Mighty mad: Democrats prepare to harness public anger over expired Obamacare subsidies
Efforts to extend them continue, but lawmakers and strategists are already moving to turn the lapsed tax credits into a potent election-year attack on Republicans.
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An enrollment freeze and immigration officials' push to access health data are forcing undocumented Californians to weigh free health care against deportation risks.
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In one of the first major races of 2026, some candidates are focusing on an issue that has proven to motivate their base but has not been as effective with swing voters.
10:00 AM on 01/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani takes office, promising sweeping change for New York City
The democratic socialist largely struck a collaborative tone — except when it came to the rich — at a frigid celebration in lower Manhattan.
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Caracas is ready to come to the negotiating table, he told state media this week.
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There’s still no word on when journalists will receive money, more than a year after the deal.
10:00 AM on 01/02/2026 Politico Top Stories McDonald's is upgrading its burgers
McDonald's, which has been focusing on upgrading its core items to boost sales, is rolling out a series of changes designed to improve its signature burgers.
12:31 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Google-parent stock drops on fears it could lose search market share to AI-powered rivals
Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft's Bing.
11:52 AM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate's death and accusations of unsanitary conditions
Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that "was not fit for a diseased animal."
11:08 AM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit
A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn't commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.
06:45 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he's facing charges
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof "rent-a-hitman" website, according to the Department of Justice.
05:06 AM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.
02:54 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
06:03 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place
A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.
12:35 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.
11:17 AM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn't work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
01:37 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News China's economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023
China's economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.
03:01 AM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at home
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01:29 PM on 01/02/2026 CNN US News People Are Taking the Wrong Lessons From His Victory
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Zohran Mamdani’s election to lead New York City — and what comes next.
01:55 AM on 01/01/2026 Politico Top Stories The Mamdani era begins
The new mayor of New York City took the oath of office shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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