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Swing district House Republicans launch discharge petition to force vote on Obamacare subsidies
A group of centrist House Republicans, frustrated with their leadership's decision not to bring legislation temporarily extending enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies to the floor, are banding together to try to force a vote.
All eyes on Indiana as ‘huge’ redistricting vote tests Trump’s influence
When President Trump wants something from Republicans, he usually gets them to fall in line. But in Indiana, his grip is being tested.
U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast; Trump says, ‘Other things are happening’
President Trump said Wednesday that U.S. forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move that will likely inflame an already tense standoff between Washington and Caracas.
Democrats have nothing but losing ideas going into 2026 midterms
To hear the mainstream media tell it, Republicans are going to be crushed in the 2026 midterms.
House Republicans ready health care package that will not extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies
House Republicans are planning to vote on a health care package next week that does not renew enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, prompting a group of centrist Republicans to launch a discharge petition to try to force a vote on a two-year extension.
Trump stumps for his economic success story to counter Democrats’ ‘affordability’ narrative
President Trump returned to campaign mode to sell his economic agenda as the cure for Americans' frustration at the high cost of food and household goods, telling a Pennsylvania crowd that their wallets were emptier under President Biden.
Senate Republicans come up with an alternative to Democrats’ Obamacare subsidy extension
Senate Republicans have mostly united around a proposal to avoid the year-end health care cliff.
Supreme Court grapples with limits on campaign spending by political party committees
Supreme Court justices grappled Tuesday with whether to topple another domino in campaign finance restrictions -- this one a limit on political party committees' ability to coordinate with individual candidates on how to spend money.
Trump’s affordability crisis
Last month, Democrats won races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey and mayor in New York City by hammering "affordability."
Gene Simmons of KISS urges Congress to pass a bill to make radio stations pay royalties to artists
Rock icon Gene Simmons of KISS called on senators Tuesday to make radio stations pay artists fairly for playing their songs.
Australia caught between U.S. demands, China’s economic leverage
Australia's concerns about China's rising might and jitters about America's commitment to its Pacific allies were not eased by this week's meetings between top officials from Sydney and the Trump administration.
Arab leaders say Trump’s vision of Middle East reset requires clarity, firm commitments from U.S.
The Trump administration's new national security strategy has rejected what it calls America's "misguided experiment" of hectoring Gulf monarchies and declared "the days in which the Middle East dominated American foreign policy in both long-term planning and day-to-day execution are thankfully over."
Space combat moves from science fiction to threat as China, Russia outpace U.S.
It's gone from science fiction to a matter of serious military planning in a remarkably short time.
