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With Hogan out, which staunch Trump critics might still run?

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Subsidies have boosted Affordable Care Act’s enrollment. It’s setting up a potential fight

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Health insurance sign-ups through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) jumped by nearly 2 million during the most recent enrollment period, which ended in mid-January, totaling 16.3 million people.  

The gains suggest the program known as Obamacare is going strong, despite repeated efforts by Republicans to kill it.  

It also suggests subsidies provided to the program through two massive pieces of legislation spearheaded by President Biden had an influen...

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Subsidies have boosted Affordable Care Act’s enrollment. It’s setting up a potential fight

Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, healthcare, News, obamacare

Health insurance sign-ups through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) jumped by nearly 2 million during the most recent enrollment period, which ended in mid-January, totaling 16.3 million people.  

The gains suggest the program known as Obamacare is going strong, despite repeated efforts by Republicans to kill it.  

It also suggests subsidies provided to the program through two massive pieces of legislation spearheaded by President Biden had an influen...

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The Memo: Trump and Biden find common enemy in DeSantis

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President Biden and former President Trump have found at least one common foe: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Biden traveled to DeSantis’s home state of Florida on Thursday, just two days after his State of the Union address.

There, the president criticized DeSantis for the governor’s failure to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act.

Biden asserted that more than 1.1 million lower-income Floridians would be eligible for Medicaid if DeSantis...

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The Memo: Trump and Biden find common enemy in DeSantis

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President Biden and former President Trump have found at least one common foe: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Biden traveled to DeSantis’s home state of Florida on Thursday, just two days after his State of the Union address.

There, the president criticized DeSantis for the governor’s failure to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act.

Biden asserted that more than 1.1 million lower-income Floridians would be eligible for Medicaid if DeSantis...

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7 memorable responses and reactions to the State of the Union

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The State of the Union address is an opportunity for a president to lay out their policy agenda, laud their own accomplishments and create a sense of national unity. 

But there’s often another person or scene that dominates headlines and drags attention away from the speech itself. 

Here’s eight of the most memorable reactions and responses over the last 15 years.

2022: Boebert heckles Biden
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NotedDC — McCarthy plays up focus on Biden DHS chief

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who hopes to secure a majority vote in January to be the chamber's next Speaker, is ratcheting up his focus on Alejandro Mayorkas, President Biden's Homeland Security secretary.

McCarthy visited El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday to tour the border where he called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief to resign or face impeachment proceeding once Republicans take over earl...

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From homemaker to House Speaker: Nancy Pelosi’s time in Congress

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After almost two decades leading the House Democratic Caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she will step down from her leadership role in the next congressional session. 

Pelosi became the leader of the caucus in 2003 and became the first female speaker of the House in 2007. She has had two separate stints as House speaker and minority leader but has consistently been a face of the Democratic Party for a generation. 

Pelosi has oversee...

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NotedDC — Pence draws Trump contrast with focus on future

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging GOP voters to not “look back,” but don't count on former President Trump to heed that advice anytime soon.

Pence subtly jabbed at Trump and his false claims about the 2020 election while addressing a conference of young conservatives in Washington on Tuesday, saying Republicans “need to do more than criticize and complain” to win future elections.

“I truly do beli...

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