IRS to Start Enforcing ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate
The IRS announced recently that it would start enforcing ObamaCare’s individual mandate with the 2018 tax filing season, the first time the agency has done so. ...
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Conservatives Demand Ouster of Senate GOP Leaders
Charging Senate Republican leaders with failure and betrayal, a group of conservative leaders is demanding the resignation or removal of the entire Senate GOP leadership. ...
California Law Threatens Nursing Homes for Not Using Transgenders’ Preferred Pronouns
A new California law threatens long-term care facility workers with fines and jail time for failing to use a transgender resident's preferred pronoun. ...
Senate Republicans Throw in the Towel on Latest ObamaCare Replacement
Senate Republicans have given up on ObamaCare replacement this year after their latest attempt couldn't garner enough votes to pass. ...
Baby Bust Threatens Finland’s Already Precarious Welfare State
Finland's vast welfare state, already teetering because of overspending, is in danger of complete collapse because of the country's low birth rate. ...
VA Whistleblower: Hospitals Manipulate Statistics by Denying Care
A former VA surgeon says VA hospital administrators are manipulating statistics — in part by denying care to certain patients — to make themselves look good and earn bonuses. ...
Socialist Senator Sanders Introduces “Medicare for All” Bill
Senator Bernie Sanders, along with 16 other Democrats, introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a national single-payer healthcare system. ...
Trump Admin. Seeks Permanent Renewal of Warrantless Spying Law
The Trump administration is asking Congress to renew a law giving intelligence agencies the authority to collect the communications of millions of Americans without a warrant. ...
Senate Ratifies Trump-Schumer-Pelosi Deal Hiking Debt Ceiling
The Senate passed a hurricane-relief bill Thursday that included a short-term debt-ceiling hike negotiated by President Trump and congressional Democrats. ...
Clock Ticking on Speedy ObamaCare Repeal
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Congress has until September 30 to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill under fast-track rules. ...
Pentagon Admits Underreporting Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria
The Pentagon confessed to having underreported the number of troops deployed to foreign conflicts for years, saying the real Afghanistan troop count is 11,000, not 8,400. ...
Government: Hurricane Harvey’s Accomplice
Hurricane Harvey may have hammered Houston, but government policies turned the downpour into a disaster. ...
ESPN Yanks Announcer From Virginia Football Game Because of His Name
ESPN, fearing offense, took an announcer off a Charlottesville, Virginia, football game because he has the same name as Confederate General Robert Lee. ...
In Huge Reversal, Trump Announces Expanded, Unlimited War in Afghanistan
After years of decrying America’s 16-year war in Afghanistan as expensive and unwinnable, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would continue and expand the war. ...
Rand Paul: Trump May Take Executive Action to Improve Health Insurance
Senator Rand Paul says President Trump may soon change federal policy to allow organizations other than employers and unions to buy health insurance for their members. ...