Oct 13 Watch 5:58 News Wrap: Ryan pledges more assistance for Puerto Rico By Travis Daub Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Trump is ending the Obamacare subsidy payments to health insurers. Here’s who ends up paying By PBS News Hour President Trump continued to chip away at the Affordable Care Act by ending subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay deductibles, co-payments and out-of-pocket charges for lower-income Americans. Judy Woodruff speaks with Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News to… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 12:00 Shields and Brooks on Trump dismantling Obama’s achievements, Puerto Rico in need By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act and his refusal to certify the Iran nuclear agreement, the federal… Continue watching
Oct 13 WATCH: Trump accuses Iran of violating nuclear deal, but he won’t pull out now By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Donald Trump announced his decision on the Iran nuclear deal today. Watch the president’s remarks in the player above. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday angrily accused Iran of violating the spirit of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal,… Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Trump addresses the Values Voter Summit By Joshua Barajas President Donald Trump spoke at the Values Voter Summit today. Watch the president’s remarks in the player above. President Donald Trump addressed the annual Values Voter Summit today, becoming the first sitting president to speak at the conservative… Continue reading
Oct 13 GOP’s Susan Collins to stay in Senate and ditch governor run By David Sharp, Associated Press Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, introduces Senator Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, not pictured, at the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Sessions will warn at… Continue reading
Oct 12 Trump plans to ‘immediately’ stop ACA payments to insurers By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press In a move likely to roil America's insurance markets, President Donald Trump will "immediately" halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to persuade Congress to unravel for months. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 9:13 How Trump’s executive order affects health care plans By Travis Daub Congress may have failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, but an executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday could trigger big changes in the health care law. William Brangham talks to Avik Roy of the Foundation for Research on… Continue watching
Oct 12 WATCH: John Kelly, Trump’s chief of staff, says he won’t quit or be fired ‘unless things change’ By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Amid a swirl of reports that he's frustrated in the job, the retired Marine Corps general told reporters Thursday at the daily White House briefing, "Unless things change, I'm not quitting, I'm not getting fired and I don't think I'll… Continue reading
Oct 12 WATCH: Trump signs executive order to boost lower-premium health plans By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine "Obamacare," the program he's promised to kill. Continue reading