Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage "upcoding" as a way of saving federal dollars and addressing waste, fraud and abuse. A group of more than 40 bicameral Democratic lawmakers wrote to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), asking that...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Thursday he would introduce a bill requiring retailers to display any rise in cost on products caused by President Trump’s tariffs. The idea was reportedly floated within Amazon before ultimately being scrapped when it became public, and the White House called it a "hostile and political act." Senate Minority Leader...
Legislation to create a framework for payment stablecoins failed to clear a key hurdle on the Senate floor Thursday, after several Democrats voted against moving forward with consideration of the bill. Senators voted 48-49 to end debate on a motion to proceed on the GENIUS Act, short of the 60 votes required to move the...
More older Americans are not confident Social Security will be there for them, a poll released Thursday found. Close to 30 percent of respondents to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll aged 60 and up said they are not confident about the availability of Social Security benefits when needed. A poll from...
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was fired Thursday, one day after telling lawmakers he did not think it was in the public's interest to eliminate the agency. A FEMA spokesperson confirmed Cameron Hamilton was no longer serving as acting administrator. That role is now being filled by David Richardson, who...
Toyota released a report Thursday projecting that President Trump's sweeping tariffs, including automobile import taxes, would result in a $1.3 billion drop in profits for April and May. Trump earlier this year proposed a 25 percent tariff on foreign vehicles and car parts. Toyota, a Japanese-owned company, would be subject to any vehicle taxes —...
Democratic strategist James Carville went after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday, saying people like her are “more trouble than they’re worth.” Carville, speaking at an event in London, shot back at comments made by Omar seven years ago to Al Jazeera, in which she said the U.S. “should be more fearful of white men...
President Trump on Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost after he was elected as the new pope, making him the first American to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. "Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American...
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke temporary legal status granted by the Biden administration to hundreds of thousands of migrants. Lower courts rejected the attempt to end the two-year parole given to 532,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, saying President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Catholic cardinals on Thursday elected Robert Francis Prevost, an American, as their 267th pontiff on Thursday. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel shortly after noon EDT, and the new pope addressed a massive crowd about an hour later. Earlier in the day, President Trump announced the framework...