Trump seems supportive of bipartisan two-year deal for Affordable Care Act subsidies

Trump seems supportive of bipartisan two-year deal for Affordable Care Act subsidies President Trump continues to attack the Affordable Care Act, the target of two executive orders he signed last week. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: https://usat.ly/2ysT2dz A key Republican senator said Tuesday he's reached a deal with his Democratic counterpart on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked.

President Trump’s tweets on Puerto Rico were beyond the pale

When it comes to President Donald Trump fulfilling his role as leader of the federal government, nothing he has said has been as awful as his Thursday remarks on Twitter that the United States might soon stop helping Puerto Rico - a part of our nation since 1898 - recover from Hurricane Maria. "Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes," he tweeted.

Who will not be the 2020 presidential nominee

On 1963, the legendary Russell Baker, writing in The New York Times, explained how we in the press, years before the nation's next presidential campaign, are miraculously able to agree upon who qualify - and, perhaps more importantly, who do not qualify - as plausible White House contenders. Baker identified the "Great Mentioner" as the mythical author of this list.

Fundraising battle tightens as race for Santa Clarita House seat heats up

Rep. Steve Knight, R-Santa Clarita, speaks Jan. 21, 2016, during a state legislative hearing in Granada Hills about the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak. Democrats hoping to knock off Republican Congressman Steve Knight in north Los Angeles County got a new shot of optimism from the latest round of campaign fundraising reports.

Power-hungry Trump can’t get enough

Long after NFL players began taking a knee during the pregame national anthem to protest racial inequality, Donald Trump decided he could use the movement to cement his political base and change the conversation from his lack of a prompt response to devastation in Puerto Rico. Trump then argued such protests were an unpatriotic affront to the flag, the military and the country.

Trump’s great regulatory rollback

Emissions spew from the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station on Tuesday in Newburg, Md. Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt took steps to repeal President Barack Obama's policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants last week.

Yes, build the wall

It's time to build the wall - and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 690,000 DACA "Dreamers" from being deported from the United States. It's a fair deal that could be scuttled only by intense and self-serving partisanship from the White House and the Republican and Democratic congressional leadership.

CALmatters Commentary: What next for California’s sanctuary defiance?

"This action protects public safety and ensures hard-working people who contribute to our state are respected," Gov. Jerry Brown said as he signed a package of bills aimed at protecting at least 2 million undocumented residents from being detained and, perhaps, expelled. It's California's most dramatic "resistance" to President Donald Trump, at least so far, and seems destined to provoke his administration, particularly Attorney General Jeff Sessions, into a confrontation.