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House GOP unveils healthcare plan ahead of vote next week as cost hike looms for millions

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House Republicans have released a 111-page plan for reforming healthcare that they hope to vote on next week.

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House GOP leadership aides also told reporters on Friday afternoon that they expected a vote on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies to also happen next week as part of the amendment process to the final bill, called the «Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.» The subsidies have been the subject of fierce inter-party debate for Republicans.

«We expect that there will be an amendment that I believe is being worked on, so the process will allow for that amendment,» aides said.

The plan as-is includes provisions to codify association health plans, which allow small businesses and people who are self-employed to band together to purchase healthcare coverage plans, giving them access to greater bargaining power.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on the tenth day of the federal government shutdown on Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans also plan to appropriate funding for cost-sharing reductions beginning in 2027, which are designed to lower out-of-pocket medical costs in the individual healthcare market. House GOP leadership aides said it would bring down the cost of premiums by 12%.

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New transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are also in the legislation, aimed at forcing PBMs to be more upfront about costs to employers.

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PBMs are third parties that act as intermediaries between pharmaceutical companies and those responsible for insurance coverage, often responsible for administrative tasks and negotiating drug prices.

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PBMs have also been the subject of bipartisan ire in Congress, with both Republicans and Democrats accusing them of being part of a broken system to inflate health costs.

But the most divisive measure for Republicans is likely not yet fleshed out. 

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Rep. Jen Kiggans is among the House GOP moderates pushing for an ACA extension vote. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A majority of House Republicans are against extending the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which were designed to get affordable health insurance for more Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Democrats voted to pass the enhanced subsidies in 2021 and extended them through 2022 when they controlled Congress.

A group of moderate House Republicans has joined Democrats now in vehemently pushing for those subsidies to be extended again, as millions of Americans face near-certain healthcare price hikes beginning in January.

Two separate bipartisan efforts have been launched to force a vote on extending the subsidies in some form. But any such push would require support from virtually all House Democrats to succeed, and their leaders have not given their blessing to either plan.

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«We’re going to evaluate every single good faith proposal. But it has to meaningfully provide certainty to the American people who are at risk of having their health care ripped away from them,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters on Friday.

But conservatives have warned they would not support any such extension unless paired with significant reforms to what they view as a long-broken system that fuels healthcare price inflation.

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«I think that would be a disastrous plan. I mean, we’ve clearly seen that Obamacare is the Titanic. It’s going down. I think throwing money after it is just going to be wasteful,» House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News’ Chad Pergram on Friday.

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Francia y Gran Bretaña, rehenes en una guerra entre Estados Unidos e Irán que no consultaron

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Francia y Gran Bretaña han quedado atrapados como rehenes en una guerra en Irán y el Golfo Pérsico lanzada por Israel y Estados Unidos, en la que nadie los consultó. Ellos la consideran “ilegal” y se han visto obligados a participar en “una posición defensiva”, porque se extiende sobre sus intereses y la población europea que vive en el Golfo.

Los franceses y británicos en sus países se sienten inquietos, con los operativos de protección antiterrorista militar recorriendo sus calles y el “alerta atentado” al máximo.

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El operativo Vigipirate francés está desplegado en todo el país, con militares patrullando las calles con armas largas, uniformes, chalecos antibalas y cascos. Los habitantes ven con desconfianza subir al metro, ir a un aeropuerto o visitar lugares turísticos, como en los peores días de los grandes atentados.

Cualquiera puede ser un objetivo de células dormidas iraníes. No será la primera vez que Irán acude al terrorismo en su guerra contra Israel y sus aliados en Medio Oriente o más allá de sus fronteras.

Francia en acción defensiva

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Al menos 300.000 británicos y 300.000 franceses viven o han quedado atrapados en el Golfo Pérsico en este conflicto, que se expande peligrosamente. Ahora Irán ataca objetivos civiles en países que jamás imaginaron que una guerra los convertiría en blancos.

Dubái, Abu Dabi u Omán, una zona rica en petróleo y gas, con miles de exiliados fiscales europeos dispuestos a disfrutar de la seguridad y el sol del desierto.

Les han advertido que los norteamericanos pueden ser secuestrados en los hoteles del Golfo. Igual suerte pueden correr los ciudadanos de sus países aliados, como sucedió con los secuestros de occidentales en Beirut en la década del 80. Les piden las mayores precauciones y cuidados en sus desplazamientos.

