Today, a new look at the Republican proposal to address rising health care costs for millions. Speaker Mike Johnson revealing the House GOP plan, which includes an expansion of association health plans and ways to make it easier for employers to fund plans for workers. But President Trump seemed to stick with another idea.>> What's your message to those 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up. Don't make it sound so bad because you know obviously you're a you know syncopan for Democ ...

Joining us, former Virginia Congresswoman Barbara Commtock, former Florida Congresswoman Val Demings, and Jake Sherman is still here with us. Jake, let's start with your reporting on Elise Stefonic. Why is she so frustrated with Speaker Johnson right now.>> This is this week was unlike probably anything I've ever seen covering Congress in I guess it's been 15 or 16 years. having a member of the leadership team um come out and suggest that the speaker was a liar, that he uh was a political novice, that he wa ...

Democrats found uh success in elections earlier this month. >> Oh, we have a governor waiting. Oops. >> We do this month by focusing on affordability getting traction by talking about the rising costs of rent, utilities, and groceries instead of ideology. One of those Democrats, Virginia Governor Elect Abigail Spanberger joins us now. She's a former Democratic Congresswoman and CIA officer. Congratulations and welcome back to the show. as a governor- elect. >> Thank you so much for having me. And you forgot ...

Right now, lawmakers are scrambling to sort out a deal on Obamacare subsidies, which expire at the end of this year. And with that expiration date, millions of Americans are staring down soaring health insurance premiums to the tune of thousands of dollars more per month in some cases. This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers rolled out a 2-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies.But it remains unclear if any deal can be reached given the lasting growing divide between the parties on all of this. T ...

Joining me now is former Health and Human Services Secretary during the Obama administration, Kathleen Sibilius. Uh, Madam Secretary, thank you for joining us. >> Glad to be here.>> Um, the Senate gave themselves a December deadline to try to address health care costs, but open enrollment obviously is already underway now. Is it already too late to address this issue for people next year. >> Well, it's very um tricky.people are going to have to at least shop online. Now, I think they may hold off to the las ...

Let me first welcome House Republicans back to the Congress after their 7w week taxpayerf funed vacation. These people have been missing in action, absent without official leave, running scared, but they can no longer hide. >> Minority Leader Hakee Jeff yesterday on Capitol Hill. It comes as Speaker Mike Johnson today is expected to gave in the first full session of the House since September 19th. He's also expected to swear in a Democrat from Arizona who won her special election days after Johnson shut dow ...

Senator, what are you doing in Washington DC on a Friday night. >> Waiting to see if we're going to vote again this weekend and if Republicans will accept our offer to reopen the government and extend the Affordable Care Act tax subsidies that help make it affordable for millions of Americans. I know today they rejected it out of hand, but after my colleague, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, who you just had on the show, uh went over and talked to a big group of House members, she came back and shared with me ...

Democrats in Congress have sent a letter to the former Prince Andrew calling on him to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, a foreigner cannot be compelled to comply with any such request. And Andrew has always denied knowing anything about a sex trafficking ring, denies that he ever did anything wrong.But just the request has put the push for release of the Epstein files back in the headlines here and abroad. The ranking Democrat on th ...

It is day 261 of the second Trump administration and this evening, Texas National Guard troops have officially entered the city of Chicago despite an ongoing lawsuit over the legality of their deployment. FBI director Cash Patel posted this on social media. Quote, Chicago will be saved and this FBI will continue to crush violent crime there and around the country.End quote. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome traveled to Portland, Oregon to visit the local ICE facility as the administration ...

Standard Medicare Part B premiums are expected to rise by 11.6% next year, so much or all of Social Security's projected cost-of-living adjustment increase for 2026 will be eaten up by health care costs. https://t.co/EgoxsOjOEq ...