Medicare fund's outlook improves on stronger economy, but long-term...
The financial outlook for Medicare improved in the past year, and the program’s funding to pay all the costs for hospital services of older and disabled beneficiaries won’t run out until 2036, five...
View ArticleLiberal icon Bernie Sanders is running for Senate reelection, squelching...
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday he will run for reelection this year, squelching speculation that the 82-year-old progressive icon might retire at a time when the Democratic Party is...
View ArticleGreene vs conservatives: Georgia Republican on an island
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) lonely effort to boot Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power is emblematic of a larger trend that’s followed the Georgia firebrand throughout her time on Capitol...
View ArticleHouse Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an...
View ArticleUkraine-born House member who opposed aiding her native country defends her...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Ukrainian-born congresswoman who recently opposed sending aid to her war-torn country is defending her seat Tuesday against a fellow Republican who has outpaced her in spending...
View ArticleHouse GOP push for vote on home appliance bill
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – With major foreign aid bills now out of the way, House Republicans are renewing their crusade to protect Americans' home appliances. Tuesday House Republicans will vote to pass...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson says conversations with Greene ‘not a negotiation’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rejected the notion that he is negotiating with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday as she threatens to force a vote on his ouster, characterizing their meeting...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson: 'I intend to lead this conference in the future'
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he intends to remain in his position going forward, dismissing suggestions that his job could be at risk after the November election. “I intend to lead...
View ArticleGreene softens threat to force vote on ousting Speaker Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is softening her threat against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying she will give the Speaker more time to demonstrate his commitment to conservative priorities...
View ArticleTrump wins Indiana GOP primary
Former President Trump has won Indiana’s Republican primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. The win gives Trump, already the presumptive GOP nominee, another 58 delegates, according to a tracker from...
View ArticleBiden wins Indiana Democratic primary
President Biden has won Indiana’s Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Hoosier State added 79 delegates into Biden’s column, pushing him further past the mark he needed to become...
View ArticleSen. Mike Braun wins GOP primary for Indiana governor
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) has come out on top of a crowded GOP primary in Indiana’s gubernatorial race, according to Decision Desk HQ. Braun, a first-term senator, beat out five other Republican...
View ArticleHas Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and...
View ArticleTrump in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts
NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an affair he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice...
View ArticleHaley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary. She...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ghost of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is ringing up significant support in state primaries despite her withdrawal from the race in March shortly before Donald Trump had...
View ArticleRobert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges Donald Trump to debate at Libertarian...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month, a move that comes as the presumptive...
View ArticleGreene moves to oust Speaker Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday, a momentous move that is all but certain to fail amid opposition from Democrats and...
View ArticleTrump VP race creates army of surrogates while he’s tied up in court
Former President Trump is using the audition process for his running mate to create an army of surrogates willing to defend him and echo his talking points while he is tied up in a Manhattan...
View ArticlePete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation...
View ArticleRepublicans renew push to exclude noncitizens from the census that helps...
Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census and exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determine...
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