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Republican lawmakers are moving ahead to undo a rule that would make it easier for Americans to sue their banks and credit card companies. Senate and House lawmakers on Thursday separately unveiled bills that each proposes to overturn a recent rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which blocks companies from using arbitration clauses to stop consumers from bringing class action lawsuits.
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski Wednesday questioned Medicare's top fraud prevention official about how safeguards failed to prevent a doctor in Indiana from prescribing more than $1 million in opioids to 108 patients under Medicare's prescription drug program.
The Trump administration is reportedly cutting a CIA program that has provided arms to Syrian rebels since 2013. This has provoked a heated reaction from a media obsessed with Russia, and from Russia hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham , who said such a decision would represent a "complete capitulation" to Bashar Assad, Russia, and Iran.
We just learned that Sen. John McCain is in a battle against brain cancer. Yet, heA s not letting that stop him from still speaking his mind on foreign policy.
A revised Republican health care bill would drive up the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday in a report unlikely to help GOP leaders persuade their party's senators to back the reeling legislation in an upcoming showdown vote. An earlier projection by Congress' nonpartisan budget analysts on the initial version of the GOP legislation projected the same number of people losing coverage.
Who else spends money at President Trump's properties? Other GOP politicians are hosting events at their president's properties Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2vGdwgo More than $216,000 has flowed to an array of Trump properties from other political committees since the start of last year, according to a USA TODAY tally of campaign reports. Not surprisingly, the Republican National Committee leads the pack - spending more than $149,000, much of it at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.
The news concerning Arizona Senator John McCain is extremely sad for his family and friends. His glioblastoma is particularly aggressive, but McCain is a fighter and we can only wish him well during his treatment.
First, let's hope the senator makes a full recovery. But the American body politic should pause and reflect on the remarkable life of the Arizona Republican.
Several Republican senators learned of the news during a meeting about health care, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven told CNN, adding that there was "stunned disbelief" in the room and they prayed for McCain." Senator John McCain has always been a fighter," President Donald Trump said in a statement.
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'Morning Joe' Rips Trump While Praising John McCain "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough slipped in a jab at President Trump as he praised Arizona Republican Senator John McCain on Thursday. McCain has a brain tumor, according to a statement released by his office on Wednesday.
Former Republican assemblyman David Hadley is dropping out of the race for governor of California two weeks after he jumped in. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that Hadley wrote in an email to supporters that he could not win despite receiving encouragement since announcing his candidacy.
News that U.S. Senator John McCain has brain cancer triggered a wave of support on Thursday from across the political spectrum for the often outspoken former Republican presidential candidate who survived five years captivity as a U.S. Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. McCain, 80, had surgery last week for a blood clot above his left eye.
The plan to build a new Amtrak train station at Rhode Island's main airport could cost up to $90 million, according to a joint study from the railroad and the state Transportation Department . In addition to the capital costs, Amtrak trains stopping at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick would make every non-Acela trip from New York to Boston longer.
In this July 12, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Las Vegas. President Donald Trump says he never would have appointed Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation.
Deedra Abboud is a Muslim-American woman who plans to challenge Republican Sen. Jeff Flake next year when he's running for re-election in Arizona. Despite Donald Trump's hopefully disastrous effect on the GOP next year, she still has an uphill battle in several ways.
Sen. John McCain, who has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer , has received an outpouring of support from current and former lawmakers from across the political spectrum. The 80-year-old Arizona Republican underwent a procedure last Friday to remove a blood clot above his left eye at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix.
This May 8, 2017 file photo shows former National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clapper, a former top intelligence official who has clashed with President Donald Trump, has a book deal.
An early foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign who is now under FBI investigation claims that US and European intelligence officials spied on him when he was in Budapest in September.
Former US presidential candidate Senator John McCain has promised to beat the brain cancer he has been diagnosed with after having a blood clot removed. Doctors said the Arizona senator has glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer.