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
- Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un collapses after negotiations fail
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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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Medicare for All: House Democrats unveil bill to expand healthcare nationwide
Measure to be formally introduced Wednesday signals party’s growing backing for once-fringe idea
House Democrats have unveiled details of their ambitious plan to expand a popular, government-run healthcare program to all Americans. The measure marks a fresh sign of the party’s growing support for a once fringe idea that will play a defining role in the 2020 presidential campaign.
The Medicare for All Act of 2019, to be formally introduced on Wednesday with 107 co-sponsors, woul...
Rashida Tlaib: Democrat defends call for Trump’s impeachment – live
Michigan congresswoman stood by impeachment comment as her office says: ‘Tlaib was elected to shake up Washington’
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On their first full day in power, House Democrats voted to jump into into a court battle defending the Affordable Care Act as part of their rules package.
From the Associated Press, new poll shows Americans increasingly concerned with immigration:
As much of the U.S. government remains shut down over President Donald Trump’s insistence on funding for his border wall, nearly half of Americans identify immigration as a top issue for the government to work on this year.
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