Tag: Commentary

The two largest providers of prescription medication programs have nearly tripled the number of medications that insurance companies will no longer cover, according to a new study by the Doctor-Patient Rights Project. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Insurers’ exclusion of disease treatments increases costs

Seth Ginsberg · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Whether it's paying for higher wages or stock buybacks, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a win-win for working Americans. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

No, stock buybacks don’t discredit tax cuts

Joseph Semprevivo · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Chairman Mao Zedong once identified steel as a critical piece of the industrial supply chain for a modern economy. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)

Navarro co-author: Trump’s steel tariffs are all about security

Greg Autry · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

To avoid the regular recurrence of government shutdowns, and to make fiscal profligacy at least somewhat easier to ward off, Reps. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., and Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., on Thursday will introduce a bill to reform Congress' budget process. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

How to end government shutdowns (or at least make them much less likely)

Quin Hillyer · March 8, 2018 2:18 am

Frank Brogan began his career as a fifth-grade teacher, then worked his way up through the ranks from assistant principal to principal to superintendent. (AP Photo/David Adame)

Beltway Confidential

Education Department nominee who once stopped school shooter still awaits Senate confirmation

Emily Jashinsky · March 8, 2018 2:04 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

"The tax debate was completely formed by the failure of healthcare," Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., said in a Wednesday editorial board meeting with the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Rep. Peter Roskam explains how the failure of Obamacare repeal made tax reform possible

Emily Jashinsky · March 7, 2018 11:31 pm

Women across Iran have been protesting Iran's compulsory hijab laws on Enghelab Street in Tehran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Speak up for the Iranian Girls of Revolution Street

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein · March 7, 2018 11:00 pm

There's no better time than now — amidst the white noise — to recalibrate our North Korea strategy. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Dealing with North Korea, redux: Go back to the fundamentals

Soo Kim · March 7, 2018 10:40 pm

Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., reiterated that the state is "in the business of public safety." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California is mad that the DOJ wants it to actually enforce the Constitution

Jenna Ellis · March 7, 2018 10:39 pm

Indiana voters will see Republican Rep. Luke Messer's new TV spot on local television first in Fort Wayne and South Bend. (screenshot)

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Luke Messer launches his first TV ad in Indiana Senate primary

Philip Wegmann · March 7, 2018 10:21 pm

Russian intelligence services want those who have betrayed them to always fear their every waking moment. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

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Why Russia employs weird ways to kill defectors abroad

Tom Rogan · March 7, 2018 10:12 pm