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House won’t vote on ObamaCare amendments after heated committee meeting
Republicans on the House Rules Committee on Tuesday shut the door on amendments to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, effectively setting the stage for a surge in health insurance premiums as Congress leaves for winter recess later this week. A group of moderate Republicans offered …
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Re: Jared Isaacman nominated as NASA Administrator
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Re: Jared Isaacman nominated as NASA Administrator
Quote from: yg1968 on 12/16/2025 06:40 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 12/16/2025 06:22 pmSenator Markey Slams SpaceX for Covering Up Financial Ties to NASA Administrator Nominee Isaacman:...
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No Sept. 2 boat strike video release for you
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story No Sept. 2 boat strike video release for you Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democrats are battling over publicly releasing the video of the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 at…
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Trump orders ‘total’ blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers
The order comes a week after the US military seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast.
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Democrat wins Kentucky state Senate special election
Democrat Gary Clemons is projected to win a special election to a fill a Kentucky state Senate seat, according to Decision Desk HQ. Clemons, president of United Steelworkers Local 1693 and an Army veteran, beat back challenges from Republican Calvin Leach, an Army veteran and former state Senate ca…
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Watch live: Trump participates in Hanukkah celebration from White House
President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weeke…
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Trump backs Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair article
President Trump defended White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Tuesday in the wake of a shockingly candid interview Wiles did with Vanity Fair. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
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Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine Mamdani
Before jetting off to Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams held an unusual news conference that included a time capsule, a new theme song and a defense of his one-term tenure.
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Biden: 'If we don't lead, who leads the world? Russia? China?'
Former President Biden, during a Monday meet-and-greet event for his presidential library, urged the United States to press ahead as a world leader. “If we don't lead, who leads the world? Russia? China?” Biden asked. “We have to. We owe it to our own families, we owe it to the world and we can get…
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Trump Partners With AI Firms to Build Tech Talent Pipeline
The Trump administration will recruit 1,000 artificial intelligence experts in the coming months through a new program aimed at modernizing the federal workforce. The effort, called US Tech Force, aims to hire early career technologists into roles across the government — one of the administration’s …
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Susie Wiles comes under the spotlight after Vanity Fair remarks
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is grappling with a controversy of her own making after she made a number of startling admissions in a series of interviews with Vanity Fair. In an article published Tuesday that drew on 11 interviews with Wiles over the past year, the chief of staff offered bl…
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GOP Rep. Mike Lawler calls Johnson decision to not hold ACA vote "idiotic"
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not hold a vote on a bill extending Obamacare subsidies this week. New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler joined CBS News with his reaction.
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Trump expands US travel ban to include Syria, Palestine
US adds five Arab and African countries to travel ban list as right-wing politicians intensify Islamophobic rhetoric.
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Remixing Trump’s Economy Speech, Vance Strikes a Different Tone
Vice President JD Vance pleaded with everybody to just hang in there a little longer, saying the economy would improve.
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Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There's 'no fentanyl' and 'no legal justification'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said that Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms that the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific…
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Trump doubles number of countries facing travel bans or restrictions
President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected to 39.
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Once Again, Transparency Is Not the Enemy of Academic Freedom
The University of North Carolina system's proposal to require faculty to post syllabi publicly has triggered fierce opposition from some professors; faculty who now insist that transparency itself threatens academic freedom. They are wrong. And their reaction helps explain why public confidence cont…
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Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief
The White House has never had a more loathsome occupant.
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