Full interview: Joe Manchin, May 7
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, talks with Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson about a possible government shutdown, the GOP health care bill, the Senate's Russia investigation, and more.
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H.H.S. Sec. Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid
Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration. The bill's passage buoyed President Donald Trump, but the measure appeared headed for an overhaul in the Senate.
How House Republicans won those final health care votes
How did House GOP leaders win the final votes to pass their health care legislation? Will President Trump make a big decision on climate change before he meets with the Pope? These questions and more are answered in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast, where you get tomorrow's headlines today.
Collins on all-male healthcare working group: ‘The leaders…
Susan Collins Collins on all-male healthcare working group: 'The leaders obviously chose the people they want' Collins: 'The Senate is starting from scratch' on healthcare Sunday shows preview: Republicans tout healthcare vote MORE on Sunday brushed off a question about why she is not part of an all-male group of senators working on the Republican bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. "Well, the leaders obviously chose the people they want," Collins said in a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week."
How House GOP won final health care votes
How did House GOP leaders win the final votes to pass their health care legislation? Will President Trump make a big decision on climate change before he meets with the Pope? These questions and more are answered in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast, where you get tomorrow's headlines today. Promises of what political consultants call "air cover" helped House GOP leaders get to the finish line in last week's Obamacare repeal-and-replace vote.
US interior secretary starts Utah red rocks monuments review
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state's southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded. The re-evaluation of the new Bears Ears National Monument on sacred tribal lands and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created in 1996, is part of an executive order signed last month by President Donald Trump's calling for a review of 27 national monuments established by several former presidents.
Senate next after House passes Obamacare reversal
Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration. The bill's passage buoyed President Donald Trump, but the measure appeared headed for an overhaul in the Senate.
This Week’ Transcript 5-7-2017: Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Susan Collins
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR 'THIS WEEK' on May 7, 2017 and it will be updated. ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos.
Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill. BRANCHBURG, N.J.>> Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration.
Wisconsin dairy farmers push for limit on ‘milk’ label
WATERLOO, Wis. - Some Wisconsin dairy farmers are among a growing contingent pushing Congress to limit the use of the name "milk" to beverages that come from animals, not plants.
Streisand ponders ‘what might have been’ with Clinton
Barbra Streisand usually talks to her audience, but Saturday night she had a special message for two guests: Bill and Hillary Clinton . Streisand gave former president and former Democratic presidential candidate much more than a shout out at her concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, her hometown.
Some pastors praise Trump order, others worry over integrity
Central Presbyterian Church Pastor Wallace Bubar stands for a photo in his church in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, May 5, 2017. Bubar described President Donald Trump's Thursday, May 4, 2017 executive order as "pandering to the religious right."
Schumer blasts proposal to cut drug-policy office’s budget
Sen. Charles Schumer is criticizing a Trump administration proposal to cut the budget of the Office of National Drug Control policy by 95 percent. The New York Democrat said Sunday that cutting funds to the drug abuse-fighting agency would show that President Donald Trump does not intend "to keep the promises he's made to the American people."
Politics | Sunday Political Brunch – May 7, 2017: Sorting Out Winners and Losers
Dr. Mark Curtis, Ed.D., is Chief Political Reporter for the five Nexstar Media TV stations in West Virginia, and a Political Analyst for "The Brian Copeland Show" on KGO Radio 810-AM San Francisco. Success in the political world often relies on momentum.
Streisand Gives Hillary Clinton Big Shout-Out During Barclays Center Concert
Barbra Streisand paused during her standing-room-only concert in Brooklyn's Barclays Center tonight to shine a spotlight on an audience member seated near the stage: Hillary Clinton . According to a video tweeted by one nearby concertgoer , Streisand gave a full-throated introduction to "our groundbreaking First Lady, senator from New York, Secretary of State, and the winner of our country's popular vote, Hillary Rodham Clinton!" With husband Bill Clinton next to her, Clinton smiled and briefly stood to wave in acknowledgement of the crowd's loud ovation.
James Comey Says Confidential Hillary Clinton Emails Were Sent to Anthony Weiner
There was a particularly significant moment Wednesday as FBI Director James Comey forcefully defended his decision to disclose, just days before the election, that he'd reopened the investigation of Hillary Clinton's e-mails. He said not speaking up about the discovery of new emails possibly related to the investigation would have been a "catastrophic" act of concealment but added that "it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had an impact on the election".
Even CNN Criticized Democrats’ Jeering of Republicans after ObamaCare Repeal Vote
Earlier in the day, the House of Representatives voted on the American Health Care Act . The bill still has to go through the Senate, where it will surely see changes, and therefore go back to the House, before going back to the Senate and then to the Oval Office where President Donald Trump would sign it.
Remembering Col. Leo Thorsness – Patriot and Politician
Following the news that retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Leo K. Thorsness died last Thursday at age 85, most news stories focused on his heroism in the Vietnam War. As lead pilot of the "Wild Weasels" F-105 fighter bombers whose mission was to destroy North Vietnam's Surface-to-Air , Thorsness was shot down, captured, and imprisoned by the North Vietnamese Communist enemy in 1967.
Trump Weighing 95 Percent Cut to Drug Office, Chief Warns
The Trump administration is weighing a cut of almost 95 percent of the budget for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy at a time the president has pledged to aggressively combat opioid addiction, according to an internal memo. The office, which coordinates much of U.S. drug strategy, including responses to trafficking, could see several grant programs for drug prevention discontinued under the proposal, which was decried by prevention advocates and members of Congress from both parties when it was reported on Friday.
Sanders defends Trump’s praise of Australian healthcare system
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Saturday that President Donald Trump was right to call Australia's universal healthcare system better than the U.S. system. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination last year, also said the Senate should use the Australian system as a model while crafting an alternative to Republican healthcare legislation that Trump endorses.