For Republicans, it’s crunch time on health care

For Republicans, it’s crunch time on Obamacare. GOP leaders are facing a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies on Capitol Hill this week, without any unified plan for how to extend — or even extend — expiring benefits for millions of Americans. The debate has Republicans worried about providing “affordable”… Source link

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Hassett touts market response to report that he’s the front-runner to replace Powell at the Fed

National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday praised the market’s reaction to Bloomberg’s report last week that Hassett is largely considered the frontrunner to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The president’s top economic adviser called the Bloomberg report a “rumor” in an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” Source link

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House Republican after Witkoff's leaked Russia call: White House 'should be very concerned'

Representative Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the White House “should be very concerned” after a call between special envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Russian official was leaked. “I think you can’t take just one snippet of someone’s conversation as reflective during long, drawn-out aspects of a conversation, but I think it’s definitely important……

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