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Watching Chuck Schumer speak to the public is a cringe-inducing experience. He is ponderous, uninspiring, and painfully unfunny. (His attempts at “jokes” include things like “New data came out today from KFF, and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries.”) He can be downright bizarre, as in the case of the imaginary family he consults for political advice. He is, perhaps worst of all, deeply uninspiring, which should be an automatic disqualification for someone whose job is to provide leadership. 

They got out of the government shutdown with few substantive concessions to Democrats, but they’re diverging on their opponents’ top issue.

The crisis comes at a particularly fraught time for the BBC, with its charter due for renewal in 2027

The US fleet’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in Caribbean waters Tuesday, as Venezuela raised its military alert levels.

On Monday night, the Senate passed a bill that marks the first step towards potentially reopening the government after the 42-day shutdown. For Democrats, the bill comes with a major cost: It does nothing to address the rapidly-approaching expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies which, according to health policy think tank KFF, will more […]