Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Trump-backed Republican, lost her re-election bid in a conservative eastern Colorado district. Her defeat to a retired Navy rear admiral who became a Democrat in 2025 shows how deep the midterm wave ran into GOP territory.
Letters made public in a lawsuit show Medicare officials pressed four private companies over delays and denials in a pilot that could pay them from savings. The Dec. 11 spending deadline may be Congress's next chance to act.
Reports say GOP lawmakers and strategists privately fault Trump's Iran war and his candidate picks for the party's weak midterm outlook, even as few say so publicly. Voters go to the polls Tuesday.
Newly released records show federal officials sent warning letters to companies running Medicare's AI review pilot in four states. The program reaches traditional Medicare patients in six states and survived a party-line Senate vote in July.