Approval of how President Donald Trump is managing the government has fallen to 33% in a new AP NORC poll, down from 43% in March, with support slipping among Republicans to 68% from 81% and among independents to 25% from 38%. The slump comes amid the nation’s longest shutdown, which...
Air travelers face worsening cancellations and delays as the FAA imposes deeper cuts at 40 major airports. After thousands of weekend cancellations, airlines scrubbed 1,700 flights by early Monday and about 1,000 for Tuesday; reductions are rising from 4% to 6% Tuesday and 10% by week’s end. Unpaid for nearly...
House Democrats made a last-ditch bid Monday to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies, as Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., sought unanimous consent during a mostly empty pro forma session to approve the ACA tax credits without a vote. Chair Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., gaveled down the request, blocking the maneuver. The failed...
Under intensifying intraparty pressure, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer faced open revolt after eight members joined Republicans to advance a deal to end the nation’s longest shutdown, defying his demand to secure health insurance subsidies. Progressives urged him to step aside, touting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a 2029 Senate run,...
Rep. Ro Khanna blamed Sen. Chuck Schumer for a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and urged him to step aside, saying the Senate leader is out of touch despite past wins on CHIPS, the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure. Khanna escalated his criticism after eight Democrats backed a...
President Donald Trump on Monday shared a clip of Detroit Lions player Amon Ra St Brown performing the Trump Dance after a touchdown, a seeming answer to circulated videos of him being booed at the Lions Washington Commanders game. Trump, the first sitting president since 1978 to attend a regular...
President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court seeking to keep full SNAP payments frozen during the shutdown, despite lower-court orders to continue them. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson paused a judge’s full-funding order, and a ruling is expected Tuesday, leaving states and recipients in limbo. Some states briefly disbursed...
Democrats erupted after party leaders agreed to reopen the government without securing an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, focusing their anger on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Although Schumer opposed the deal, progressives like Reps. Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan, as well as Senate hopefuls Zach Wahls and...
Eight Senate caucus members who joined Republicans to pass a stopgap funding bill won’t face voters next year. The Senate approved the measure 60–40, reopening the government through January 30 with back pay for furloughed workers but without reversing Medicaid cuts or extending ACA subsidies. GOP leader John Thune pledged...
Stefany Shaheen, running for a New Hampshire House seat on a health care platform, split with her mother, senator Jeanne Shaheen, over a deal to end the government shutdown that lacked an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits. The younger Shaheen said their approaches differ and insisted, “Otherwise, no...
