Medicare Advantage Members Are Left Out of the $90 Rebate
A $90 payment is reaching millions of Medicare beneficiaries this month. It is meant to help with the rising cost of Part B premiums.
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348 published storiesEileen Laubacher’s lead in Colorado’s 4th is a real surprise
Colorado’s 4th District has long been one of the state’s most Republican places.
Read the full story →Mike Johnson Is Leaving House Leadership After AOC Called His Record “Awful”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not soften the point.
Read the full story →Trump Replaces His Chief of Staff Days After a Sweeping Midterm Loss
President Trump has replaced his White House chief of staff days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms.
Read the full story →Democrats Just Took Back the Pen That Draws the Maps
The most consequential result of this month’s elections may not be a Senate seat or a governor’s mansion.
Read the full story →Bernie Sanders Wants Medicare at 55. Europe Shows Why That Is Hard.
A person who turns 55 tomorrow could, under Bernie Sanders’ proposal, qualify for Medicare. The change would lower the age to join from 65 to 55.
Read the full story →The Justice Department Is Being Asked to Look at Congress. That Should Worry Us.
The words were blunt: congressional critics of President Trump “deserve imprisonment.” The Justice Department was then told to investigate them.
Read the full story →Ahmed Moor is challenging John Fetterman, and the Senate primary just got harder to ignore
Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American writer and businessman born in Gaza, says he will run in the 2028 Democratic primary for John Fetterman’s Pennsylvania.
Read the full story →The immigration crackdown is not easing after the midterms
The arrests are still being planned at roughly 19,000 a week.
Read the full story →Laura Loomer’s Posts May Have Been Paid For. Readers Deserve To Know.
Laura Loomer has 1.9 million followers on X.
Read the full story →Abdul El-Sayed Won Michigan, But Lost Ground With Jewish Voters
Abdul El-Sayed won his Michigan Senate race. He did not win every part of Michigan’s Democratic coalition with the same ease.
Read the full story →Scott Colom’s Lead Grew Past 2,500 Votes. Mississippi Is Still Counting.
Scott Colom’s lead over Cindy Hyde-Smith has grown by more than 2,500 votes since Election Day.
Read the full story →MAGA Supporters Are Asking Whether the Movement Survived Tuesday
The losses came fast, and then came the harder question: not whether Republicans had lost, but what remained of the movement that carried Donald Trump to power.
Read the full story →Chuck Schumer won the Senate. Some Democrats still hesitate.
Chuck Schumer has the Senate majority he wanted. That should make his next term as Democratic leader simple. It does not.
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