The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson caused the media to highlight sensationalist negative stories about health insurers. One important fact these stories ignore is that older Americans increasingly choose private insurers to manage their Medicare benefits. These plans are called Medicare Advantage, and 54% of Medicare beneficiaries now opt for them. The Biden administration […]
Winds of change are blowing, and for federal workers these could bring an end to the widespread remote work policies adopted and enhanced during the pandemic. Recommendations from the new Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, strongly suggest that big changes are ahead. The advisory committee, helmed by Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur and...
Since opening up an independent bookstore on Long Island, I’ve often been asked by my former colleagues in Congress for book recommendations. At the start of every new year, I survey members for their own preferences.
California's insurance commissioner issued a one-year moratorium on policy nonrenewals and cancellations in areas affected by devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles. “I am using my moratorium powers to prevent insurance companies from canceling or non-renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas, so people don’t face the added stress of finding new insurance during this horrific...
President-elect Trump said his New York hush money sentencing Friday was a “despicable charade” in a Truth Social post. “As the American People have seen, this ‘case’ had no crime, no damages, no proof, no facts, no Law, only a highly conflicted Judge, a star witness who is a disbarred, disgraced, serial perjurer, and criminal...
President Biden will give remarks Friday morning about the federal response to the wildfires that continue to devastate the Los Angeles region. The fires have killed at least 10 people and burned down more than 10,000 homes. Biden, who approved California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) declaration of emergency earlier this week, pledged Thursday to support...
President-elect Trump refused to take accountability for his hush money criminal conviction at his sentencing Friday, telling the judge he "did nothing wrong." "The fact is, I'm totally innocent," Trump said. Though judges often consider remorse when handing down sentences in criminal cases, Judge Juan Merchan previously signaled he had already made up...
Three of the nation's largest broadcast media companies have scrapped plans to launch a joint direct-to-consumer streaming platform for live sports, the group announced Friday. Warner Bros. Discovery, Fox Corp. and Disney, which owns ESPN, had been planning to roll out a first of its kind subscription-based digital service called "Venu," which would have made...
Visitors at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will soon get a double dose of President-elect Trump, as the museum installs a second photograph of him ahead of the inauguration. The 2019 snapshot of Trump by photographer Pari Dukovic, on assignment for Time magazine, shows the then-commander in chief sitting at the Resolute...
President-elect Trump swiftly tried to raise funds on the heels of his New York hush money sentencing Friday morning, asking supporters if they still “stand with him" in light of the cementing of his felony conviction. “They're trying to sabotage the Presidential Transition process. They’re trying to END the presidency as we know it —...