• Column: A tax reform President Trump should like, and you should too

    Column: A tax reform President Trump should like, and you should too

    Aug 16, 2017 05:46 PM EDT

    ... ineffective technologies. This is because the subsidy leads to limited cost-sharing requirements for patients, which have only in recent years begun to increase, and primarily through blunt approaches like annual deductibles. Of course, the employer-provided insurance tax distortion isn’t the only driver of America’s health care ...

  • The Trump administration transition starts now. Here's what to know

    The Trump administration transition starts now. Here's what to know

    Nov 06, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    ... though, and presidential briefings with Biden didn’t begin until Nov. 30. Who is helping Trump through the process? Trump's transition is being led primarily by friends and family, including Kennedy Jr. and former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, as well as the president-elect's adult sons, Donald ...

  • Wisconsin voting underway despite coronavirus risk

    Wisconsin voting underway despite coronavirus risk

    Apr 07, 2020 05:23 PM EDT

    ... pandemic could have significant implications for upcoming primaries and even the fall general election. Polls were scheduled to close at 8 p.m. CDT, although results were not expected Tuesday night. A court ruling appeared to prevent results from being made public earlier than next Monday. Democrats in and out ...

  • Speedy deadline for candidates in North Carolina election

    Speedy deadline for candidates in North Carolina election

    Mar 05, 2019 02:56 PM EDT

    ... discarded. Harris said he won't run again. Dan McCready, the Democrat who appeared to be the loser November's election, has said he will try again to win in a district that has been in GOP hands since 1963. Donald Trump won it by 12 percentage points in 2016.

  • Obama's immigration plan could protect up to five million from deportation

    Obama's immigration plan could protect up to five million from deportation

    Nov 20, 2014 11:34 PM EDT

    ... deported. The White House insists Obama has the legal authority to halt deportations for parents and those who came to the U.S. as children, primarily on humanitarian grounds. Officials also cited the precedents set by previous immigration executive actions invoked by Democratic and Republican presidents dating back to Dwight ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what's at stake in Georgia's primary election

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what's at stake in Georgia's primary election

    May 23, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... or may not have Trump's backing, but absolutely support the idea of only taking the votes that you want or of only accepting the result that is the result that you like. So, it is -- I think that it's not settled yet whether -- whether there will be some ...

  • As Trump's chosen candidates face voters in May races, bid to shape GOP is tested

    As Trump's chosen candidates face voters in May races, bid to shape GOP is tested

    May 02, 2022 04:34 PM EDT

    ... described the month of May as a brutal sorting period likely to be dominated by Republican infighting instead of the policy solutions or contrasts with Democrats he'd like to see. "The primaries too often become sort of character assassinations," Scott said in an interview. "That's what has happened ...

  • WATCH: Mike Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden

    WATCH: Mike Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden

    Mar 04, 2020 03:17 PM EDT

    LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million ...

  • Georgia Republicans choose Collins for Senate and Jackson for governor, a mixed result for Trump

    Georgia Republicans choose Collins for Senate and Jackson for governor, a mixed result for Trump

    Jun 17, 2026 08:59 PM EDT

    He leaned heavily on his decades building his trucking company, based in the same community where he was raised. “You see, I know what it’s like to have employees and their families count on you to make the right decisions every day. Jon Ossoff doesn’t,” he said. Trump ...

  • What to watch in midterm primaries and runoffs in Alabama, Georgia, D.C. and more

    What to watch in midterm primaries and runoffs in Alabama, Georgia, D.C. and more

    Jun 16, 2026 02:28 PM EDT

    Like a handful of other places, D.C. voters will rank the candidates on a ballot, and if no one crosses 50% of the popular vote, then residents' second choices come into play. That happened in Maine, where election officials started counting ranked choice votes for governor and a key ...