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House GOP will not allow amendment vote to extend ObamaCare subsidies

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there will not be an amendment vote on extending expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies as part of a House Republican health care bill this week, in a move that is infuriating moderate Republicans who had been pushing to go on the record about the subsidies.

 

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Trump critics note Charlie Kirk in ripping remarks over Rob Reiner 

President Trump is facing backlash from both ends of the political spectrum for his response to the killings of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, with some critics arguing the president’s words were particularly troublesome in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

 

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Rob Reiner’s son Nick to be charged with murder in parents’ deaths

Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday.

 

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FBI argued they did not have probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago for documents 

The FBI initially expressed hesitation about searching President Trump’s home for documents, suggesting there were less intrusive ways to recover the classified records being stored at Mar-a-Lago. 

 

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Live updates: GOP tensions over ObamaCare subsidies flare with deadline looming 

Tempers are flaring in the House Republican conference as lawmakers scramble to address rising insurance premium costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before their holiday recess.

 

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Trump expands travel ban, targeting Syria, South Sudan and others 

President Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation expanding the scope of his administration’s ban on travel into the United States from various countries, targeting Syria and those from the Palestinian territory.

 

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Trump World defends Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair piece 

President Trump and his Cabinet members on Tuesday defended White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair published what she described as a “disingenuously framed hit piece.”

 

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Wiles slams Vanity Fair interview as ‘disingenuously framed hit piece’  

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles forcefully pushed back on Vanity Fair’s framing of her interview with author Chris Whipple, calling Tuesday’s sweeping article a “disingenuously framed hit piece” on her, President Trump, the Cabinet, and White House staff.

 

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Trump backs Wiles after Vanity Fair interviews 

President Trump on Tuesday said he still had confidence in White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after she generated controversy with comments to Vanity Fair about members of the Cabinet.

 

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Trump picks fight with MAGA allies in issuing AI executive order 

President Trump has picked a fight with allied MAGA conservatives on Capitol Hill by issuing an executive order to chill state efforts to regulate AI, a proposal similar to one that conservative critics of Big Tech defeated on Capitol Hill earlier this month.

 

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