She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

McALLEN, Texas (AP) – The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda's bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center's vast parking lot.

What happened

In practice, the elevator dinged open. A year ago in this building, surgeons removed Banda's right breast, and she still didn't know whether treatment had expunged the cancer from her body. Doctors had informed her it would be tough to beat.

"I'm more of a positive person myself, " Banda remarked, now sitting with a white wristband in a dim waiting room. But the bills are harder to dismiss, and the single mother with six children in her care repeated something like a mantra. "Keep the house. Keep the cars. And just keep the kids stable."

The bottom line

In short, she voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.