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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281 published storiesTrump Brags About Oil Profits While Gas Costs $4.26 a Gallon
A fill-up costs $4.26 a gallon for regular gasoline today, according to AAA.
Read the full story →Ilhan Omar Once Called Her Father “Nur Said” in a Deleted Tweet
A 2013 Father’s Day message from Ilhan Omar called her father “Nur Said.” That name resembles part of the name of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and.
Read the full story →Obama Calls Trump Corrupt and Incompetent, and Trump Answers Fast
Barack Obama stood in front of Democratic voters and called President Donald Trump’s second term two years of “chaos and cruelty and corruption and.
Read the full story →Barack Obama Stood in Detroit for Abdul El-Sayed
A former president stood in a Detroit high school gym and asked Michigan voters to send Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate.
Read the full story →Trump Answered Obama at 12:42 a.m., and the Clock Says Plenty
The post went up at 12:42 a.m. on Sunday.
Read the full story →5.5 Million People Have Lost Food Stamps. That Is the Whole Story.
Thirteen percent of Americans who received food stamps a year ago no longer do.
Read the full story →Trump Said Obama’s Michigan Rally Was Empty. The Photos Show 4,300 People.
The gym was full. That is the part I cannot get past.
Read the full story →A Contractor Held Up His Fuel Bills to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
A contractor named Dave Woods stood in a crowd at a fall street festival in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, holding red signs toward Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
Read the full story →A Bishop Wished He Had Been Less Simple. That Says A Lot.
A Catholic bishop looked back at a meeting in the Oval Office and said he wished he had been less simple.
Read the full story →Scott Colom Could Break a Mississippi Streak Older Than Most Voters
Scott Colom is running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and if he wins he would be the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction.
Read the full story →The Man Who Called Trump’s Win Now Puts Democrats at 78% for the Senate
The first number stopped me: 78%. That is Thomas Miller’s current probability that Democrats will win control of the U.S. Senate next month.
Read the full story →Trump Says Tariffs Bring Wealth. The Prices Say Something Else.
The bill arrives quietly. It is not a tax form or a separate charge at checkout.
Read the full story →Ilhan Omar May Have to Resign Over a Name on a Court Filing
A federal court filing referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar by a name different from the one she uses in public life.
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