Dec 11 WATCH: Senate rejects both bills on ACA subsidies, all but ensuring premium hike in 2026 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from… Continue reading
Dec 11 WATCH: White House says Trump administration plans to 'seize' oil from tanker taken off Venezuela coast By Associated Press White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the U.S. government "does intend to seize the oil" from a tanker that U.S. forces took Wednesday off the coast of Venezuela. Continue reading
Dec 11 WATCH: Noem defends Trump immigration policy in House hearing on security threats By Rebecca Santana, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defiantly defended the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies on Thursday during a House committee hearing, portraying migrants as a major threat faced by the nation that justifies a crackdown that has seen widespread arrests, deportations… Continue reading
Dec 11 WATCH: Defense officials testify on National Guard deployment across U.S. in Senate hearing By David Klepper, Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press Members of Congress clashed Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans saying the deployments were needed to fight lawlessness while Democrats called his move an extraordinary abuse of military power that violated… Continue reading
Dec 10 House passes annual defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases By Stephen Groves, Ben Finley, Associated Press The bill's passage on a 312-112 vote comes at a time of increasing friction between the Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration over the management of the military. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 8:38 Trump's affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson President Trump was on the road in Pennsylvania Tuesday to address affordability, an issue that has dragged down his approval ratings. But at the event the president reverted to campaign mode, delivering a long speech that included a rant about… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 6:53 What the end of a Biden-era student loan program means for borrowers By John Yang, Azhar Merchant The Trump administration has reached a joint settlement with seven states that will effectively shut down a key Biden-era student loan relief program. But what about the roughly 7 million people currently enrolled in it? Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post’s… Continue watching
Dec 10 U.S. prosecutors move to drop soccer TV rights corruption case By Associated Press U.S. prosecutors have told the Supreme Court that they want to give up their fight to preserve the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media company in a corruption case related to the TV rights… Continue reading
Dec 10 Republicans are torn over health care. Here's what we know By Lisa Desjardins In about 22 days, a large portion of government health care subsidies expire, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. And yet, Congress is set to leave Washington in two weeks. Continue reading
Dec 10 Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela By Aamer Madhani, Konstantin Toropin, Joshua Goodman, Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is incredibly unusual and marks the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States. Continue reading