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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump ‘resuscitated' Canada's Liberal Party: Stirewalt
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump's 'antagonistic' relationship with former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was enough to invigorate liberals to reject a far more conservative candidate, according to NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt. 'There was a conservative candidate in the upcoming elections in Canada. Pierre Poilievre was sort of a MAGA-ish, Canada-first kind of guy, the kind of person who American Republicans would probably prefer to be in charge,' said Stirewalt. 'But Canadians got so freaked out. They got so rattled by what was going on between Canada and the United States and the threats of trade war that Trump actually managed to resuscitate the Liberal Party in Canada, of which Carney is the leader now.' Trump said Friday that his first call with new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was 'extremely productive' and Carney said talks on a new relationship will begin after the Canadian election next month. Trump tells automakers not to raise prices over tariff: Official The call came as Trump declared a trade war on Canada and threatened to use economic coercion to make Canada the 51st U.S. state, a position that has infuriated Canadians. Trump avoided any mention of that in his social media post. Stirewalt believes Trump 'tipped over' Canadian politics by giving Canadians a 'common enemy' in Trump and U.S. trade policy. Despite the current rocky relationship, Stirewalt says the two countries have a common bond and will likely remain allies. 'Something like two-thirds of the Canadian population lives within a short drive to the U.S. border; we're very closely connected. I assume that in the long run, the strong and healthy and happy friendship between Canada and the United States will be resumed.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Scott Perry says no one ‘legitimately' on Medicaid will lose coverage
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) suggested on Sunday that no one 'legitimately' on Medicaid will lose their coverage due to GOP efforts to cut spending. In an interview on NewsNation's 'The Hill Sunday,' anchor Chris Stirewalt noted that, for Republicans to achieve the kind of steep spending cuts they have targeted, cuts will likely have to target more than just waste, fraud and abuse. Stirewalt noted that the Office of Management and Budget has said only about 4 percent of federal payments are improper, which, Stirewalt noted, accounts for just more than $31 billion in Medicaid. 'You all are looking to cut a lot more than that over the next 10 years,' Stirewalt said. 'Can you really promise that no one is going to lose their health coverage as a result of this?' 'I think what we can promise is that no one that is legitimately on Medicaid will lose their coverage, and I think that's important,' Perry said in response. He suggested Medicaid cuts could affect those who immigrated to the U.S. illegally. 'You're talking about improper payments, but you didn't include people that are here illegally. If you're here illegally, you should not be on any federal assistance program. That's not what they're designed for. They're designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can't work and afford health care. That's what that program is designed for, not for millions of people that came flooding across the border and want to just live in America and have everybody else pick up the tab,' Perry added. Perry was less adamant when asked about working-class families on Medicaid who were included when states expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Asked whether their Medicaid coverage is 'sacrosanct,' Perry said, 'I think that we have to look at every bit of fraud, waste and abuse, and the states have been gaming the system.' He continued: 'While you're mentioning the expansion, what you're not mentioning is something like the provider tax that states then charge the federal government for and use for other things that have nothing to do with Medicaid. So there's a lot of different things here.' 'There's money to be found here, Chris, and we're going to find every single bit of it because the American taxpayer is sick of spending their money and sending it to Washington and getting nothing for it while the country and they go broke,' Perry said. The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also owns NewsNation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
09-03-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Scott Perry says no one ‘legitimately' on Medicaid will lose coverage
