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Bloomberg Politics·Monday, December 15, 2025

Bloomberg Politics - Monday, December 15, 2025

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Zelenskiy, European Leaders Meet | Balance of Power: Early Edition 12/15/2025

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discusses the latest from DC. On today's show, AEI Nonresident Senior Fellow Heather Conley, Republican Congressman Troy Downing of Montana, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Alliance For Automotive Innovation President and CEO John Bozzella. (Source: Bloomberg)

06

Congress Faces Packed Agenda As Health Care Fight Continues

House Republicans plan to vote this week on a package of proposals to address rising health-care costs, but an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies is conspicuously absent. The package would require more transparency from pharmacy benefit managers, codify association health plans, support self-insured health care models, and fund cost sharing reductions, according to House Republican leadership aides. Congressman Troy Downing, Republican representing Montana's 2nd District join to discuss

07

Venezuelan Activist Machado Hopes Her Country 'Will be Free'

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Her daughter had accepted the award on her behalf. Machado, 58, had been in hiding in Venezuela since August 2024, saying she feared for her life after the movement she led presented evidence that her stand-in candidate in last year’s election, Edmundo González, defeated President Nicolás Maduro by a landslide. The socialist ruler instead declared himself the winner and launched a repr

10

US Offers Security Deal in Ukraine Talks But Territory Still Key

Heather Conley, a former State Department official, said any deal to halt Russia's war in Ukraine will be unsustainable in the long term without any concessions from Mosco.  US negotiators offered more substantial security guarantees to Kyiv as part of President Donald Trump’s renewed push to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but the effort still appeared part of a bid to pressure President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on territory.  (Source: Bloomberg)

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