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White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else

Trump threatens to stop federal payments to insurance companies

DATE: Jul 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump threat: End health payments unless there’s an overhaul

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law. ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up

WASHINGTON – Six months into his presidency, Donald Trump is saddled with a stalled agenda, a West Wing that resembles a viper’s nest, a pile of investigations and a Republican Party that’s ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Carolina town ‘forgotten’ as residents, jobs fall away

LEWISTON-WOODVILLE, N.C. – Tucked away in northeastern North Carolina is Bertie County –a rural, primarily black community in one of the state’s poorest areas with many of its fastest-shrink...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump dismisses Priebus as chief of staff

Homeland Security Secretary Kelly tapped to take over job

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Italy approves mandatory vaccine program

Number of children vaccinated has plummeted in last 20 years

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Priebus takes his turn on the Trump administration hot seat

WASHINGTON – White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus may have little left of his job but his title. In the swirl of Shakespearean intrigue that surrounds Donald Trump’s White Ho...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.: North Korea launch was an intercontinental ballistic missile

WASHINGTON – The missile launched Friday by North Korea was an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, the Pentagon said, marking the second time this month Kim Jong Un has demonstrated...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

British at center of legal battle dies

LONDON – Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby at the center of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday, ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Obamacare

McCain vote deals major setback to Republicans

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scaramucci threats, insults inflame fierce White House fight

‘Leaked’ information about him actually came from records request

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare is a ‘disaster’ – in their own words

And that’s in their own words

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: La Plata County Fair in full swing Thursday

Photos: Elkhorn Fire on Sunday

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2