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New York grapples with kinks in $1B Medicaid system
WORKING OUT THE KINKS: New York’s Department of Health began transitioning more than 147,000 Medicaid and Medicare Savings Program enrollees to an upgraded case management system about a year ago. Since then, state officials say only a third of them have been able to automatically renew their coverage without assistance. The shift is part of…
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Republicans need Trump to turn out the base. Some candidates still don’t want him.
Republicans know President Donald Trump’s unpopularity poses a big problem for them in November. They also recognize he may be their only option to avoid a wipeout. Five weeks before Election Day, many Republicans are facing a damned-if-they-do, damned-if-they-don’t dilemma. Some candidates in close races are wary of alienating undecided voters by campaigning alongside Trump…
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Democrats’ mail-voting plans shift as officials work to reassure voters
The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict mail voting. But for Democrats trying to turn out voters, the uncertainty seems harder to put to rest. Fewer Democrats say they plan to vote by mail in November’s midterms than at the same point in 2024, according to a new NBC News poll, as…
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Jon Ossoff’s hosting fundraisers — and they’re not all for his reelection campaign
Sen. Jon Ossoff hosted a few hundred donors and supporters for a recent Washington fundraiser — but it wasn’t just for him. Instead, the Sept. 16 gathering was geared toward raising money for the Democratic Party of Georgia and its coordinated campaign, according to an Ossoff aide and one attendee, who was granted anonymity to…
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Brian Fitzpatrick’s campaign ads feature damning news headlines. They’re not from an unbiased source.
Facing his toughest election challenge in years, GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has blanketed southeast Pennsylvania with attacks on his Democratic opponent — many of them citing what appear to be independent local news reports. “Bob Harvie calls himself a king,” reads one article quoted in a June television spot. “Bob Harvie has his FBI files…
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Inside Mamdani’s fraught effort to rein in the NYPD unit he pledged to end
POLICING PROBLEMS: In the early days of his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani placed a new requirement on the NYPD: The department would have to secure permission from his office to deploy its Strategic Response Group to make arrests at protests. The directive, which hasn’t been previously reported, shows Mamdani sought to exert significant influence over…
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Democrats are running pastors for office. Republicans are attacking their religious comments.
A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides. Republicans are trying to portray them as wolves in sheep’s clothing. In Texas, Republicans are running ads blasting seminarian James Talarico for saying he’s “a Christian who hates Christianity.” In Iowa, they are going after a pair of clergy in key…
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Menin’s AI moment
CITY HAL 9000: Amid a mad dash to try to regulate artificial intelligence, City Council Speaker Julie Menin is looking to make her mark. The Manhattan lawmaker is planning to hold a hearing with all 51 members of the legislative body next week, and today confirmed the attendance of four major AI firms to discuss…
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ICE puts vulnerable Republicans in a bind weeks before midterms
Battleground Republicans across the country are on defense as ICE operations keep finding their way into local headlines. A flurry of ICE activity in four rural Kansas towns this week prompted businesses to shutter and public schools to urge families to identify who could pick up children from schools in case their parents were detained.…
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Poll: Trump’s MAGA loyalists don’t think he has an affordability problem
Not everyone thinks there’s an affordability crisis. While many Americans say the cost of living is the top issue facing the U.S. more than any other, President Donald Trump’s MAGA base does not always agree, according to a new analysis of The POLITICO Poll. Just 28 percent of voters who self-identify as part of the…