Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress

Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced legislation Thursday to permanently extend enhanced subsidies to help people afford insurance premiums on ObamaCare plans. 

Led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), the legislation launches the next major ObamaCare fight that could last the rest of this year. 

Democrats for years have argued the coverage gains from the enhanced subsidie...

Cassidy doesn’t seem completely on board with RFK Jr  

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Gingrich urges Trump, GOP to pass tax cuts in ‘one big, beautiful bill’

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) encouraged President-elect Trump and Republicans to pass tax cuts as part of a single wide-ranging reconciliation bill, arguing that the GOP’s narrow House majority hinges on the U.S. economy's performance.

In a Wednesday interview with The Hill, Gingrich called for “one big, beautiful bill” and drew parallels between the timing of tax cuts and the electoral success of the GOP in previous Congresses.

“In 1981, Reagan passed the hu...

Biden administration achieves fourth record-breaking ACA enrollment ahead of exit

The Biden administration has achieved a fourth consecutive record year in HealthCare.gov Marketplace enrollment, one week before the final sign-up deadline and its imminent exit from office.

Nearly 24 million people signed up for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans for 2025, according to White House domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden, exceeding the 21.3 million people who signed up last year.

The past four years of record-breaking enrollment have been credited to...

Trump’s America First becomes America expands

President-elect Trump’s imperialist tendencies ahead of his second term are begging a question that dominated his first term: Should he be taken seriously, or literally?

Trump during a Tuesday press conference declined to rule out using military force to gain control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.

He said he would use economic force to merge the U.S. with Canada, shrugging off the border between the countries as an “artificial line.”<...

Departing Senate Environment Chair Carper pledges to ‘never retire,’ keep fighting climate change

Newly former Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Tom Carper (D-Del.) may be departing Congress, but he told The Hill he’ll “never retire” and plans to continue working on climate-related issues.

In an interview on the penultimate day of his more than two decades in the Senate, the 77-year-old said that he hopes to keep working to “make sure that our children and grandchildren are going to have a planet to grow up on.”

With the second Tr...