A GOP senator suggested John McCain's brain cancer "might have factored in" to his vote on repealing Obamacare. McCain didn't appear to appreciate the comment.
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Month: August 2017
Fact-checking Trump’s false nuclear weapons tweets
Amid escalating tensions with North Korea, President Trump on Wednesday boasted that he had strengthened the United States’ nuclear capabilities significantly and had added to its ability to take out foreign threats. A closer look at his claim, however, proves that is simply not the case.
“My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before….” Trump tweeted. “…Hop...
Trump trots out tired ‘Just Say No’ strategy as his plan for the opioid crisis
On Tuesday, President Trump unveiled an opioid abuse prevention plan that basically consists of the “Just Say No” slogan championed by First Lady Nancy Reagan in the 1980s.
During brief remarks to reporters from his private golf club in New Jersey, Trump said he thinks the way to prevent opioid abuse is simply to tell kids that drugs are bad.
“If they don’t start, they won’t have a problem. If they do start, it’s awfully tough to get off,” Trump said. ...
The smartest people in Trumpland
John Bush comes off as a bit of a goober.
He’s compared abortion to slavery and claimed that a passport application form makes parents “subservient to the nanny state.” He casually drops the word “faggot” in speeches about local history. At a Senate hearing, he insisted that he did not intend to endorse birtherism.
But there’s also another side to the man. Bush, who was recently appointed to a federal appeals cour...
Price: ‘Nobody is interested in cutting Medicaid’
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Aug. 8 said “nobody is interested in cutting Medicaid.” Price said the Trump administration wants Medicaid to “work for patients.”
Q&A for federal workers: Health care on the table?
The health insurance program for federal employees long predates the Affordable Care Act and has sat out the fight over that law.