The White House’s bad boys benefit from the privilege that society grants white men.Trump’s new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, takes questions from reporters. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The Trump White House produces one salacious headline after another, and in the process, exposes the glaring double-standard and privilege automatically bestowed upon white men. Do we dare ...
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Ted Cruz has a sad after Senate Republicans failed to take health care away from the American people. Credit: AP Photo
Well past midnight in the nation’s capital, Senate Republicans forced a vote on a so-called “skinny” repeal of the Affordable Care Act which would have stripped health care from millions of Americans as they slept. But in an unexpected twist, the vote came up short after three Republi...
All the ways Trump can still kill Obamacare
It’s not over ’til it’s over.Capitol Hill police officers David Bailey, left, and Crystal Griner listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, during a ceremony to recognize the first responders from the June 14 Congressional baseball shooting. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Early Friday morning, the Senate voted 49–51 against the Heal...
Fox & Friends identifies the real monsters of the health care debate: Democrats taking selfies
“Congratulations, the healthy people are paying for the sick people.”CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
Around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning, at the end of a process that didn’t involve a single committee hearing, Republican senators attempted to dramatically alter the health insurance system by repealing key aspects of Obamacare. The “skinny repeal” bill — which would’ve resulted in 16 million Americans losing t...
McCain is getting the credit, but these women are the ones who really saved Obamacare
Sens. Murkowski and Collins have always stuck to their principles.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, listen to the president speak in June. CREDIT: AP/Susan Wlash
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is grabbing headlines after he voted “no” on the Senate’s so-called “skinny repeal” bill to roll back Obamacare. McCain walked onto the Senate floor during the roll call and g...
BREAKING: Republicans defect, kill Senate effort to repeal Obamacare
Obamacare lives to see another day.CREDIT: Screenshot/C-SPAN2
The Senate voted against the Health Care Freedom Act (HCFA) early Friday morning, with a vote of 49–51.
The so-called “skinny repeal” bill made serious cuts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would have left 16 million people uninsured by 2026. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only...
The 3 most compelling moments from the Senate’s late night health care debate
Things got heated while the GOP rammed through their bill.Demonstrators rally outside of the Capitol as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare” because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen
The Senate continue...
Mitch McConnell’s final scam to pass Obamacare repeal begins at midnight
Bait-and-switch.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. heads to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare” because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks. CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen
At 10 p.m. on Thursday night, Majority...
GOP Senators threaten to blow up Trumpcare unless they are given an unconstitutional guarantee
Everything about this process is shocking.CREDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) held an odd press conference Thursday evening where they announced that they will vote for the latest gambit to advance Trumpcare, but only if they can be sure that the bill they vote for does not become law.
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Democrats want investigation into Trump administration’s reported ‘blackmail’ over health care…
Democrats want investigation into Trump administration’s reported ‘blackmail’ over health care votesCommittee ranking member describes conduct as similar to what “we’d see from the Kremlin.”President Donald Trump meets with Republican senators, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), on health care at the White House on June 27, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), the top De...