Trans people could lose healthcare as Republican state attorneys general seek to have the entire landmark Affordable Care Act law tossed out
Starting in 2009, Jack Jimenez’s face would feel tingly and his vision would turn wonky. Sometimes it felt like he was getting a deep-tissue head massage, even when no one was touching him. The now 37-year-old from California tried for five years to get help from various doctors, many of whom told him he was just anxious.
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Barack Obama recalls epic battle for healthcare law in excerpt from memoir
- Advance chapter released as ACA faces supreme court threat
- Ex-president details Republicans’ norm-breaking attacks
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An advance chapter from Barack Obama’s first memoir of his White House years, published on Monday by the New Yorker, takes readers inside the epic political battle behind the passage of the Affordable Care Act at the end of his first year in office.
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Democrats hold Senate floor overnight to protest Amy Coney Barrett confirmation – live
- Trump aide admits ‘we’re not going to control pandemic’ as Pence staff test positive
- Nearly 60 million Americans cast early vote as record-shattering turnout expected
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The summer has been characterised by a series of extreme weather events on both coasts of the US, and that looks set to continue.
Hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires and the fire-weary state braced for a new bout of dry, windy weather.
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy has just described himself as “sad and furious” on his way home from the Senate in the early hours of the morning having been part of the Democrats night long occupation of the Senate floor.
Just finished the 3-5am shift on the Senate floor in protest of the vote later today on radical Amy Coney Barrett.
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She will rule to invalidate Obamacare, causing 23M to lose insurance in the middle of a pandemic. Catastrophic.
Both sad and furious on my rainy drive home. pic.twitter.com/hVEw3AvibW
‘They won’t be able to do anything about this’: McConnell revels in Barrett supreme court vote
- Democrats blast Pence for plan to preside despite Covid tests
- How ending Obamacare would kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV
- Trump aide admits ‘we’re not going to control pandemic’
“By tomorrow night,” Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans on Sunday, after they voted to limit debate and advance the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, “we’ll have a new member of the United States supreme court.
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Party chair insists Republicans will hold Senate after Trump voices doubt
- Trump tells GOP donors holding Senate will be ‘tough’ – report
- How ending Obamacare would kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV
After Donald Trump reportedly told donors it would be “tough” for Republicans to hold the Senate, and said he could not and did not want to help some senators, party chair Ronna McDaniel insisted the Senate would stay in GOP hands, saying: “I don’t see these senators distancing themselves from the president.”
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Trump told Republican donors holding Senate will be ‘tough’ – report
- Washington Post reports remarks before Nashville debate
- President also said he ‘just can’t’ help some GOP senators
- How ending Obamacare would kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV
Shortly after Donald Trump insisted to reporters in Ohio he expected a “red wave” on election day, 3 November, it was reported on Saturday that he told Republican donors this week it would be “tough” for the party to hold on to the Senate.
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Trump told Republican donors holding Senate will be ‘tough’ – report
- Washington Post reports remarks before Nashville debate
- President also said he ‘just can’t’ help some GOP senators
- How ending Obamacare would kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV
Shortly after Donald Trump insisted to reporters in Ohio he expected a “red wave” on election day, 3 November, it was reported on Saturday that he told Republican donors this week it would be “tough” for the party to hold on to the Senate.
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How Trump success in ending Obamacare will kill Fauci plan to conquer HIV
Conservatives see Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as key in bringing down the Affordable Care Act. Doctors and scientists warn it will destroy a major effort to help vulnerable and poor Americans
In his State of the Union address in February 2019, Donald Trump vowed to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
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Snap polls give Joe Biden edge over Trump in final TV debate – US politics live
- Biden and Trump diverge sharply on major issues
- The ‘obvious’ winner of the debate: moderator Kristen Welker
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Trump says he wants supreme court to ‘end’ Obamacare as final debate looms – live
- President tests negative for Covid before debate, Meadows says
- Trump releases unedited 60 Minutes interview days before air date
- Senate committee votes to advance Amy Coney Barrett nomination
- Trump’s Twitter allegedly hacked after password guessed: ‘maga2020!’
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