Stephen Moore, economist beset by legal and financial issues, pulls out following multiple reports by the Guardian on his past
- Trump’s Fed pick underpaid ex-wife’s alimony for years – exclusive
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While Trump has often claimed to want to provide Americans healthcare, his administration has been pushing to gut the Affordable Care Act, best known as “Obamacare...
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Republicans Offer Health Care Bills to Protect Patients (and Themselves)
Congressional Republicans say they fully support protections for people with pre-existing conditions, but their bills would provide less protection than the Affordable Care Act.
The Hill to Die On review: Trump, Ryan and a Republican dumpster fire
Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer deliver a deeply sourced tale of ineptitude, cowardice and other common political traits
Donald Trump is now going all in for Obamacare repeal. His latest picks for the Federal Reserve include Stephen Moore, a tax-dodging deadbeat dad, and Herman Cain, a guy with a track record of alleged sexual harassment. Apparently, the president has learned little from the Republicans’ 2018 shellacking at the hands of America’s soccer moms.
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Trump Retreats on Health Care After McConnell Warns It Won’t Happen
President Trump had promised Republicans would replace the Affordable Care Act with a better, cheaper health law. Then the Senate majority leader told him that would not be happening.
Democrats Pivot Hard to Health Care After Trump Moves to Strike Down Affordable Care Act
A Justice Department motion to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act gave Democrats an opening to press their health care agenda and move beyond the Mueller report.
Congress Warns Against Medicaid Cuts: ‘You Just Wait for the Firestorm’
The secretary of health and human services endured hours of bipartisan grilling over the president’s budget for 2020, including cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and health research.
Congress Warns Against Medicaid Cuts: ‘You Just Wait for the Firestorm’
The secretary of health and human services endured hours of bipartisan grilling over the president’s budget for 2020, including cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and health research.
Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs. Then Came His Budget Knife.
Several cuts proposed by the president in his budget seemed to contrast with his own words of support.
Pence attacks ‘hard-left’ Democrats in rant against socialism – live updates
Vice-president criticizes Green New Deal and Medicare for All and claims choice in next election is between ‘freedom and socialism’
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The Democratic-led House oversight committee has issued a warning to Donald Trump’s counsel, demanding that the White House turn over documents related to security clearances for some of the president’s close advisers.
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Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr wanted for interviews by House committee – live
- Elijah Cummings seeks talks with Trump’s children
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New polling out of the University of New Hampshire has neighboring senator Bernie Sanders in first place, trailed closely by Joe Biden, who still has no decided whether he will run for president.
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