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Francia está «lista» para «participar» en la defensa de los países del Golfo y Jordania, objetivos de los ataques iraníes, «de conformidad con los acuerdos que la vinculan con sus socios y el principio de legítima defensa colectiva», declaró su ministro de Asuntos Exteriores el lunes.

«A los países amigos que han sido blanco deliberado de los misiles y drones de la Guardia Revolucionaria y arrastrados a una guerra que no eligieron —Arabia Saudí, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Qatar, Irak, Baréin, Kuwait, Omán y Jordania—, Francia expresa su pleno apoyo y solidaridad. Está dispuesta a participar en su defensa», declaró Jean-Noël Barrot en conferencia de prensa. El ministro pidió una «desescalada».

El presidente Emmanuel Macron habló con su par libanés en la noche del domingo, tras el ataque de Hezbollah al norte de Israel y la violenta represalia israelí en Beirut y el sur del Líbano.

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Incómoda posición británica

Gran Bretaña va a comenzar una evacuación inédita, que se iniciará por tierra y por mar en los próximos días. De 72.000 expatriados iniciales en 24 horas han pasado a 300.000 británicos afectados en el Golfo.

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El Reino no tenía interés en sumarse a la operación de exterminio y cambio de régimen de Israel y Estados Unidos en Irán. No tenía permiso de la Cámara de los Comunes y el fantasma de la guerra de Irak sigue siendo un terrible recuerdo para los británicos, tras mentirse sobre la presencia de «armas de destrucción masiva». Si se sumaron el domingo es en una “posición defensiva” y para dejar utilizar tres bases británicas a Estados Unidos.

La posición de Starmer está siendo utilizada por el populista Nigel Farage, el líder de Reform UK, que lo acusa de poner en peligro la relación con Estados Unidos.

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El líder del partido Reform UK acusó al primer ministro de poner en peligro los vínculos con Donald Trump y la Casa Blanca, tras negarse inicialmente a permitir que Estados Unidos lanzara ataques contra Irán desde bases británicas.

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Donald Trump declaró a The Telegraph que está «muy decepcionado» con Sir Keir Starmer por impedirle usar la base de Diego García para lanzar ataques contra Irán.

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En una entrevista exclusiva, el presidente estadounidense afirmó que la negativa inicial del primer ministro a permitir que las fuerzas estadounidenses usaran la base de las Islas Chagos era algo nunca visto «antes entre nuestros países».

Gran Bretaña había negado a Estados Unidos el permiso para lanzar ataques desde bases como Diego García y la RAF Fairford, alegando el derecho internacional. Sin embargo, el primer ministro cedió el domingo por la noche. Afirmó que permitiría el acceso de Estados Unidos a Diego García para «fines defensivos específicos y limitados».

Trump afirmó que Sir Keir «tardó demasiado» en cambiar de opinión. «Probablemente eso nunca haya sucedido antes entre nuestros países», declaró a The Telegraph, y añadió: «Parece que le preocupaba la legalidad».

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Ahora el 80 por ciento de los británicos cree que Gran Bretaña debe participar en la guerra en el Golfo, cuando no tiene logística ni dinero para llevarla adelante.

Trump asumió la apuesta más arriesgada de su presidencia al lanzar una operación militar a gran escala contra Irán. Con Israel como único aliado, y con los países árabes y occidentales negándose a participar, el presidente estadounidense acaba de desencadenar una nueva guerra en Oriente Medio, con objetivos múltiples y poco claros contra uno de los países más poblados de la región.

Trump apenas se molestó en explicar las razones de este nuevo conflicto al pueblo estadounidense, incluso mientras desplegaba una enorme fuerza militar en Oriente Medio en las últimas semanas.

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Irán atacó Chipre: la guerra en Europa

Irán respondió atacando la base británica en Chipre, un país europeo ahora involucrado en este conflicto que la UE rechaza.

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Chipre ha ordenado la evacuación inmediata de un importante aeropuerto, en un destino turístico muy visitado por los británicos y cercano al Líbano en pleno Mar Mediterráneo.

