Republicans Are Privately Begging Trump to Drop His New Effort to Kill Obamacare
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which now seeks to completely invalidate the landmark healthcare law, has confounded many. Why would President Donald Trump reignite the very battle that was seen as one of the primary reasons Republicans…
A Quiet Milestone for a Man Who Brought Dignity to the Presidency
Former President Jimmy Carter at a Habitat for Humanity building site in Memphis, Tennessee.Mark Humphrey/AP He has never sought great riches, or to capitalize on the presidency for personal gain. He lives in a home that is assessed for a lesser value than the armored Secret Service vehicle that sits outside it. Last week, at 94, Jimmy…
Facebook Just Announced Plans to Ban White Nationalists and Separatists
Facebook finally banned white nationalism from its platform, though “white power” and similar statements will remain.Anadolu Agency / Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. More than a year and a half after the platform was used to organize a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Facebook announced on Wednesday that it…
The Sponsor of North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” Is Running for Congress, and His First Ad is a Doozy
Chris Seward / AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dan Bishop, a Republican state senator who sponsored North Carolina’s infamous House Bill 2—known nationally as the first “bathroom bill”—has officially thrown his hat into the ring for the state’s upcoming 9th District special election. This election is the last undecided congressional race from…
Florida Republicans Are Trying a New Way to Bar People With Felony Records From Voting
An elections office clerk helps Anthony Biggins fill out his voter registration paperwork for the first time in his life in Jacksonville on January 8 Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Republican lawmakers in Florida advanced a House bill that would require people…
Donald Trump’s Latest Move to End Obamacare Is One of the Dumbest Things He Could Have Done Ahead of 2020
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late Monday night the Trump administration issued an eye-catching legal filing, essentially advocating for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. This was a reversal from the White House’s previous position, which only sought to invalidate…