Trump wants to replace federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act premiums, which are sent to private health insurers, with money sent directly to Americans.
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Trump says Marjorie Taylor Greene has ‘lost her way’
President Trump on Monday responded to criticisms by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who accused the president of focusing more on foreign affairs than matters at home on a day when he met with the new Syrian leader.
Trump said he was surprised by Greene’s statements and suggested she had some “act going.”
"I don't know what happened to Marjorie. Nice woman, but she's lost her way,” the president said in the Oval Office when asked about Greene’s criticism.
Trump signals support for Senate agreement to end shutdown: ‘I’ll abide by the deal’
President Trump on Monday signaled his support for a Senate agreement to end the government shutdown and said he would abide by the deal, which includes a reversal of mass layoffs.
"It depends what deal we’re talking about," Trump said when asked in the Oval Office if he supported the Senate deal, which advanced on Sunday.
"But if it’s the deal I heard about ... I would say so," Trump continued. "I think based on everything I’m hearing they haven’t changed anythi...
Jeffries defends Schumer after shutdown deal: ‘Waged a valiant fight’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) from liberals' criticism in the wake of a bipartisan budget deal to reopen the government.
Jeffries emphasized that Schumer was not a party to the spending agreement that advanced on the Senate floor Sunday night, and he praised the Democratic leader for holding the line for more than a month.
"Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have...
‘No way to defend this’: Senate Democrats rage at their colleagues for breaking ranks on the shutdown
Eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to back a Republican spending bill that does nothing to address expiring Obamacare subsidies. Most Democrats are pissed.
Marjorie Taylor Greene knocks Trump over meeting with Syrian president
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump on Monday for hosting Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, rather than focusing on domestic issues like health care.
In a post on social platform X, the outspoken congresswoman called on the president to prioritize crafting a GOP plan to address rising health care costs over meeting with foreign leaders.
“I would really like to see nonstop meetings at the WH on domestic policy n...
House on standby as Democrats fume over shutdown deal
It’s Monday. A lot has happened since we last spoke. The government may reopen soon. But several things need to happen first. Let’s get into it.
In today's issue:
• Late-night Senate deal to reopen the government
• Johnson tells House to return to DC
• Trump threatens to ‘dock’ some air traffic controllers
• Supreme Court rejects gay marriage challenge
• Trump preemptively pardons Rudy Giuliani
Cl...
How each senator voted on legislation to end US government shutdown
Senate took a key procedural vote on proposal that would end the longest government shutdown in US history
The Senate on Sunday evening took a key procedural vote on legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in US history. The bill resulted from days of talks between Democratic and Republican senators, and extends funding through next January, but does not include an extension of the subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that Democrats put at the heart of th...
Health care premiums are rising — but we’re missing the real problem
As millions of Americans open notices about their 2026 health insurance premiums, the sticker shock is real. Average out-of-pocket premiums are expected to more than double — $888 annually in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026 — due to the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. The political fight over these subsidies has dominated headlines and even triggered a government shutdown.
But as Washington debates the critical question of how much Americans should pay for health ...
Sanders on shutdown vote: ‘A very bad night’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Senate Democrats for striking a deal to begin the process of reopening the government, warning of the consequences of not extending health care subsidies.
“Tonight was a very bad night,” Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a post Sunday night on the social platform X, attaching a video in which he castigated eight Senate Democrats for voting yes on the continuing resolution.
Only three Senate Democra...