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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

No immediate military transgender change, top officer says

No official directive given from president

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

GOP seeks support for narrow version of “Obamacare” repeal

WASHINGTON – Battered by repeated failures to repeal or replace “Obamacare,” Senate GOP leaders retreated to a narrow approach Thursday that would undo just a few of the most unpopular eleme...

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

Trump again rips attorney general but many want him to stay

WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans and influential conservatives rallied around Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday as President Donald Trump kept up his public pelting of the na...

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

Trump gets do-over with youth after panned Boy Scouts speech

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump got another chance Wednesday to connect with young people after a widely panned political speech to Boy Scouts this week. But he couldn’t part company wit...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fed leaves rates alone but moves closer to selling off bonds

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is keeping its key interest rate unchanged at a time when inflation remains persistently low. But it signaled Wednesday that it’s edging closer to gradually ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to bust drivers using phones

Technology criticized by some for being too invasive

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump says transgender people should be barred from military

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World