Tough game

Even Bannon knows cutting Medicaid is a mega-risk

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in...

House Republicans’ budget plan gets poverty all wrong

Kathryn Anne Edwards, Tribune News Service House Republicans released a budget proposal that effectively calls fora $4.5 trillion tax cut funded by $1.5 trillion in reduced spending and borrowing...

Democrats wake up to start battling Trump and Musk

Doyle McManus, Tribune News Service A president’s first few weeks in office were once expected to be a “honeymoon,” a pleasant if brief period of bipartisanship and good feeling....

Senator is concerned about Hegseth’s comments on Ukraine

Rhian Lubin, The Independent The Republican senator who salvaged Pete Hegseth’s chances of becoming President Donald Trump’s defense secretary said he was “disturbed” by his comments about Ukraine this...

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Bridging gaps

Trump-backed Mike Johnson to remain House speaker

Mike Johnson has become speaker of the House after a dramatic delay caused by a handful of insurgent Republicans who revolted against him during the first vote of the...

Voters sent a clear message to Democrats

George Skelton, Tribune News Service The state Legislature will convene a new two-year session on Dec. 2, and hopefully lawmakers have been reading the messages California voters sent them...

Trump chooses Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, picking a loyal ally with little foreign policy experience to represent the...