By Susan Svrluga, Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 University leaders are bracing for an onslaught of aggressive legislation and regulations amid growing hostility from an ascendant Republican Party that depends less and less on college-educated voters. For years, conservatives have seen colleges and universities as unwelcoming and disdainful of their values. Tensions between […]
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Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]
Trump sees the investigators, not the rioters, as the Jan. 6 criminals
By Philip Bump · The Washington Post (c) 2024 History will tell the story of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in direct terms. President Donald Trump, increasingly desperate to block Joe Biden’s inauguration to replace him, summoned his supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest. Hundreds of thousands came, including members […]
Democrats propose deal to GOP extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by a year
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional Democrats have privately proposed a deal to Republicans that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies by one year, with lawmakers worried by new estimates that 2.2 million people will otherwise lose health coverage, according to five people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
Democrats propose deal to GOP extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by a year
By Dan Diamond, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional Democrats have privately proposed a deal to Republicans that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies by one year, with lawmakers worried by new estimates that 2.2 million people will otherwise lose health coverage, according to five people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
The ‘cut spending’ conversation finally arrives at Medicare
Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York this week, the polling firm YouGov asked Americans a grimly related question: How satisfied were they with their health insurer? The results were perhaps surprising. Overall, about 6 in 10 respondents said they were […]
The ‘cut spending’ conversation finally arrives at Medicare
Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York this week, the polling firm YouGov asked Americans a grimly related question: How satisfied were they with their health insurer? The results were perhaps surprising. Overall, about 6 in 10 respondents said they were […]
Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]
Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump […]
Elon Musk is now America’s largest political donor
By Trisha Thadani, Clara Ence Morse · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk gave at least $277 million in political donations this year to back Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, making him the largest political donor in the 2024 election cycle, according to an analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings by The Washington Post. The […]