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- GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises ‘money to the people’by By Meredith Lee Hill and Benjamin Guggenheim on December 9, 2025 at 11:48 pm
As the president rails against insurance companies, other Republicans say allowing a subsidy lapse is “not acceptable.”
- Senate Republicans set to put Cassidy-Crapo health proposal up for a vote Thursdayon December 9, 2025 at 7:38 pm
Senate Republicans will offer a health care plan for a vote Thursday alongside a Democratic proposal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, capping off days of furious behind-the-scenes debates. […]
- Brad Lander set to challenge Rep. Dan Goldman from the leftby By Emily Ngo on December 9, 2025 at 4:20 pm
The city comptroller and former mayoral candidate will have the endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, two people tell POLITICO.
- Capitol agenda: What Trump told POLITICO about health careon December 9, 2025 at 1:00 pm
TRUMP’S TAKE ON HEALTH TALKS — President Donald Trump in an exclusive interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns was noncommittal on the fate of Obamacare subsidies set to lapse at the end of the […]
- Why Senate Republicans aren't uniting behind a health care planby By Jordain Carney on December 9, 2025 at 1:32 am
Voting on any alternative to Democrats' Obamacare extension is likely to highlight the divisions in the GOP.
- Texas Rep. Marc Veasey to drop his reelection bidon December 9, 2025 at 12:15 am
Rep. Marc Veasey is set to drop his House bid in a Dallas-area seat and will instead run for Tarrant County judge, according to a person familiar with the situation granted anonymity. It’s the […]
- House GOP leaders plan Wednesday NDAA voteon December 8, 2025 at 9:44 pm
House GOP leaders are planning to pass the annual defense policy bill late Wednesday afternoon, according to three people granted anonymity to comment on the scheduling ahead of an official […]
- DeSantis: Trump’s AI order ‘can’t preempt’ states from taking actionby By Andrew Atterbury on December 8, 2025 at 9:17 pm
As President Donald Trump eyes a federal top-down AI “rulebook," the GOP governor maintained it should be up to Congress, not the president, to establish such a sweeping policy.