The Latest: Trump team defends him against San Juan’s mayor

30, 2017, as about 35 patients are evacuated after the failure of an electric... White House officials are defending President Donald Trump's attacks on the mayor of Puerto Rico's devastated capital city, and they say the administration is doing all it can to help victims of Hurricane Maria. Budget director Mick Mulvaney says the public needs to "judge us by the actions, please" in terms of efforts to help Puerto Rico.

Majority of Democratic voters are all-in on single-payer

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" bill has the support of a third of the Senate Democratic caucus, including potential 2020 presidential hopefuls like New York's Kirstin Gillibrand and Kamala Harris of California. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" bill has the support of a third of the Senate Democratic caucus, including potential 2020 presidential hopefuls like New York's Kirstin Gillibrand and Kamala Harris of California.

What the Democrats’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan could spur in Canada

Opinion: For some Americans, Canadian health care is a source of envy. But the 'Medicare for All' plan shows that our system could use a shake-up, too Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent from Vermont, discusses Medicare for All legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017.

Republicans to push health care bill in CNN debate

The two Republican senators leading the party's last ditch bid to repeal Obamacare are about to launch an effort to save their reeling bill in a prime-time debate on CNN. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy face off against Democrats Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Amy Klobuchar at 9 p.m. ET, with their measure appearing all-but-doomed after a third Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, came out against it.

Sen. Graham: ‘Obamacare Is a Placeholder for Berniecare in the Democratic World’

Democrats have no intention of doing anything that would "substantially change" Obamacare, Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Sunday. He described Obamacare as a "placeholder" for the eventual move to single-payer health care, which Sen. Bernie Sanders and other liberals are plugging.

Foreign Policy Ignoramus Bernie Sanders Wants to Shrink US Aid to Israel

In The Intercept's September 22 interview with Vermont's Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, the man they call "the most popular politician in the United States by a country mile," he appears to confirm the broad criticism of his grasp on foreign policy, namely that he suffers from a foreign policy deficit. As Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, put it: "It's not the subject he gravitates to, that's fair to say."

Jeremy Corbyn’s Rise From Hapless Loser to Potential Leader

It is always satisfying to prove your doubters wrong and, in the case of Jeremy Corbyn , the left-wing leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, there were an awful lot of them. Written off as a hapless loser 12 months ago at his last party conference, Mr. Corbyn can expect a triumphant reception at this year's event , which was to begin on Sunday.

On health care, which party is ‘extreme’?

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., voices her support for Sen. Bernie Sanders' latest version of his plan to expand Medicare to cover all Americans. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., voices her support for Sen. Bernie Sanders' latest version of his plan to expand Medicare to cover all Americans.

Sanders speaks on foreign policy in Mid-Mo

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, who spoke about foreign policy at Westminster College's Green Lecture on Thursday, reaches out to shake a hand at a private reception at the National Churchill Museum. Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't disappoint his supporters during a Thursday visit to Fulton to deliver the 58th Green Lecture at Westminster College.

For the oppressed, the personal is the political

This week, Senate Republicans breathed new life into what seemed like a lost battle since the end of summer: the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Without the ACA and its protections for those with preexisting conditions, millions of disabled, elderly, sick and low-income Americans would lose insurance and, according to some estimates, thousands could die as a result.

NCW Health | The right, the left and the center

After a two-week vacation, I'm finding the need just to catch up on what's happening on the national scene in terms of our plan for national health care. So, I'll be taking a look at a new push from the right to repeal Obamacare, the Cassidy-Graham Plan; last week's proposal from the left, a Medicare for All bill sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders; and a more centrist attempt by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, to find a bipartisan solution For as little as 27 cents a day, you can have complete access to all the local news, photos and video content from North Central Washington's primary news source.

Peter Lucas: Congressman Kennedy launches Texas-sized trial balloon

The 37-year-old , red-headed congressman from Brookline, heir apparent to the thinning Kennedy political dynasty, is quickly emerging as a player in a Democrat Party bereft of leaders. He recently gave a rip-roaring speech in Texas that tore into President Donald Trump and had Texas Democrats clamoring for more.

The best political impression of the year is being performed…

Political impressions have been part of comedian James Adomian's act for years, but he acknowledges that his latest hit has been received in a different way. "Sebastian Gorka is weird, because a lot of people don't know who he is, but the people who do know who he is are obsessed with him," Adomian told Business Insider.

GOP Sees Offensive Opening on Health Care for 2018

Supporters waved signs Wednesday as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2017. As more and more Democrats come out in favor of some form of "Medicare for all" legislation, Republican campaign strategists are salivating.

Bernie Sanders, the Man With Single-Payer Clout

Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders bashed special interest groups when introducing the so-called Medicare for All Act of 2017. The seismic shift in support for Sen. Bernie Sanders ' plan to transform the U.S. health care system into a single-payer program indicates the reach the Vermont independent has within the Democratic Party.

Clinton: Ita s time to abolish the Electoral College

Hillary Clinton told CNN on Wednesday that it is time to abolish the Electoral College, part of a sweeping interview where the former Democratic nominee sought to explain why she lost the 2016 election. "I think it needs to be eliminated," Clinton said of the Electoral College.

Sanders bill expands Medicare for all, lacks details on cost

Americans would get health coverage simply by showing a new government-issued card and would no longer owe out-of-pocket expenses like deductibles, according to legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders released Wednesday. But the Vermont independent's description of the legislation omitted specifics about how much it would cost and final decisions about how he would pay for it.