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Conservatives Offer Solution to Repeal Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood: Pass 2015 Bill Again
By[email protected] February 2, 2017April 22, 2026

Two prominent House conservatives are calling on Republican leadership to bring a 2015 bill repealing major parts of Obamacare before members for a vote “as soon as possible.” In a statement Thursday, Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina pushed GOP leaders to bring the legislation unwinding major provisions of the…

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New Obamacare Report Shows Rising Costs and Fewer Options for 2017
By[email protected] February 2, 2017April 16, 2026

A new report shows that Obamacare enrollees could pay more money and end up with fewer options in 2017. The study from Avalere Health, a health care consulting firm, showed rising premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs for many customers, a shrinking amount of insurance options in the exchange market, and a drastically lower number of…

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‘Humanitarian Disaster’: Thousands of Civilians Caught in the Crossfire as the War in Ukraine Escalates
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—Artillery and rockets have been raining down on the front-line town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine since Sunday, leaving 16,000 civilians, including 2,000 children, without heat, electricity, or clean water as temperatures dipped to 20 degrees below zero Celsius, or about minus 4 Fahrenheit. “[The] recent intensification of hostilities on the contact line in…

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Conservative Lawmakers Warn Congress Not to Reinstate Earmarks
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

Former and current Republican congressional lawmakers raised concern against reinstating the practice of earmarks during a discussion hosted by the largest conservative caucus in Congress on Tuesday. “I'm astounded that you're even having this conversation,” former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said during the Republican Study Committee discussion. “If the Republicans really want to give up…

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Neil Gorsuch Could Rule on These 3 Big Cases If He Joins Supreme Court Soon
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court could have a say in rulings on religious freedom, transgender bathrooms in schools, and private property rights, if he is confirmed before April 16. “If you can, Mitch, go nuclear,” @POTUS says. Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals met with Senate Majority…

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Nebraska Woman Loses Health Insurance for Fourth Time Under Obamacare
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

Pamela Weldin’s experiences with Obamacare can be boiled down to just a few numbers. Since the health care law’s implementation three years ago, Weldin, 60, has lost her insurance four different times. And the Nebraska woman is currently enrolled in her fifth new insurance policy in four years. “Yet again, and through no fault of…

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Texas Governor Deprives Sanctuary County of $1.5 Million Grant
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott cut off state funds to a county that provides sanctuary to illegal immigrants Wednesday, following through on an earlier pledge to punish such sanctuary cities and localities. Travis County will no longer have access to $1.8 million in state criminal justice grants, Abbott announced in a letter to county officials, because of…

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What Senate Republicans Are Saying About Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
By[email protected] February 1, 2017April 16, 2026

Republican Senate leaders showed enthusiasm about President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last February. Gorsuch now awaits confirmation by the Senate. >>> Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court Gorsuch is hailed by conservative leaders as a solid choice to defend…

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Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, using the first prime-time address of his presidency to fulfill a campaign pledge to name a conservative to the high court. “I have selected an individual whose qualities define, closely defined, what we’re looking for,” Trump said in introducing Gorsuch to…

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Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman on Obamacare: ‘Let’s Repeal It as Quickly as We Can’
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

Several Republican congressmen from the House Freedom Caucus say they want a full repeal and replacement of Obamacare, despite private talk from some GOP lawmakers about a partial repeal. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.; Mark Meadows, R-N.C.; Raul Labrador, R-Idaho; Scott Perry, R-Pa.; Mark Sanford, R-S.C.; and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; were all present at the January…

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Newt Gingrich: Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would Do
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

Two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has been successful in fulfilling many of the promises he campaigned on, but he’s nowhere near finished, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. Speaking Monday at The Heritage Foundation for the final installment in his six-part series on understanding Trump and Trumpism, Gingrich described the president as “the…

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House Conservatives Back Trump’s Refugee Order, Question Its Implementation
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

House conservatives support the substance of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting refugee resettlement and other forms of legal immigration, but are critical of how the White House implemented the policy. In a briefing for reporters Tuesday, some of the most conservative House lawmakers strived to portray Trump’s order as a temporary policy meant to…

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Democrats Change Tune After Demanding Up-or-Down Vote on Supreme Court Nominee in 2016
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

Senate Democrats who last year called for an up-or-down vote on Supreme Court nominees changed their tune as President Donald Trump prepared to announce his choice for the high court Tuesday night. “This is a stolen seat,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Monday of the vacancy Trump was about to fill. “This is the first…

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Trump’s Executive Order to Repeal Regulations Puts EPA in the Crosshairs
By[email protected] January 31, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday demanding federal agencies repeal two regulations for every new one issued, marking the delivery of a campaign promise to cut most federal rules. Trump’s making good on a promise to repeal 75 percent of federal regulations, including rolling back most of the $900 billion in regulations…

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What Republican Lawmakers Say About Trump’s Order on Refugees
By[email protected] January 30, 2017April 16, 2026

Republicans in Congress had mixed reactions in the immediate wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order Friday stopping individuals from seven countries where Islamist terrorists operate from entering the country for 90 days. Some GOP lawmakers, such as Sens. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expressed concerns about who the order targeted and how…

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‘This Is Barbarism’: Ukrainian Troops on High Alert as War Intensifies
By[email protected] January 30, 2017April 16, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—Using artillery, tanks, and rockets, combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian forces along the front lines in eastern Ukraine on Sunday and early Monday morning, highlighting, once again, that the February 2015 cease-fire has failed. “This is barbarism,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday in response to the attacks, according to a tweet from his…

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Experts Debate Whether Trump’s Refugee Order Will Make America Safer
By[email protected] January 30, 2017April 16, 2026

With an executive order signed Friday, President Donald Trump delivered on his campaign promise to impose a restrictive U.S. policy toward refugee resettlement and other forms of legal immigration. By preventing Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. indefinitely, imposing a 120-day suspension on all refugee admissions from anywhere in the world, and temporarily blocking visas…

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Trump Likely to Name 1 of These 2 Judges to Supreme Court
By[email protected] January 30, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump returns to prime time Tuesday for the biggest announcement of his presidency so far. He will reveal at 8 p.m. EST his pick for the Supreme Court, widely reported to be one of two federal appeals court judges—Neil Gorsuch or Thomas Hardiman. Some reports suggest two other appeals court judges, William Pryor…

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Trump Signs Executive Order Slashing Small Business Regulations
By[email protected] January 30, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal of dramatically peeling back federal regulations. The order is the Trump administration’s first step in repealing two regulations for every new regulation put forth, CNBC reports. The measure also sets a $0 budget…

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13 of Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Await Senate Approval, Leaving Agencies Without a Leader
By[email protected] January 29, 2017April 16, 2026

President Donald Trump moved at a blistering pace to fulfill several campaign promises during his first week in the White House. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, however, 13 of his Cabinet nominees continue to wait for confirmation votes. Obama had 11 of his 15 Cabinet secretaries in place after his first week. Trump has…

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