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U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to 15 federal counts, including theft of government funds and money laundering.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, breaks down how the expired credits are affecting consumers and what lawmakers may do next. Thursday is the last day to sign up for 2026 coverage.

The House passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Members of the Senate are working on an alternative bill.

Myles M. McQuade, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting an interstate threat and faces up to five years in prison after posting the “gruesome and threatening messages,” prosecutors said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pitching a plan aimed at U.S. Congress members' stock trading. Here's what to know.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a South Florida Democrat, was scheduled to be arraigned, but the judge agreed to reschedule the proceeding to Jan. 20 so she could finalize her legal team.

For at least one water utility in Central Florida, PFAS settlement payments are starting to arrive.

Many progressive-leaning organizations in Florida said they have been lobbying Congress for months to extend the subsidies because they make health insurance more affordable.

Investigators from the GAO were able to register nearly 20 fake ACA enrollments in a probe of healthcare.gov. The federal government paid subsidies to insurers for some of the fake customers.

A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein. The ruling, in the wake of the passage last month of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, means the records could be made public within 10 days.

The survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF finds that marketplace enrollees overwhelmingly support an extension of the subsidies.

The move comes after the Department of the Interior announced it would offer drilling leases starting in 2029 in areas where it had previously been banned.