Stef Kight
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co-author of @Axios Hill Leaders | spill the senate tea to [email protected] | also on https://t.co/YSgcQPtQr0
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Joined January 2013
NEWS: Trump advisers are slamming Josh Hawley over a a new anti-abortion group he's launched Trump aides view abortion as a surefire loser in '26 and have no interest in talking about it https://t.co/6gO5iiWyZq
axios.com
The White House views abortion as a losing issue for Republicans in next year's midterms.
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New: Sen. Josh Hawley and his wife Erin Hawley are launching a new dark money group to shine a spotlight on anti-abortion ballot measures and pro-family policies https://t.co/Oww8ema4WV
axios.com
The Hawleys are launching the Love Life Initiative this week.
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The Senate voted down competing health care proposals today, likely guaranteeing that the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits will expire at the end of the year Via @PeterSullivan4
https://t.co/EPLp1YAQiF
axios.com
Congress is deadlocked over how to respond to steep increases in out-of-pocket premium costs for ACA enrollees.
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Thune isn't budging on this -- Republicans used this to block Biden judges and want that ability in the future "A lot of our Republican senators care deeply about having input into this process, particularly when there's a Democrat in the White House ... there are many
( @realDonaldTrump - Truth Social Post ) ( Donald J. Trump - Dec 11 2025, 8:46 AM ET ) “Blue Slips” are making it impossible to get great Republican Judges and U.S. Attorneys approved to serve in any state where there is even a single Democrat Senator. …
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Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem. So where did the rumor come from? Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan The two of them just don’t get along Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me https://t.co/7mgnCrAoRI
axios.com
Tensions reached a fever pitch last week amid rumors Noem would be ousted as head of homeland security.
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Scoop: Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar - infighting, suspected leaks…
axios.com
Tensions reached a fever pitch last week amid rumors Noem would be ousted as head of homeland security.
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New: Half of Republicans and 60% of voters overall said they supported extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire in a few weeks — but many can be persuaded, according to new GOP polling
axios.com
A clear majority likes the subsidies, but there's significant support for the GOP's desired changes.
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Something I learned from Pew's recent social media survey: Women aren't #onhere as much lately. In 2018, 24% of U.S. women and 23% of U.S. men said they use Twitter. In 2025, 16% of U.S. women said they use X and 25% of U.S. men said they do.
pewresearch.org
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.
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House GOP discussed health options today that do NOT include ACA extension Options do include longtime GOP ideas like HSAs, Association Health Plans, etc TBD subset of these ideas will get vote next week w/ @kate_santaliz
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New: Senate GOP will have at least one defection tomorrow. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tells me he views the Cassidy-Crapo healthcare bill as "Obamacare lite" and will vote *against* it tomorrow unless he also gets a vote on his plan
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NEWS — Chuck Schumer plans to stay out of the Texas Senate primary and does not have a preference of candidate, a spox tells me. Schumer “always intended” to stay out of the primary, but won’t weigh in on the Talarico vs. Crockett clash in Texas. Mainstream Dem officials have
axios.com
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The one-pager:
NEW w/ @PeterSullivan4: Cassidy + Crapo started circulating their health care plan this weekend It does NOT extend the expiring ACA subsidies, instead topping off HSAs, per an outline we obtained. More here 👇 https://t.co/mWZNeNOXEP
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Thune says he thinks some Dems who want an ACA deal have been “marginalized” by their leadership for “political messaging” vote this week and “we’ll see” what happens after that
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The one-pager:
NEW w/ @PeterSullivan4: Cassidy + Crapo started circulating their health care plan this weekend It does NOT extend the expiring ACA subsidies, instead topping off HSAs, per an outline we obtained. More here 👇 https://t.co/mWZNeNOXEP
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Scoop: Crapo and Cassidy are circulating a health plan that does NOT extend ACA subsidies but provides payments $1k to $1.5k to HSAs per summary we obtained w/ @StefWKight
https://t.co/ojZAAfUq9F
axios.com
Two key Republican chairmen circulated the plan as the GOP struggles to unite around health policies.
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NEW w/ @PeterSullivan4: Cassidy + Crapo started circulating their health care plan this weekend It does NOT extend the expiring ACA subsidies, instead topping off HSAs, per an outline we obtained. More here 👇 https://t.co/mWZNeNOXEP
axios.com
Two key Republican chairmen circulated the plan as the GOP struggles to unite around health policies.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson are both considering votes on GOP health care priorities next week — if they can figure out what those priorities are The latest on Congressional health care talks w/ @kate_santaliz @HansNichols
axios.com
It looks increasingly likely that the health care fight will continue into next year.
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In Congress, the GOP's immigration crackdown increasingly includes more scrutiny of people who have already navigated legal processes
axios.com
In Congress, the GOP's immigration crackdown increasingly includes U.S. citizens.
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New: Sen. Collins is pitching senators on a compromise ACA plan: $200,000 income cap and eliminate zero-dollar premium packages. Sen. Cramer said he’s “certainly open to it” and it “might be the sweet spot.” But Sen. Cornyn said at this point he’s “not for any extension of the
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Pentagon weighs release of double-tap strike footage
axios.com
President Trump said he had no problem releasing the video.
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