Judge Richard Leon, a senior U.S. District Judge who sits on the District Court for the District of Columbia, is the judge you want when what you want is to own the libs. Yet, in an order handed down Wednesday, Leon suggested that even he has limited patience for that merry band of misfits and cranks that orbit Donald Trump.
For those of you who may not be familiar with this jurist, Leon handed down what may the the most aggressive anti-birth control decision of the Obama years, hol...
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Healthcare.gov open enrollment ends December 15. Here’s everything you need to know.
The annual open enrollment for people who purchase insurance on Healthcare.gov ends December 15, and so far, enrollment is lagging compared to last year.
Sign-ups on Healthcare.gov, the federally-run marketplace that 39 states use, are down 545,929, or 11.7 percent, from last year with three days left to go, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Notably, the number of new consumers enrolling dropped by 19.7 percent. So far, about ...
Arkansas moves to cut Medicaid funds to health facilities serving elderly, people with disabilities
The Arkansas state legislature advanced a proposal Monday that would slash Medicaid payments to assisted living facilities that provide services to the elderly and individuals with disabilities — a move that continues the state’s assault on the public health insurance program designed for low-income people.
Lawmakers advanced the legislation in a joint meeting of the House and Senate public health committees, choosing to move forward even after a variety of providers and indiv...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the only 29-year-old Democrat who was just elected to Congress
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) isn’t the only 29-year-old who was part of Democrats’ historic “blue wave” in last month’s midterms.
Her future House colleague Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) — who recently unseated two-term Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) in Cedar Rapids’ 1st congressional district — is only nine months older, but she’s just as relatable.
If you aren’t already feeling old, let’s just get it all out of ...
The Supreme Court just gave us its first view of how it will handle abortion in the Kavanaugh era
The Supreme Court handed down a surprising order on Monday, announcing it will not hear a pair of cases asking, among other things, how much power conservative states have to defund Planned Parenthood. The order is surprising because, as Justice Clarence Thomas notes in a dissent joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, the two cases meet the ordinary criteria the Supreme Court uses to determine which cases it should hear.
“One of this Court’s primary functions is to ...
Trump floats one of the architects of the 2013 shutdown as his new chief of staff
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that current White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will resign at the end of the year. So far, the search for anyone willing to manage a chaotic White House and a goonish, know-nothing president is not going well.
NEW: A source close to Mulvaney tells me he is no longer interested in COS job, Mnuchin and Lighthizer sending out same signals…. list of potential replacements for Kelly shrinking by the hour.
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Questions raised over Republican’s campaign debt in North Carolina election scandal
Controversy surrounding election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th district increased this weekend as questions surfaced about campaign debts owed by Mark Harris, the Republican initially declared the winner in the race.
According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, the Harris campaign currently owes $34,310 to a political consultant employed by the Red Dome Group.
The money is owed for “Reimbursement Payment for Bladen Absentee” and “Reimburseme...
What a governor, insurer regulator, and consumer advocate want Congress to do about Obamacare
Congress won’t be able to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after the midterm elections handed Democrats control of the House of Representatives — but that doesn’t mean lawmakers are done tinkering with the 2010 health care overhaul law.
Democrats ran and won on health care and the new House majority is expected to make strengthening the ACA a top priority next year. For some lawmakers, this means passing measures to further stabilize the marketplace...
Wisconsin Republicans pass bill that undermines new Democratic governor
Lawmakers in Wisconsin approved legislation early Wednesday morning that will undermine the authority of Gov.-elect Tony Evers (D) and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul (D), moves that have sparked uproar among many liberal activists.
Outgoing Gov. Scott Walker (R) has signaled that he expects to sign the bill into law, which would give the Legislature control of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board, make it easier for legislators to hire private attorneys, limit early voti...
Rohrabacher’s poor record on climate helped swing conservative California district, survey finds
California’s historic wildfires, combined with the climate denial views of one Republican incumbent, appear to have helped sway voters in the state to elect a Democrat in a longtime conservative congressional district during the midterm elections, new analysis shows.
On November 6, real estate developer Harley Rouda (D) defeated Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), a 15-term incumbent, to represent the 48th congressional district of California, which stretches along the Pacific coast...