POLITICO's Pulse Check

POLITICO reporters discuss the president's new plan to crack down on e-cigarettes — and why he retreated from his stricter promise to transform the industry.

POLITICO reporters break down what's getting overlooked in the fight over single-payer health care, ahead of next week's PBS NewsHour/POLITICO presidential primary debate.

The two top Trump appointees in the Humphrey building haven't seen eye-to-eye on health policy, personnel and priorities — and that's causing real problems.

A conversation on the technologies that can close the distance gap between rural veterans and clinicians

The top Democrat on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee talks about passing legislation and conducting oversight to make sure the VA is fulfilling its mission.

A disabled veteran — 17 surgeries after being injured in the service — talks about how he uses the VA and his worries about its future.

What it's like to serve more than 9 million patients per year — while getting phone calls from Mar-a-Lago members who think they know better.

Can the VA be modernized without being privatized? The start of a two-week "Pulse Check" miniseries.

A conversation on innovative cancer treatments that are improving lives and biosimilars that may save billions of dollars.

How Nancy Knight and her team at CDC work to protect the world.