• News Wrap: Senate approves bill that bars good military service record as defense against sexual assault

    News Wrap: Senate approves bill that bars good military service record as defense against sexual assault

    Mar 10, 2014 11:34 PM EDT

    ... details on the search right after this news summary. The Senate moved this evening to revamp the way the military deals with sexual assault. The bill bars using a good service record as a defense against sexual assault. It also gives accusers more say on whether their cases are tried ...

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    Paul Krugman on Debt, but Are Soaring Interest Rates Running Against Him?

    May 29, 2013 07:20 PM EDT

    ... out of deflation. I just don't see it coming. Paul Solman: But you can't know that it won't happen, that tomorrow interest rates won't start shooting up and continue up right? [Note: This interview took place on April 30, when the 10-year interest rate was ...

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    President Obama Moves From 'Pass This Bill' to 'We Can't Wait'

    Oct 24, 2011 12:28 PM EDT

    ... York Times, White House advisers unveiled a new focus on executive actions President Obama can take in the face of congressional opposition to his jobs bill. Team Obama is moving from "pass this bill" to "we can't wait." Per the Times' Jackie Calmes: "According to an administration official, Mr ...

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    Huntsman Gives Debut Interview as Likely Presidential Candidate

    May 20, 2011 12:42 PM EDT

    Jon Huntsman is a former U.S. ambassador to China and governor of Utah. Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images. Here's guessing Newt Gingrich wishes he had a rollout TV interview more along the lines of what Jon Huntsman conducted Friday morning with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. The former U ...

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    Tuesday's Headlines: Democrats May Drop Medicare Buy-in From Health Bill

    Dec 15, 2009 01:19 PM EDT

    ... support the Medicare expansion, given he had suggested giving people over the age of 55 an option to buy into Medicare early during a September interview with the Connecticut Post. Now, "Many Democrats say they have given up trying to divine the motivations of Mr. Lieberman," according to the New ...

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    Report: House Bill Would Increase Health Care Costs

    Nov 16, 2009 07:09 PM EDT

    Republican lawmakers and other opponents of the bill jumped on the news of the report, which was conducted by the nonpartisan Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the request of House Republicans. The study "confirms that this bill violates President Obama's promise to 'bend the cost curve," House ...

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    N.J. Doctors Stage Slowdown to Protest Rising Insurance Rates

    Feb 03, 2003 09:12 PM EDT

    ... People will not be able to get to a doctor," Dr. Joseph Costabile, president-elect of the Camden County Medical Society, said in a radio interview. "There just won't be enough doctors to take care of everybody. That is why we are doing this, so they can peek into ...

  • Fact-checking Harris and Trump’s interviews with AARP

    Fact-checking Harris and Trump’s interviews with AARP

    Oct 09, 2024 09:53 PM EDT

    ... that supply chain shortages starting a year or more earlier, during the COVID-19 pandemic, ignited the inflation increase, and that Biden’s pandemic relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, exacerbated it by putting too much money in Americans’ pockets at a time when supplies were low. Inflation has ...

  • How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    May 08, 2017 11:39 PM EDT

    Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join Judy Woodruff to unpack the aftermath of the Republican health care plan that passed the House, the latest in the investigation into Russia’s election influence, new concerns about the possible conflicts of interest within the Trump administration and how former President Obama...

  • House to vote on health care bill Thursday

    House to vote on health care bill Thursday

    May 03, 2017 11:42 PM EDT

    The House will vote Thursday on the GOP's long-sought legislation to repeal and replace portions of former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders announced on Wednesday. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy confidently predicted success after a day of wrangling votes and personal arm-twisting by President Donald Trump.