2+ min ago (294+ words) As Congress readies to tackle a looming deadline to avoid health care cost spikes for tens of millions of Americans, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is actively warning President Donald Trump against extending Affordable Care Act subsidies " directly contradicting a proposal from the White House, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. "Johnson cautioned the White House that most House Republicans don't have an appetite for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, according to people familiar with the matter, showing how hard it will be politically to stave off sharp increases in healthcare costs next year for many Americans," wrote Journal reporter Olivia Beavers. Johnson's warning to the White House comes shortly after the end of the recent government shutdown, sparked by Republicans' refusal to fund an extension to ACA subsidies slated to expire at the end of this year. If…...

8+ min ago (1035+ words) Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we'll give one to someone who can't afford access. It's a simple way for you to support Vox's journalism and share it with someone who needs it. Why has Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia, the hardware of the AI boom, buddied up with Trump? The biggest company in the world is Nvidia, and it's been making the same product since 1993: a specialized computer chip called a GPU, or a graphics processing unit. Those chips do all the fancy, complicated math needed to display images, videos, and 3D graphics onto our screens. Back in the day, if you wanted to play "state-of-the-art" PC games like Unreal, Quake, or Half-Life, you likely bought one of Nvidia's GPUs (more commonly called graphics cards at the time). Today, though, Nvidia's product…...

9+ min ago (542+ words) The trip underscores the growing role of the US military buildup to pressure Venezuela over alleged drug-trafficking operations. The United States" top military officer traveled to Puerto Rico on Monday as Washington continues one of its largest naval deployments in the Caribbean in decades, escalating tensions with Venezuela centred on alleged anti-drug operations. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Donald Trump"s chief military adviser, met with troops stationed in Puerto Rico and on board a Navy warship in regional waters on Monday. Caine"s office said the visit would allow him to "engage with service members and thank them for their outstanding support to regional missions. It is Caine"s second trip to the region since the Pentagon expanded its operations in the Caribbean, including the deployment of the Gerald R Ford, the Navy…...

22+ min ago (556+ words) Somebody said that thing about Mark Kelly on Stephanie Ruhle's show last night and it was correct so we stole it for the tabs headline. Anyway, willkommen bei Ihren Tabs! Every Democrat needs to go on TV and call Pete Hegseth a little bitch, just the way Ruben Gallego did right here: All your updates on that story later this morning! So this was a hilarious moment on the TV news, where the CNN person was like "let us make discussions about the proposal Donald Trump is releasing today to fix Obamacare HOLD ON WE ARE JUST GETTING WORD that Donald Trump is doing that never." Punchbowl News threatened us with a good time yesterday in their newsletter: [A] few [] GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term....

23+ min ago (915+ words) Since Donald Trump has been back in office, energy prices have increased at more than double the rate of inflation. The Consumer Price Index from the end of October reported an "all items price index" increase for food, shelter, and transportation of 3.0 percent over a 12-month period, while energy services for the same period rose by 6.4 percent. After promising to slash energy prices, Trump has done the opposite. His energy policies reflect the same ethos driving everything else in his retribution playbook: reward donors and inflict pain on Democrats, even when the economic consequences are nationwide. In early October, Trump announced the claw-back of billions of dollars in federal funding for utilities, money that had been appropriated to reinforce power grids and reduce electricity prices. Targeting blue states exclusively, Budget Director Russ Vought announced the cancellation of "nearly $8 billion in…...

23+ min ago (915+ words) Since Donald Trump has been back in office, energy prices have increased at more than double the rate of inflation. The Consumer Price Index from the end of October reported an "all items price index" increase for food, shelter, and transportation of 3.0 percent over a 12-month period, while energy services for the same period rose by 6.4 percent. After promising to slash energy prices, Trump has done the opposite. His energy policies reflect the same ethos driving everything else in his retribution playbook: reward donors and inflict pain on Democrats, even when the economic consequences are nationwide. In early October, Trump announced the claw-back of billions of dollars in federal funding for utilities, money that had been appropriated to reinforce power grids and reduce electricity prices. Targeting blue states exclusively, Budget Director Russ Vought announced the cancellation of "nearly $8 billion in…...

23+ min ago (770+ words) Turkeys are supposed to go "gobble-gobble," not "Ah-CHOO!" But bird flu is on the rise in the U.S. again. The recent jump in cases might hike the price of your Thanksgiving, but it won't make dinner unsafe. Cooking poultry to 165F kills the virus. Plus, infected poultry is unlikely to appear in the food supply in the first place. To ease your mind, here's a quick flap through need-to-knows about bird flu ahead of the holiday week. Bird flu, or'avian influenza, is a naturally occurring disease among wild birds, including ducks and geese, that can also infect domesticated birds, such as chickens and turkeys. The U.S. has been battling flu outbreaks in commercial poultry flocks'since 2022. After a summer lull, cases are'rising again. Because avian flu spreads quickly and is untreatable in animals, if even'one bird'in a flock is infected, the entire flock is'culled....

30+ min ago (368+ words) The Democrats could find themselves running the country in 2029 if Donald Trump doesn't make major changes to his administration, a political commentator suggested. Matthew Hennessey of The Wall Street Journal believes the GOP's chances at the midterms could be a sign of how much damage Trump has done to the party. It could pave the way for a sweep of Democrat victories and, "if current trends continue," the party could be back in the White House. Hennessey wrote, "According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, nearly 6 in 10 Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. That's a recipe for a GOP wipeout in November 2026. If current trends continue " although given the left's penchant for insanity, that's no guarantee " expect a Democratic return to the White House in 2029." There is also a worry within the GOP that victory…...

36+ min ago (915+ words) Foreign Affairs writer Jonathan A. Czin writes that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has played President Donald Trump and is now reaping the rewards. Although "Trump promised to unleash an economic fusillade on China after his return to the presidency, Beijing has enjoyed a remarkably strong year of diplomacy," Czin writes. Trump escalated the trade war with China, imposing broad tariffs that were met with swift retaliation from Beijing. Negotiations in November resulted in a temporary truce, including some tariff reductions, but the overall trade conflict continues. China, Czin notes, has not yielded in the face of Trump's threats. In fact, they have seemingly benefited from them instead. "After spending much of the year simply reacting to U.S. policies, Beijing went on the offensive, imposing an expansive export control regime on the supply chains for rare-earth elements just weeks before the meeting with…...

38+ min ago (1759+ words) On the night of Oct. 8, a man named Delmar Gomez drove to pick up his younger brother from a mechanic's shop on Lamar Avenue. He never came home. On the return trip, law enforcement officers with the Memphis Safe Task Force pulled over his 2011 Toyota Tundra pickup and arrested the brothers on immigration charges. The Guatemalan brothers " both longtime Memphians " are known in national Pentecostal Christian circles as well-traveled worship singers, performing at churches from New York to Florida. They were moved from one immigration detention center to another, finally arriving at a lockup in Louisiana, more than 300 miles from Memphis. The younger brother, Eber Gomez, a 30-year-old with no known criminal record, was soon deported, leaving behind a wife and two young children in Memphis. Delmar Gomez, a 38-year-old husband and father of four U.S. citizen children, is still holding…...