WASHINGTON ― There are a number of winners and losers in the Republican health care plan unveiled this week, but one particular population seems to draw the toughest GOP ire: lottery winners. The GOP’s Obamacare...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. ― President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for commerce secretary admitted at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that he recently fired a household employee who could not provide proof that they could legally...
Read MoreWASHINGTON ― Donald Trump vowed during his presidential campaign to save the 1,400 jobs at the Carrier factory in Indiana, and on Thanksgiving Day the president-elect even tweeted that he’s “working hard” to keep his promise....
Read MoreWASHINGTON — Before Obamacare, Hurricane Katrina, Monica Lewinsky, Iran Contra, Watergate and Vietnam, there was “Franksgiving.” Seventy-seven turkey days ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving...
Read MoreWASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump said during his campaign that he did not want to cut Social Security benefits, but the Republicans he has hired to manage the program have made no such commitment. Tom Leppert, the Trump...
Read MoreMaine Gov. Paul LePage (R) says the election will be rigged this year, even in the state that has elected him twice. During his weekly dial-in to conservative radio station WVOM, LePage said he agreed with Republican...
Read MoreWASHINGTON ― Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) was one of the first members of the Republican Party to say he would never vote for Donald Trump, calling the candidate a toddler and denouncing his treatment of women more than a year ago....
Read MoreRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) WASHINGTON ― Just days after the media heralded a “new Trump” because...
Read MoreGETTY IMAGES One of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s own aides thought Christie “flat out lied” about the “Bridgegate” scandal in 2013, according to a new court filing. That December, in the midst of political fallout after...
Read MoreSUSAN WALSH/ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama condemned violence against police Sunday and even said excessively nasty rhetoric against police can hurt the cause of criminal justice reform. “Whenever those of us who are...
Read MoreBILL CLARK VIA GETTY IMAGES Groundskeepers found high lead levels when they tested the water in an office building next to the Capitol last week. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and...
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