We're back with some breaking news. New reporting this morning that the US is preparing to strike targets inside Venezuela. A major escalation against the Maduro regime.And this is according to the Miami Herald, which has sources with knowledge of the situation telling the paper, "The Trump administration has decided to attack military installations inside Venezuela and they could come at any time." That is House members from both sides of the aisle say they were left with more questions than answers. After ...

If you're sitting in this room getting clearly what have been prior gang of eight level classified information, didn't somebody raise their hand and say, "Well, holy crap, where are the Democrats? Who was willing to say, you know, isn't there a constitutional obligation here?" You know, it is about separation of powers. is for the folks who wave their constitution around, read the damn thing and then explain why you would sit through that briefing and not call foul. Yeah, I I was kind of wondering that myse ...

This weekend, as the millions of Americans who sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act began to enroll, they will see the largest increase in costs since this law went into effect over a decade ago. Without those so-called enhanced subsidies or tax credits put in place during the pandemic in 2021 and set to expire at the end of this year, some Americans could see their monthly premiums double or even triple next year. That's on top of insurers raising those premiums, an estimated nearly ...

Joining us now is Democratic Congressman Jason Crowe of Colorado. He's on the Armed Services Committee. Great to have you here.Although crickets on Capitol Hill today, right, both the House and the Senate are out of session, so presumably no negotiating, no votes happening, what message is that sending to families trying to put food on the table. Well, because Donald Trump and the House Republicans have decided to shut down Congress, and Donald Trump just spent the last week overseas, you know, eating brown ...

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Top of the hour, time for the morning news. But of course, there is no news yet. Everyone's still asleep in their comfy, comfy beds.Good night, everybody. >> A the Simpsons highlighting the struggle to get up early is real. And if you're watching this show, you're likely an early riser, too.We start at 6:00 a. m. Our next guest has a new piece in the Atlantic meant for everyone who faces the dreaded morning alarm.Contributing writer Arthur Brooks tackles questions of meaning and happiness in his weekly colu ...

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The Affordable Care Act uh open enrollment opens tomorrow and millions of Americans are going to see dramatically higher premiums because enhanced tax credits are going to expire. Meanwhile, President Trump is calling on the Senate to get rid of the filibuster, which would allow Republicans to reopen the government. The president made the request via very long social media post last night. The filibuster, of course, is a long-standing tactic in the Senate that blocks or delays votes on a bill. 60 votes are ...

just Democrats, you also have one of the most conservative Republican senators, Josh Holly, who says, "At least, please move money around to feed people." Why not consider that. >> Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire government, Chuck Schumer and the radicals over there will continue to play games with people's paychecks, their livelihoods, and and if you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it, to do their basic job, and that is reopen the governm ...

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey Lawrence. >> Hey Jen. I have never been interviewed by the Times of London. So if anything shows up in there with my name, it's another one. Okay. It's another one. >> Are there other Lawrence? >> Oh, there's a bunch. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Just It's in phone books everywhere. Sure. Well, they don't have phone books anymore, but you know what I mean. I've seen them. They're In fact, I get mail for once or one or two of them every few years. So they're >> ...