UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash

UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash

UnitedHealthcare sign is displayed at its office building in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., Dec. 11, 2025. Tim Evans | Reuters UnitedHealth Group on Friday released the first results from a sprawling independent audit of its business practices and committed to a wide range of steps to track and implement improvements in three specific areas. The health-care … Read more

Jeffrey Epstein files hit deadline for ordered release by DOJ on Friday

Jeffrey Epstein files hit deadline for ordered release by DOJ on Friday

The Department of Justice faces a legally mandated deadline on Friday to begin releasing its criminal investigative files about the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files’ ordered release comes after months of controversy over the Trump administration’s decision to renege on past promises by top law enforcement officials to make the documents and other … Read more

Four House Republicans force vote on ACA subsidies, bucking GOP leadership

Four House Republicans force vote on ACA subsidies, bucking GOP leadership

Four moderate House Republicans rebelled against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, joining Democrats to force a vote on extending key Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. If approved, the measure will extend ACA tax credits for three years. If those subsidies expire as scheduled, the … Read more

Key ACA tax credits likely to expire after House speaker blocks vote

Key ACA tax credits likely to expire after House speaker blocks vote

Key tax credits that reduce the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage for millions of Americans looked likely to expire by the end of the year after House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that there would be no vote on extending those subsidies this week. The House is not in session next week, … Read more

New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says

New Trump tariffs collection hits 0 billion, Customs says

President Donald Trump smiles from the field before the 126th America’s Game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Dec. 13, 2025. Patrick Smith | Getty Images The United States has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs this year as a result of new duties imposed … Read more

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, U.S., Oct. 1, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters The Transportation Security Administration is giving U.S. immigration officials the names of every airline traveler as part of the Trump administration’s widespread deportation program, The … Read more

Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files

Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files

Photo released from the Jeffrey Epstein files shows Donald Trump with multiple women. Redactions were done by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Date and context is unclear. Source: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Nearly 100,000 photos obtained by House Democrats from the estate of notorious sex predator Jeffrey Epstein include images of … Read more

Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations

Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building in Bradenton, Florida, October 20, 2025. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Read more CNBC politics coverage “We are delighted to see the media is highlighting the Trump administration’s cost-effective and innovative ways of delivering on the American people’s mandate for … Read more

Supreme Court to hear case on Trump birthright citizenship order

Supreme Court to hear case on Trump birthright citizenship order

People hold a sign as they participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, May 15, 2025. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear arguments in … Read more

Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they’re illegal

Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they’re illegal

A shopper exits a Costco store in Centerville, Ohio, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Costco sued the Trump administration to get a full refund of new tariffs it paid so far this year, and to block those import duties from continuing to be collected from the retail … Read more