2 h. ago SCOTUS case could expand presidential powers. And, Dems pitch plan for ACA subsidies

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. And, Senate Democrats are set to pitch a plan to extend ACA subsidies this week.

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3 h. ago Legal scholar discusses SCOTUS case on the firing of a Democratic FTC commissioner

NPR's Leila Fadel asks legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen how a Supreme Court case over the firing of Rebecca Slaughter, a Democratic FTC commissioner, could expand presidential powers.

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3 h. ago A Major Test of Presidential Power, and How States Make Billions From Online Casinos

Plus, the social changes sweeping Iran.

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4 h. ago Supreme Court to Hear Major Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

The court’s conservative majority has generally let President Trump remove leaders of independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, at least temporarily.

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4 h. ago Supreme Court to hear case that could vastly expand presidential powers

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

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4 h. ago Senate Democrats pitch plan to extend ACA subsidies, but it may not have enough votes

The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a Democratic proposal to extend existing Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. But the plan is not expected to get the votes it needs to advance.

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24 h. ago Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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5 d. ago Trump torches Dems' 'fake affordability' pitch – but GOP panic in deep red state hints voters aren't buying it

Trump criticizes Democrats' affordability platform as Tennessee congressional race between Matt Van Epps and Aftyn Behn draws national attention.

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8 d. ago Trump highlights federal law granting presidential power to halt immigration as crackdown escalates

President Trump shared Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, outlining presidential powers to suspend alien entry after National Guard shooting.

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2 w. ago Vance says Trump admin has ‘great’ healthcare plan coming, wants to work with Dems: ‘Politics be damned’

VP JD Vance hints at 'great' Trump healthcare plan with bipartisan support to tackle rising costs as ACA subsidies face expiration at year's end.

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2 w. ago Dem senator divides party over controversial pardon proposal: 'I don’t think it makes sense'

Democratic lawmakers split on eliminating presidential pardon power following Trump's controversial pardon of convicted cryptocurrency executive Changpeng Zhao.

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3 w. ago Obama HHS Sec'y: Needing to Subsidize ACA Market Doesn't Show It Failed, Every Plan Is Like That

On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that the need to subsidize people buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace doesn’t show the system doesn’t work because The post Obama HHS Sec’y: Needing to Subsidize ACA Market Doesn’t Show It Failed, Every Plan Is Like That appeared first on Breitbart.

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