Oct 13 Social Security benefits to rise by 2 percent in 2018 By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2 percent increase in benefits next year. It's the largest increase since 2012 but comes to only $25 a month for the average beneficiary. The Social Security… 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 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
Oct 12 House set to pass $36.5 billion for hurricane, wildfire relief By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The House is on track to backing President Donald Trump's request for billions more in disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat. Continue reading
Oct 12 Pentagon has no plans to boost size of nuclear arsenal By Robert Burns, Associated Press In fact, the Pentagon can barely sustain the existing force, which is decades old and is in some respects almost decrepit. Continue reading
Oct 12 Trump says Puerto Rico can't get aid 'forever' By Associated Press Trump criticized the U.S. territory in a series of tweets Thursday. He says there is a "total lack of accountability" and "electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 8:35 Analyzing Trump's angry tweets about NBC and Sen. Corker By PBS News Hour Twitter remains President Trump's preferred platform to vent his latest frustrations with the NFL, Sen. Bob Corker and claims of fake news on NBC. Judy Woodruff sits down with Karine Jean-Pierre of MoveOn.org and Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative… Continue watching