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U.S. Healthcare Insurance Medical Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Politics

How the Affordable Care Act made healthcare unaffordable

Timothy P. Carney · November 1, 2026 6:00 am

Signs direct voters to a polling location.

Democrats near the prize: Election-law overhauls in battleground states

In this image provided by Karen Dillman, Alaska Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, one of the challengers to the incumbent senator, also named Dan Sullivan, poses for a photo on a hike, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on Kupreanof Island, near Petersburg, Alaska. (Karen Dillman via AP)

The Dan Sullivan scheme: Another ‘conspiracy theory’ turns out to be true

Abdul el Sayed

Of course el Sayed is on the side of the terrorists

Obama and Trump 2028 white house

Trump vs. Obama: The finale America deserves

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) listens to a reporter's question as he outlines his proposed 2025 $322 billion state budget during a news conference at California State University, Stanislaus, in Turlock, California, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

The case against Gavin Newsom

Zachary Faria March 4, 2025 2:00 pm

Republicans resist Josh Shapiro’s ‘gimmicky’ marijuana budget push

David Sivak March 3, 2025 8:00 am

People protest against a funding freeze of federal grants and loans following a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding near to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Democrats’ rulebook resistance to Trump fails to capture the imagination

Sarah Bedford March 2, 2025 8:00 am

Wisconsin Supreme Court election ready to break records with Soros and Musk money

Barnini Chakraborty March 1, 2025 8:00 am

Under Biden, ‘Green’ was the color of money

Timothy P. Carney February 28, 2025 4:49 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) takes an elevator near his office at the Capitol, Nov. 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Hate him all you like, Mitch McConnell is a Hall of Famer

David Harsanyi February 28, 2025 8:00 am

Elon Musk speaks as President Donald Trump holds his first Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

The false promise of the tech-utopia

Jeremiah Poff February 27, 2025 2:00 pm

The organizations providing propaganda for Palestinian terrorism

Zachary Faria February 27, 2025 8:00 am

The seal for the Department of Justice is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the DOJ in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Will Trump’s Justice Department restore public trust?

Tom Rogan February 26, 2025 2:00 pm

Reducing sanctions on Russia would hurt the US energy industry

James Rogan February 26, 2025 8:00 am

It’s time to end the fantasy of a ‘Palestinian’ state

David Harsanyi February 25, 2025 6:00 pm

President Donald Trump arrives at the White House after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s wild first month was a success. Now comes the hard part

Joe Concha February 25, 2025 2:00 pm