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Current Status: Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes

Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes

Four Republicans teamed up with Democrats to require a vote to revive ACA funds in early 2026. But Senate Republicans tell NBC News that bill is dead on arrival across the Capitol.

     nbcnews.com  2025-12-20 10:00:00

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Current Status: MAGA infighting over Israel and 2028 heats up at the Turning Point USA conference MAGA infighting over Israel and 2028 heats up at the Turning Point USA conference – Influencers turned on one another, with Ben Shapiro blasting "charlatans," Steve Bannon calling Shapiro a "cancer" and Megyn Kelly declaring she was no longer friends with Shapiro.

   nbcnews.com 2025-12-20 03:24:54

Current Status: Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' – A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I…

   abc7chicago.com 2025-12-20 00:01:00

Current Status: Bill Clinton breaks silence on damning Epstein file photos Bill Clinton breaks silence on damning Epstein file photos – President Trump's DOJ released hundreds of thousands of previously unseen Epstein files today.

     dailymail.co.uk 2025-12-19 17:00:18

Current Status: Bill Clinton relaxes in hot tub & swims with woman as new Epstein files Bill Clinton relaxes in hot tub & swims with woman as new Epstein files – FORMER president Bill Clinton can be seen cozying up to infamous sex predator Jeffrey Epstein in multiple pictures in the newly-released files – and appears alongside several unidentified women. Th…

  the-sun.com 2025-12-19 21:04:13

Current Status: Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor’s Race and Won’t Run for Reelection Stefanik Says She Is Quitting the Governor’s Race and Won’t Run for Reelection – The Republican explains why she’s leaving politics.

  nymag.com 2025-12-19 20:59:40

Current Status: Todd Blanche touts 'all-out effort' to identify Brown University suspect | Fox News Video Todd Blanche touts 'all-out effort' to identify Brown University suspect | Fox News Video – U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the possible motive behind the Brown University shooting and MIT professor's murder and previews the release of documents…

  foxnews.com 2025-12-19 00:00:00

Current Status: Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims – EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.

  foxnews.com 2025-12-19 00:00:00

Current Status: Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News – Fox News will pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems after the sides hammered out a last-minute settlement Tuesday in the explosive defamation case launched against the right-wing…

  cnn.com 2023-04-18 15:02:55

Current Status: Jeffrey Epstein files latest: Trump administration criticized over partial and heavily redacted release Jeffrey Epstein files latest: Trump administration criticized over partial and heavily redacted release – Democratic senator Ro Khanna says: ‘the most important documents are missing’

theguardian.com 2025-12-20 13:14:26

Current Status: Caviar bumps, cost jumps: US consumers on how they’re dining in Trump’s economy Caviar bumps, cost jumps: US consumers on how they’re dining in Trump’s economy – Georgia residents are shopping vastly differently – from food pantries to $300 steak dinners

theguardian.com 2025-12-20 13:00:32

Current Status: Epstein files: which royals, politicians, musicians and actors are in the photos? Epstein files: which royals, politicians, musicians and actors are in the photos? – Released images illustrate relationships Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell forged with significant figures

theguardian.com 2025-12-20 12:54:38

Current Status: Epstein survivors say they feel validated by the Justice Department records release Epstein survivors say they feel validated by the Justice Department records release – The Department of Justice on Friday released thousands of pages of documents after Congress passed a law forcing it to do so.

nbcnews.com 2025-12-20 11:11:52

Current Status: US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria – Attacks come after two US soldiers and interpreter killed as Trump says US inflicting ‘very serious retaliation’

theguardian.com 2025-12-20 10:36:44

Current Status: Gavin Newsom signed nearly 800 bills this year. Here's what's in them — and what they mean for 2028 Gavin Newsom signed nearly 800 bills this year. Here's what's in them — and what they mean for 2028 – The massive pile of legislation that came across the California governor's desk in 2025 could help form the basis of a future national platform.

nbcnews.com 2025-12-20 10:00:41

Current Status: Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties – The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender

theguardian.com 2025-12-20 10:00:29