Friday's Headlines: Trump to end key ACA subsidies, likely threatening marketplaces
Trump to extend deadline for 'dreamer' protections if Congress doesn't act, GOP senator says; Where's Zinke? The interior secretary's special flag flies when he's in the office.;...
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President Trump will end cost-sharing payments that help lower-income consumers afford health plans, according to two people briefed on the matter. The move could prompt insurers to withdraw from the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. Earlier, the president signed an executive order that makes it easier to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance with fewer benefits and weaker government protections.
By Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin • Read more »
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said the president told him he was willing to "give it some more time" for lawmakers to find a solution for "dreamers" — unauthorized immigrants brought to this country as children — if Congress does not pass legislation extending protections before the March 5 deadline.
At the Interior Department's headquarters, Secretary Ryan Zinke has revived the arcane military ritual of having his special secretarial flag flown when he enters the building. When he goes home for the day or travels, the banner comes down.
Low-density "intermix" combinations of homes and wild vegetation — a growing trend throughout the state — is one factor making it harder to contain the current blazes in Northern California because vegetation and structure fires call for fundamentally different approaches.
A near-term reprieve seems unlikely for localities faced with relentless fires that show few signs of being tamed and a rising death toll that has already reached historically grim heights.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Kristine Phillips, Joel Achenbach and Herman Wong • Read more »
Island residents and their elected officials expressed outrage after the president blamed the territory's post-hurricane plight on its own chronic mismanagement. But Trump administration officials sought to reassure Puerto Ricans that the U.S. government remained fully committed to the area's long-term recovery.
By Philip Rucker, Arelis R. Hernández and Manuel Roig-Franzia • Read more »
A bugle call occurred during President Trump's interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, conducted in an airplane hangar used by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in Harrisburg. "They're playing that in honor of his ratings," Trump said, referencing the popularity of Hannity's show.
We revisit the president-press relationship with media columnist Margaret Sullivan and talk to reporter Aaron Blake about President Nixon. Plus, Georgetown's Andrew Jay Schwartzman explains limitations of the Federal Communications Commission.
The president offered a reassuring image in case of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile attack, but it's based on faulty math and flawed assumptions.
In a series of tweets, the 40-year-old "Dawson's Creek" star denounced the alleged behavior of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and wrote, "I understand the unwarranted shame, powerlessness & inability to blow the whistle."
Peter Gallogly, a physician at Gainesville After-Hours Clinic in northern Florida, said he lost his temper after the patient, whose daughter recorded the incident, became "increasingly belligerent and abusive."
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