Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies

People buying individual health care policies would face sharply higher premiums, and some may be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, congressional experts said Tuesday. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also estimated that cutting off the payments would add $194 billion to federal deficits over a decade.

Fourth biz leader quits Trump council after Charlottesville

A fourth business leader resigned Tuesday from President Donald Trump's White House jobs council in the latest sign that corporate America's romance with Trump is faltering following his equivocal original response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. The parade of departing leaders now includes the chief executives for Merck, Under Armour and Intel and now the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

Centene to sell Obamacare plans in Nevada next year – report

Centene Corp, one of the largest players in the Obamacare individual insurance market, will offer Obamacare plans in 14 rural counties of Nevada in 2018, the Nevada Independent reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Nevada was left without insurance coverage after U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc said last week it would pare back its Obamacare offerings in the state exchange next year.

Fourth CEO Quits Trump Panel

Could America's first CEO president lose America's CEOs? It was a question that came to the fore again Monday when first Merck's Kenneth Frazier, then Under Armour's Kevin Plank and Intel's Brian Krzanich stepped down from a White House business group set up to advise Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Scott Paul, the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said he was stepping down, because it was "the right thing for me to do."

‘Shame! Shame!’: New Yorkers Surround Trump Tower to Protest President’s Return

Thousands of protesters gathered outside of Trump Tower Monday night as the president returned to his New York City skyscrapper for the first time since he took office in January. Protesters on Fifth Ave. in New York City shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame!" as President Donald Trump returned to Trump Tower Monday night for the first time since he took office in January.

NAFTA negotiations: U.S. trade officials say Canada’s key demands will be tough sell

Some of Canada's key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States, according to former American trade officials who say they will be difficult to achieve in the climate of a Donald Trump , America First-themed presidency. The Canadian government has just released priorities for the talks which begin Wednesday and they include a broad desire for four new chapters, and two specific demands: fewer Buy American rules for public contracts and freer movement of professionals.

Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan

President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few signs of dying down. Protesters on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue tried to spoil Trump's homecoming Monday night with signs bearing messages like "stop the hate, stop the lies" and chanting "shame, shame, shame" and "not my president!" After two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate, the president condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring "racism is evil".

Buy stocks because you believe in the U.S., not a a Trump bumpa

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, a digital analytics firm reviewed 4.5 million tweets that expressed an opinion about Donald Trump and found that 200,000 included threats to leave the U.S. The top destination was Mexico, but 5,800 said they would move to Alaska and another 1,500 chose Hawaii. These people knew they didn't like Trump, but apparently did not know that Alaska and Hawaii are U.S. states.

US ‘closer to war than ever before’

What's the football? And what's the biscuit? Trump has the US nuclear codes that, together with the Pentagon, could launch an ICBM in 5 minutes and start a nuclear war with North Korea, or anyone really. North Korean government launches the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

GOPs Shotgun Marriage – Can the GOP’s Shotgun Marriage Be…

Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? By Patrick J. Buchanan Tuesday - August 29, 2017 Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump had won the presidency by carrying Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Tanner Ainge faces two opponents in Utah primary for vacant House seat

Three GOP candidates hoping to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz in Congress face off in a primary election Tuesday after weeks trying to burnish their conservative credentials and fend off attack ads from deep-pocketed outside groups. Chaffetz abruptly stepped down from his seat in June after making a name for himself as the Republican who relentlessly investigated Hillary Clinton and her emails while he was chairman of the House Oversight Committee.

Trump to tackle opioid addiction in White House speech

President Donald Trump is poised to deliver a major speech Thursday on fighting the opioid epidemic, the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history. "We're going to have a big meeting on opioids tomorrow," Trump told reporters as he left the White House Wednesday en route to Texas.

Thomas Friedman: If you want to reach voters, aim for the gut

I was talking the other day to a wise executive friend and he recalled for me something his favorite boss liked to say: When people rise to the top of an organization and get power, they usually do one of two things: "They either swell or they grow." Every character flaw he had before taking office from his serial lying to his intellectual laziness to his loyalty just to himself and his needs has grown only larger and more toxic as he has been president.