POLITICS

What’s Inside the GOP Tax Bill

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The tax cuts, while a cost estimate has not yet been assessed, could be at least $4 trillion—a goal of congressional Republicans. The House Ways and Means Committee on May 12 released the tax policy portion of the GOP megabill to implement President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda. The committee, which deals with taxes and other

What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Slash Drug Prices

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The ’most favored nation’ policy aims to have drugmakers respond to incentives and equalize drug prices between the United States and other countries. President Donald Trump aims to lower prescription drug costs for all Americans with the aid of two carrots and a stick. The positive and negative inducements are intended to get pharmaceutical manufacturers

House Panel to Debate Medicaid Proposal With $880 Billion in Cuts Expected

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The bill may satisfy moderate Republicans’ concerns but not go far enough for fiscal conservatives. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will debate the long-awaited budget reconciliation bill on May 13, providing a crucial test for Republicans who have been at odds over ways to reduce federal spending on Medicaid. Medicaid funding is just one

GOP Senators Demand ‘Full Dismantlement and Destruction of Iran’s Nuclear Program’ as Trump Admin Negotiates With Tehran

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Amid murky nuclear talks between the United States and Iran, a group of Republican senators has drawn a line in the sand on enrichment. Sens. Katie Britt (R., Ala.), Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), and Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) last week introduced a resolution demanding the “complete dismantlement and destruction of Iran’s nuclear program” in any

Newsom promised universal health care. He didn’t expect it to be so expensive.

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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis. In March, as President Trump and congressional Republicans escalated a nationwide debate over whether to slash health care for poor and disabled Americans, the Democratic governor had to tell state lawmakers that California’s health care costs had spiraled out of