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How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) — There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any compromise and leave millions of Americans with higher premiums.
Despite signi ... (full story)
Jack Smith testifies at a public hearing about his Trump investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are grilling former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith at a congressional hearing that's expected to focus fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign.
Smith testified behind closed doors last month but ret ... (full story)
After Minneapolis, Democrats confront political vulnerabilities as they battle Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had planned to campaign in the midterm elections on affordability and health care, two issues where Americans are particularly unhappy with President Donald Trump.
But the aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota, including the killing of Renee Good during a confrontation with federal agent ... (full story)
The debate that never ends: Washington's constant health care fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington.
On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by medical industry lobbying, w ... (full story)
Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood and other health centers that provide abortions as a coalition of mostly Democratic states challenges the cuts, a federal appeals court ruled.
The decision last week is one of multiple lawsuits filed after Presid ... (full story)