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Congress faces holiday crunch as health care fix collides with shrinking calendar

December 7, 2025

Congress has been back after the week-plus Thanksgiving Day break. And days are slipping off the calendar as lawmakers struggle to assemble a plan to address health care or defray the cost of spiking premiums. The deadline is the end of the calendar year. But Fox is told that the insurance companies just need action by Jan. 15. Still, that doesn’t give Congress much time to act. And,...

Republicans divided over whether to salvage Obamacare — or replace it — ahead of subsidy deadline

December 7, 2025

Republicans across the board harbor deep frustrations with the rising costs of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. But while some lawmakers believe it’s time to scrap the system, others fear a wholesale change may do more harm than good.  Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., said she struggles to imagine what that change would have to look like. “I don’t know that you can completely remove it,”...

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Despite slow progress, casino empire Las Vegas Sands promised to continue investing in candidates who support bringing destination resort casinos to Texas.

The former state senator from Dallas challenged Gov. Greg Abbott from the right four years ago. He’s now in line to oversee …