Lawmakers are facing urgency to resolve the government shutdown as food aid is imperiled, airports are snarled and Affordable Care Act enrollment begins https://t.co/AsyuHRGymX ...

Joining us next is former US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibilia. Secretary, it's nice to see you. I don't believe we've spoken since the last time you were uh in office.Uh I want to ask you about the other big factor, we're just talking about food and SNAP benefits, but the other thing that's stressing out already stressed out American families is open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act kicks in today for millions of recipients who are now facing the largest increase in cost since t ...

Joining us now is Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. She's a member of the judiciary and oversight committees. Uh Congresswoman, I want to ask you first of all, thank you for coming on. There's rumblings of discussions uh to reopen the government. Maybe small gangs of senators are reportedly working uh to find a way out, but of course, Senate Majority Leader John Thun said he won't discuss any uh affordable care act changes until the government is open. What have you heard? And is there a possibility of ...

It is day 285 of the second Trump administration and day 31 of the government shutdown, which is now just a few days shy of the longest shutdown in history. It is also the night before a halt in federal funding for SNAP food stamps, the nation's largest anti-hunger program. This week, several states sued the agriculture department to keep that money flowing.And earlier today, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the administration to continue paying for SNAP out of a contingency fund, while a Massachuset ...

Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment begins Nov. 1 amid uncertainty over federal subsidies. One expert shares how to choose the best health insurance plan for your needs. https://t.co/3e3QoKBFro ...

So, what is a road to any kind of a deal. Because a deal has to at some point be made. Joining us now is Raymond James, Washington policy analyst Ed Mills.Ed, there's a lot of complex stuff we can get to, but I want to start off with a very simple question that I I don't know the answer to. Can they just come together for like a small bill and pass something so that food stamp benefits don't run out. I mean, millions of kids not being able to have food or afford food and families.That's a that's awful. And ...

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 ...

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 >> ...

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell who is back starts right now. Hi Lawrence. >> Hey Jen. Um I haven't taken any uh what animals that questions uh lately. Uh I don't remember them being too tough uh whenever I did take them. That's for sure. >> Me neither. We could pass those with flying colors. I'm fairly certain. But we wouldn't be given them so frequently. I don't think either. >> Uh it is. You're seeing madness at work every day down there. >> No question about it. >> Right. Thanks, Jen. Thanks, Lawr ...

I I want to begin with that last meeting that you had in the Oval Office, which was about this government shutdown. Hasn't been a meeting since. There's been no attempt to solve the problem since by Donald Trump or the Republicans.And Donald Trump taunted you with that hat and you you cut to today and there's Speaker Johnson trying to end this subject, trying to make it clear that there's absolutely no possibility uh of Donald Trump running for third term. while Donald Trump still plays that game publicly. ...