Lawmakers Release Bipartisan Plan for Obamacare Patch as Deadline Approaches

Then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (L) and House Speaker Mike Johnson listen during remarks at a Capitol menorah lighting ceremony on Dec. 12, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Rank-and-file lawmakers have voiced frustration over the lack of progress on finding a way to keep health care affordable for Obamacare users while reducing overall health costs for

Operations against Houthis played into Truman Strike Group accidents, Navy finds

When the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost an F-18 fighter jet in May because of an arresting wire failure, the crew was in the midst of “significantly stressful deployment”  because of operations against the Houthis in Yemen, according to a Navy investigation report released Thursday.   The Navy said in a statement Thursday