay-Area based “sleeping pod” startup, recently bought a six-level building in downtown San Francisco with the intention of housing up to 400 pods. The deal, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, represents a huge expansion for the company, which is currently operating about two dozen sleeping pods at a much smaller location in the city.