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A Republican senator claimed on Monday that the GOP will release a "comprehensive" health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act in early December, right around the time they are expected to vote on extending the program's subsidies.

Republicans have claimed to be working on a comprehensive health care plan to replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, for over a decade. However, the plans that have been introduced have failed to pass because of Obamacare's continued popularity.

President Donald Trump reportedly pardoned the husband of a Tennessee House Republican who admitted to distributing misbranded kidney dialysis drugs and committing health care fraud.

Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty after prosecutors said he sold non-FDA-approved, Chinese-made iron sucrose as if it were an FDA-approved kidney dialysis treatment, endangering patients by circumventing safety and quality standards. No patients were reportedly harmed.

The Senate voted 60-40 late Monday to adopt a spending bill that would officially end the government shutdown, with the help of eight moderate Senate Democrats who’ve sparked outrage for having caved to Republicans’ demands.

The spending bill still required approval in the House, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) telling House members to return to Washington “as quickly as possible” so that the chamber can cast the final vote on the bill to send it to President Donald Trump’s desk for final approval.

Allies of President Donald Trump turned on one of the president's "attack dogs" on Monday night over a policy proposal to help make the cost of living more affordable for Americans.

Bill Pulte, who leads the Housing Finance Agency, recently helped Trump craft a proposal to create a 50-year mortgage, compared to the traditional 30-year mortgage. Experts have bashed the idea as one that would lead to higher debt burdens for Americans.

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) told MSNBC's "The Weeknight" on Monday that he thoroughly rejects the Senate shutdown deal, which extends food assistance funding and reverses the Trump administration's firings but doesn't deliver on the key sticking point of the entire last few weeks, which was the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are going away for millions of people.

Even so, he added, Democrats are emerging from this standoff in better shape and stronger unity than the GOP, for a key reason.

President Donald Trump took a shot at Sergio Gor during the swearing-in ceremony for Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India on Monday.

The ceremony was held at the White House and featured what The Daily Beast flagged as an "awkward" moment — when the president publicly threw Gor under the bus.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration told the Supreme Court that it could have sent "active duty" military officers to U.S. cities like Chicago to enforce federal immigration laws instead of National Guard troops, according to a new report.

The report reveals how far the Trump administration is willing to take its controversial immigration detention policies. So far, tens of thousands of migrants have been detained during the raids, even as courts work to determine whether the raids are legal or not.

As he was leaving Mar-a-Lago for the White House this weekend, President Donald Trump was seen in the back of his official limousine — with one glaring error.

CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins on Monday tweeted a photo of Trump leaving his Florida estate for the Palm Beach International Airport, with the trunk of the limousine (referred to as "The Beast") wide open while in transit. CNN's Samantha Waldenberg initially called attention to the photo — which was taken by Getty Images' Jim Watson — and pointed out that the U.S. Secret Service acknowledged the open trunk.

President Donald Trump slammed a New York Times reporter on Monday during an interview on Fox News over a story the outlet ran about the president's thoughts on whether he will get into Heaven or not.

Trump joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham for a one-on-one interview on "The Ingraham Angle," where the two discussed Trump's ballroom, the government shutdown, and Trump's chances of getting into Heaven.

The deal that came together over the past few days to end the federal government shutdown, including extra funding for food aid and the rehiring of dismissed federal employees but no hard commitment to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, has a number of Democratic lawmakers and pundits dissatisfied, with some calling for Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to be held accountable or even to resign from leadership.

The shutdown, one of the longest in modern history, was waged over the expiration of the ACA subsidies, without which millions of people will see dramatic increases in their health care premiums for next year.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has lost thousands of experienced staff — many of whom are attorneys — and it has so far been unable to bring in enough new talent to make up for its losses.

That's according to a Monday article by the Washington Post's Perry Stein, who reported that despite the DOJ previously being seen as a premier destination for graduates of top law schools, its recruiting numbers have since "plummeted" during President Donald Trump's second term. While the DOJ keeps roughly 10,000 attorneys on its payroll at any given time, the Post reported that the DOJ has since lost roughly 5,500 staff (not all of whom are attorneys) due to resignations, firings or buyout offers from the administration.

A controversial staffer who was nearly fired from President Donald Trump's White House in September has been given a plum job at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a new report.

Tucker Stewart is now USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins' trusted legal advisor, according to Politico. He previously held the title of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in USDA's Congressional Affairs Unit, the report indicates.