Esto ocurre después de que se detectara un dron no identificado dentro del espacio aéreo restringido del Aeropuerto Internacional de Pafos, en Chipre. Temprano por la mañana, una base de la RAF británica también fue atacada en Chipre. Buscan destrozar su pista aérea para que no puedan despegar los aviones aliados.

Si bien no se reportaron víctimas, los familiares que viven en la base militar británica están siendo trasladados a un lugar más seguro en la isla. EasyJet confirmó que todos los vuelos con origen y destino a Chipre fueron cancelados debido al incidente.

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Grecia envió naves militares y aviones a Chipre como protección.

Los mullahs y cómo acentuar las contradicciones

Irán busca acentuar las contradicciones entre los aliados y amplía su ataque en el Golfo Pérsico. Pero en cuestión de horas, los ataques trascendieron las instalaciones militares estadounidenses. Pasaron a los hoteles de cristal y acero de Dubái y Abu Dabi, a los rascacielos de lujo y aeropuertos internacionales civiles de vanguardia, a lo largo de la costa sur del Golfo.

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Hasta el lunes por la mañana, ningún lugar de la región, excepto Omán, se había librado de la furia de Teherán.

Es una pesadilla para países estrechamente alineados con Estados Unidos, que han pasado décadas cultivando reputaciones y economías basadas en ser los lugares más glamorosos, seguros y aburridamente predecibles de Oriente Medio. Y, desde la perspectiva de Irán, ese es el punto.

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«Creo que es, obviamente, extremadamente importante en términos de la estrategia iraní. Los iraníes esperan que si presionan a los estados del Golfo, presionarán a Estados Unidos para que detenga la guerra», afirma Danny Citrinowicz, exjefe de inteligencia israelí especializado en Irán.

“La situación solo va a empeorar en los próximos días. Están cerrando el Estrecho de Ormuz, dispararán el precio del petróleo”, añade, refiriéndose a la estrecha vía fluvial a la entrada del Golfo, por donde pasa una quinta parte de las exportaciones marítimas mundiales de petróleo y gas natural licuado.

Irán había señalado claramente que los países del Golfo, que durante años han considerado a la República Islámica como “un matón” regional, estarían en su punto de mira si Estados Unidos e Israel atacaban. Pero la magnitud del ataque de Teherán ha sido mayor de lo que sus vecinos anticiparon.

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“Cómo termina esta operación”

Tras las primeras 48 horas de guerra, Emiratos Árabes Unidos afirmó haber sido atacado con al menos 165 misiles balísticos, dos misiles de crucero y 541 drones. Qatar ha informado del impacto de al menos 66 misiles; Baréin, de 45 misiles y varios drones.

Max Hastings es uno de los más brillantes historiadores militares británicos y periodista. En una columna en The Times se preguntó: ”Cuéntanos, Trump, ¿cómo termina esta operación en Irán?».

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“La invasión de Irak y la intervención en Libia son recordatorios del costo de intentar un cambio de régimen en Oriente Medio”, escribió. Hasta ahora nadie tiene la respuesta.

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Radical US mosques honor Iran’s Supreme Leader’s ‘martyrdom’ with memorial services, eulogy: ‘Our leader’

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Two United States-based mosques that have faced scrutiny for their ties to Iran held formal events to «honor» Ayatollah Khamenei after U.S. military forces took out the Islamic leader of Iran this weekend, including one mosque in Northern Virginia that referred to Khamenei as «our leader.» 

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Located in Manassas, Virginia, and Dearborn Heights, Michigan, the mosques both publicly advertised events eulogizing the slain leader. In a flyer for the «Potluck Iftar» honoring Khamenei, which is a ceremony where Muslims break their Ramadan fast, the Manassass Mosque, which has faced questions over alleged ties to Iran, referred to Khamenei as «our leader.» Meanwhile, at the Islamic House of Wisdom (IHW) in Dearborn Heights, which has also faced scrutiny over its ties to Iran, the center’s Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi called the U.S. military offensive «evil» and argued that it was based on false-pretenses. 

«You promised that America First, and now we ended up to have Netanyahu first,» the Michigan-based Imam told his congregants after the attacks this weekend. «Now we realize that all their talk about nuclear [unintelligible] was a joke, it didn’t even exist. From the beginning talking about regime change, we want to change, because we don’t like it. So, starting an illegal – illegal war – and then go and bomb the house of the leader of the country. Where is justification for this? Where is their reason for this, at all?»

