In 2014, Congress sued the executive branch over the president’s refusal to enforce the law. It was kind of a mind bender because the majority in Congress hated the law that wasn’t being enforced — ObamaCare — and had repeatedly tried to kill it entirely.
But there we were: U.S. House of Representatives v. Burwell, in which the Republican-controlled House sued over the failure to implement provisions of President Obama’s signature health insurance law that the same lawmaker...
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Trump administration haphazardly fires and recalls CDC staffers
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Jeffries: Trump hasn’t given Johnson ‘permission’ to meet over shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump hasn’t granted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans "permission" to negotiate about the government shutdown, which is in its 13th day.
“Speaker Mike Johnson and I have not met because Donald Trump has not given them permission to meet,” Jeffries told MSNBC. “We know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide as it relates to sitting dow...
Vance says ACA tax credits fuel fraud
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Vice President Vance said Sunday that subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fuel waste and fraud in the insurance industry, as Republicans refuse Democratic demands to extend the tax credits ahead of open enrollment next month.
“The tax credits go to some people deservedly. And we think the tax credits actually go to a lot of waste and fraud within the insurance indust...
Johnson: ‘We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to reopen the government.
“We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history, unless Democrats dropped their partisan demands and passed a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government and pay our federal workers,” Johnson said in a press conference on the 1...
Shutdown starting to affect US economy: Bessent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that the government shutdown is starting to affect the U.S. economy.
During an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Bessent said the media is not sufficiently covering the gravity of the shutdown, now in its thirteenth day.
“I think the dirty secret here for why this has dragged on for so long is the Democratic friends in the mainstream media have been downplaying the shutdown, and this is getti...
Trump use of funds to pay troops ‘probably not’ legal, says Democrat
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Sunday said it is “probably not” legal for President Trump to repurpose Defense Department funding in order to pay members of the military during the shutdown.
“Well, probably not. Again, we just had a little conversation about the White House’s understanding of United States law, which is pretty tentative to say the best,” Hines said during an interview Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."
“I think to pay the military during a shutdown,...
The populist playbook: Democratic US Senate candidate seeks to replicate Mamdani’s success
Abdul El-Sayed’s bid for Michigan senator centers on bold leftwing populism similar to the NYC mayoral candidate
During Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’s Fight the Oligarchy tour stop in Michigan, Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed hit on bold populist policies like Medicare For All and taxing the rich.
But he drew among the loudest cheers from the crowd in Kalamazoo, when he bellowed his updated reversal of an Obama catchphrase that signified a new pugilistic tactic ...
Vance: ‘Deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers
Vice President Vance warned on Sunday that cuts to the federal workforce will only get “deeper” as the government shutdown drags on.
In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” host Maria Bartiromo asked the vice president about President Trump describing the moment as an “opportunity” and about how significant the cuts would be.
“The longer it goes on, Maria, the more significant they're going to be,” Vance said. “If you remember, we went nine days be...
Hostages released as Trump peace plan starts
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