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) suggested on Sunday that no one 'legitimately' on Medicaid will lose their coverage due to GOP efforts to cut spending. In an interview on NewsNation's 'The Hill Sunday,' anchor Chris Stirewalt noted that, for Republicans to achieve the kind of steep spending cuts they have set out for, cuts will likely have to target more than just waste, fraud and abuse. Stirewalt noted that the Office of Management and Budget has said only about 4 percent of federal payments are improper, which, Stirewalt noted, accounts for just over $31 billion in Medicaid. 'You all are looking to cut a lot more than that over the next 10 years,' Stirewalt said. 'Can you really promise that no one is going to lose their health coverage as a result of this?' 'I think what we can promise is that no one that is legitimately on Medicaid will lose their coverage, and I think that's important,' Perry said in response. He suggested Medicaid cuts could affect those who immigrated to the U.S. illegally. 'You're talking about improper payments, but you didn't include people that are here illegally. If you're here illegally, you should not be on any federal assistance program. That's not what they're designed for. They're designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can't work and afford health care. That's what that program is designed for, not for millions of people that came flooding across the border and want to just live in America and have everybody else pick up the tab,' Perry added. Perry was less adamant when asked about working class families on Medicaid who were included when states expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Asked whether their Medicaid coverage is 'sacrosanct' too, Perry said, 'I think that we have to look at every bit of fraud, waste and abuse, and the states have been gaming the system.' He continued: 'While you're mentioning the expansion, what you're not mentioning is something like the provider tax that states then charge the federal government for and use for other things that have nothing to do with Medicaid. So there's a lot of different things here.' 'There's money to be found here, Chris, and we're going to find every single bit of it because the American taxpayer is sick of spending their money and sending it to Washington and getting nothing for it while the country and they go broke,' Perry said.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
After Trump's Gaza suggestion, White House walks it back
(NewsNation) — White House damage control efforts following President Donald Trump's suggestion the U.S. take control of war-torn Gaza is a repeat of the way policy was sometimes turbulently vetted in Trump's first term, NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt says. Trump on Tuesday said he favored taking over the home of 2 million Palestinians, who would be relocated so that the property could become 'the Riveria of the Middle East.' The idea was condemned in several quarters, notably in Saudi Arabia, which rejected the idea of displacing Palestinians. Stephen A. Smith: Trump 'like a Realtor' on Gaza ownership On Wednesday, Trump representatives appeared to soften the concept, saying Trump hasn't committed the military and that Palestinians would not be sent away for good. 'We remember this from Trump 1.0,' Stirewalt told NewsNation colleague Elizabeth Vargas. 'Trump says we're taking all the troops out of Syria, and the next day, they say, 'Well, what the president meant to say was that we're looking for fundamental and transformative change in this.'' Stirewalt suggested the reality set in quickly on both sides of the aisle that Trump's idea to enter Gaza could put U.S. troops in harm's way and wouldn't be free. Trump wants to take over Gaza. How would that work? Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt Named Political Editor Of The Hill
Chris Stirewalt, political editor of NewsNation, is taking on the added duties as political editor of Nexstar Media Group's The Hill. Stirealt will provide editorial guidance and write a weekly column and a political note for the publication. He also will host events for The Hill, which Nexstar, parent company of NewsNation, purchased in 2021. More from Deadline Dr. Phil Says He's Embedded With ICE For Immigration Operation In Chicago 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open Features Lin-Manuel Miranda As 'Hamilton' Getting Quickly Frozen In Time By A Riffing "King" Donald Trump Former Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Confirmed As Defense Secretary After Vice President JD Vance Breaks Senate Tie Vote Stirewalt also serves as anchor of NewsNation's public affairs program, The Hill Sunday. He's also a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and he previously wrote a column for The Dispatch. He served as political editor of Fox News Channel. He was fired from that post in 2021 after he defended the Decision Desk's call of Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, which triggered a backlash from the network's Trump-supporting viewers. Cherie Grzech, president of news & politics for The Hill and NewsNation, said that Stirewalt's 'expansive knowledge of Washington, and signature wit and delivery will be an enormous asset to the newsroom.' Stirewalt said, 'I started work as a political columnist covering the 2004 presidential election. A great deal is different in both politics and the news business now. What hasn't changed is that a great many Americans still are looking for straightforward, fair-minded analysis but too often find partisanship masquerading as punditry.' Best of Deadline 'The White Lotus' Season 3: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More 'Severance' Cast Through Seasons 1 And 2: Innies, Outies, Severed and Unsevered 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Spirits, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More