A worshiper enters the Islamic House of Wisdom located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Michigan-based Islamic worship center and its Imam also touted talking points from Iranian state media and officials that have not yet been confirmed, claiming hundreds of young girls were killed by a missile strike on a school in Iran. Hossein Kermanpour, a spokesperson for Iran’s health ministry, said Saturday that 60 young children were killed and 80 injured, but by Sunday Iranian officials were saying the death toll had risen to about 150, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) posted on X on Monday that the alleged death toll was now as high as 168. 

According to The Guardian, Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command, indicated they were «aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations,» adding that, «We take these reports seriously and are looking into them.»

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«Why a school? Why not a military base or a missile base? They attack children first. It’s a form of their – again, call me crazy – but child sacrifice,» said a speaker at the IHW’s Ramadan program, who gave a speech alongside Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi. «This is a war against justice, against morality, against legality, against truth,» Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi added as he was speaking to his followers.  

«Now we realize that all their talk about nuclear [unintelligible] was a joke, it didn’t even exist. From the beginning talking about regime change, we want to change, because we don’t like it,» the Imam continued.

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On March 1, 2026, in Sana’a, Yemen, pro-Iran protesters brandish billboards depicting the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei, flags of Yemen and Iran, weapons, and chant slogans at a rally held to condemn the U.S.-Israel aerial attacks on Iran and the killing of Khamenei and several military officials. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

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Both the Manassas Mosque and the IWH were listed in a July 2023 letter that Congressional Republicans sent to former Attorney General Merrick Garland and former Director of National Intelligence during the Biden administration, Avril Haines.  The letter called out a network of U.S.-based mosques throughout the country that have received financial funding from the Alavi Foundation, which lawmakers said «is a large foundation that has been in litigation for years because of allegations it operates on behalf of the Iranian regime, a state sponsor of terrorism,» or have other close ties to the Iranian regime.    

«The Imam of IHW, Mohammad Ali Elahi, served as the head of ‘political ideology’ for the Iranian Navy in the 1980s, according to a publicly available Central Intelligence Agency report.» the letter asserts. «He personally claims to be ‘friends’ with three former Iranian Presidents, and since moving to the US, he has had seemingly non-stop contact with senior regime officials.»

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Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi leads a prayer at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, on October 18, 2024. Lebanese-Americans in the Detroit suburbs, watching with horror the unfolding devastation of the war in the Middle East, are contemplating denying Kamala Harris their votes to punish her administration for its support for Israel. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The letter, which included concerns also laid out in a report drafted by the George Washington University Program on Extremism, adds that IHW has been «a significant purveyor of extremist propaganda, in line with the Iranian regime’s views.»

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The Manassas Mosque was among the groups that received financial funding from the Alavi Foundation, reportedly totaling around $200,000. The mosque has also reportedly been gifted expensive relics from the Iranian regime, and alleged video of the inside reportedly shows the worship center filled with pictures of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) «martyrs» killed in Syria, a life-size cut-out of Khamenei and Iranian flags or other symbols.

Fox News Digital reached out to both mosques, but neither returned requests for comment in time for publication.  

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US casualties rise to 6 following Iranian retaliation for massive strikes

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Six American military service members have been killed amid Iran’s retaliation over U.S. and Israeli attacks over the weekend, officials said Monday. 

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The U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran’s initial attacks in the region. 

«Major combat operations continue. The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification,» a CENTCOM post on X states. 

Following U.S. attacks that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran launched a series of strikes on U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arab, as well as against Israel. 

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On Monday, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said more U.S. troops were headed toward the Middle East amid escalations by Iran. 

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A U.S. Navy fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. U.S. Central Command on Monday said six American military service members have been killed in Iranian strikes.  (U.S. Central Command)

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The U.S. mission in Iran, Caine said, is to «prevent Iran from (the) ability to project power outside its borders.»

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the mission is to prevent Tehran from producing a nuclear weapon, as well as destroying some of its military capabilities.

Over the weekend, Iran had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman where it has disrupted commercial shipping, CENTCOM said, but that number declined to zero by Monday.

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«The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over,» it said. «Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. U.S. forces will continue to defend it.» 

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