Chris Ruddy, the founder of the conservative outlet Newsmax and a confidant of President Donald #Trump’s, told CNN today that — based on what he’s been told by White House sources — he believes Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats could be fired for attacking the administration’s stance on North Korea. “Dan Coats just went […]
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President Trump’s move late Thursday to cut off critical federal payments to insurers sent shock waves through the healthcare system Friday, threatening widespread disruption to markets nationwide and igniting new legal and political battles over the Affordable Care Act. Caught in the middle are millions of Americans likely to see their insurance premiums shoot higher
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President Trump’s pledge to reduce red tape has been largely conducted in private, with a team of political appointees with deep industry ties and potential conflicts of interest. A joint investigation by ProPublica and The New York Times has identified 71 appointees, 28 of which have potential conflicts of interest. These include lawyers who have
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New Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump is “being really dumb” by taking on the Intelligence Community and its assessments on Russia’s cyber activities. “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” Schumer told MSNBC’s Rachel
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Mother Jones reports… At the Conservative Political Action Conference this morning, Sean Hannity of Fox News made some remarks about the attendees that were deemed inappropriate by some. He commented on the “young, good-looking crowd” in attendance, causing a stir among those present. “I can look out in the crowd, I kinda have Fox X-ray
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Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, moving closer to a possible presidential run, has resigned all of his corporate and nonprofit board memberships, including with his own education foundation, his office said late Wednesday night. He also resigned as a paid adviser to a for-profit education company that sells online courses to public university students in
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Voters in Alaska are set to play a decisive role in the control of the US Senate, with the race between Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Dan Sullivan too close to call. Get-out-the-vote efforts are likely to be of great importance, yet the outcome is difficult to predict due to the state’s small population and
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In the battle for control of the Senate in 2014 and the presidential election in 2016, the emergence of a new generation of Southern Democrats is a major development. These “Johnny Cash Democrats” are big-tent believers in a widely shared dream, in contrast to the “Ted Nugent Republicans” who are small-tent believers with lists of
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Mitt Romney’s struggle to win the hearts of his party was encapsulated in a photo shared on Twitter this week by his son Tagg. It showed Romney and his wife Ann doing laundry in a hotel basement, with Romney wearing a starched shirt and jeans. Tagg captioned the image with “Nothing like the glamorous life
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As the long-term unemployed population in America continues to swell, with an estimated 4 million or more people now out of work, Congress is faced with a dilemma: how to extend unemployment benefits for those affected without blowing a hole in the budget deficit. The issue has become particularly pressing as the current Congress is
