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‘Bargaining chip’: Trump allies dismantle Liz Warren’s claim GOP blocked childhood cancer research

Trump allies are dismantling a Democratic narrative promoted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren that the GOP blocked childhood cancer funding, despite passing a funding bill months ago.

Last straw: New Jersey drone drama shows we’re fed up with government gaslighting

The public's initial curiosity about the night-flying drones spotted over New Jersey and beyond soon turned to fear and finally to anger at the...

What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years

After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown.

Senate’s political will to tackle troublesome Social Security finances is put to the test

A series of Senate votes last week on changes to Social Security shows how difficult it will be for Congress to address the program's financial problems.

Manchin roasts ‘toxic’ Democratic party: ‘This country is not going left’

Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.V.) slammed the Democratic Party as “toxic” and said the country is “not going left” as he winds down his tenure in the Senate. “The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic,” Manchin said in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju that aired Sunday. Manchin,...

Chris Christie predicts Elon Musk’s influence over Trump will end

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) predicted in a Sunday interview that tech billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over President-elect Trump will end. “When does this end?” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Christie on “This Week” of Musk’s influence on Trump. “It ends when Trump believes that something has gone wrong, and he needs someone...

Map: Where minimum wage is — and isn’t — increasing in 2025

In more than 20 states, the minimum wage is set to increase in the new year.

The deadly cost of insurance denials in America’s healthcare system 

The stakes are not just financial — they’re profoundly human.

Fetterman doesn’t rule out supporting Hegseth, Patel as nominees

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn't rule out Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s picks for Defense Secretary and head of the FBI, as nominees for their roles in an interview that aired Sunday. “You met with Pete Hegseth,” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl said in the “This Week” interview, with Fetterman responding that he “did.”...

GOP lawmaker says Johnson made spending fight ‘way too complicated’

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made the government funding spending battle “way too complicated.” “I think he made it way too complicated,” McClintock said Sunday on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” The California Republican argued Johnson likes to have people “beat him up from time to time” but doesn’t think...

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