January/February/March 2026

CMS Takes Aim at Medicare Advantage Fraud

Health Care

CMS Takes Aim at Medicare Advantage Fraud

A surprise proposal to rein in insurer upcoding could save billions—and sent Wall Street into a panic.

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by Kainoa Lowman February 3, 2026February 3, 2026

Three Takeaways from the Taylor Rehmet Texas Shocker

Politics

Three Takeaways from the Taylor Rehmet Texas Shocker

A big swing left from Latino voters may signal a blue wave coming in November.

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by Bill Scher February 3, 2026

Law and Justice

Trump’s ICE Problem—and Ours

Thanks to conservative justices, the law doesn’t allow him to compel cities, like Minneapolis, to bow to his immigration orders, and so he used ICE thuggery. It backfired. Now what?

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by Garrett Epps February 2, 2026

Books

Before the Revolution

The young Bernie Sanders was an oddball and a perennial candidate. But even then, he saw a reality other politicians ignored.

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by Christoph Irmscher February 2, 2026

Health Care

A Year Spent Degrading Health

People will die, more will get sick, and many will forgo care because of the Trump administration’s assaults on public health over the past year.

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by Merrill Goozner January 31, 2026January 31, 2026

Politics

Trump Is Losing the White Working Class

The load-bearing pillar of the MAGA-era Republican Party is crumbling under the weight of Trump’s poor economic stewardship. Will the Minneapolis homicides be the last straw?

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by Bill Scher January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

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