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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315 published storiesRepublicans Lost a Six-Term Senator, a Governor, and Two Appointed Senators
The losses did not arrive quietly. Republicans went into this election holding power in Washington, and came out of it without control of the House or Senate.
Read the full story →JD Vance Said Haley Stevens Gave Michigan GOP Voters Permission
Haley Stevens had already lost to Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
Read the full story →Trump Asked Voters to Pretend He Was on the Ballot. They Did.
President Donald Trump spent two months asking Americans to pretend he was on the ballot. On Tuesday, they did.
Read the full story →Abdul El-Sayed Asked a Reporter If He Could Vote in Michigan
The clip is only a minute or so long, but it has now been watched millions of times.
Read the full story →Prediction Markets Put Election Odds Up for Sale, and States Are Pushing Back
The midterm elections are over, but the fight over prediction markets is not.
Read the full story →A $50 Million Contract, Signed While She Worked at the Justice Department
Alina Habba Mildon secured a $50 million contract while she was still working at the US Department of Justice.
Read the full story →Trump Says He Would Have Won the Midterms, Even Though He Was Not on the Ballot
Donald Trump was not on the ballot in Tuesday’s midterm elections. He still told Americans, in a social media post, that if he had been, he would have won.
Read the full story →Haley Stevens’ Staff Quit After She Endorsed Mike Rogers
Haley Stevens’ own staff learned that she had endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Senate and, within hours, began leaving her office.
Read the full story →Gas Was Over $4 When Democrats Took Congress
Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Read the full story →Trump’s calm before the count was its own kind of message
President Trump did not promise a Republican sweep before the polls closed.
Read the full story →Elon Musk Cast an Early Ballot, Then Warned of a 2028 “End of Democracy”
Elon Musk cast an early ballot in Texas, then used X to warn that a Democratic sweep in 2028 could turn the United States into a “permanent” one-party state.
Read the full story →The Squad Victory Fund raised $2.35 million and says no to police union money
The number stopped me for a second: $2.35 million.
Read the full story →A Court Told the Justice Department to Leave Election Workers Alone
The people who run elections were being told, in effect, that doing their jobs could put them in legal jeopardy.
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