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White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else

threatens to stop federal payments to insurance companies

July 30, 2017

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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says that President Donald Trump’s threat to end required payments to health insurance companies…

July 29, 2017

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

Trump on Friday indirectly acknowledged the troubled state of his unconventional White House when he abruptly replaced his chief of…

July 29, 2017

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

There are plenty of pothole-marked roads, mobile homes, and overgrown lots of weeds and shrubs scattered among fields of tobacco,…

July 29, 2017

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Trump dismisses Priebus as chief of staff

Homeland Security Secretary Kelly tapped to take over job

July 28, 2017

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Italy approves mandatory vaccine program

of children vaccinated has plummeted in last 20 years

July 28, 2017

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Priebus takes his turn on the Trump administration hot seat

In the swirl of Shakespearean intrigue that surrounds Donald Trump’s White House, Priebus’ fortunes have long been a source of…

July 28, 2017

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

The North Korean government says this was the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea on July…

July 28, 2017

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British at center of legal battle dies

Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which caused brain damage and left him unable to breathe…

July 28, 2017

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Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Obamacare

vote deals major setback to Republicans

July 28, 2017

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Scaramucci threats, insults inflame fierce White House fight

‘Leaked’ information about him actually came from records request

July 27, 2017

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

that’s in their own words

July 27, 2017

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No immediate military transgender change, top officer says

official directive given from president

July 27, 2017

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GOP seeks support for narrow version of “Obamacare” repeal

The so-called “skinny repeal” was being touted as a way for Republicans to get something, anything, out of the Senate…

July 27, 2017

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Trump again rips attorney general but many want him to stay

Attorney General Jeff Sessions leaves the White House in Washington on Tuesday.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Sessions’ former colleagues in the…

July 27, 2017

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

It was Trump’s decision to add similar political touches to his remarks to the scouts that led to the blowback.…

July 26, 2017

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Fed leaves rates alone but moves closer to selling off bonds

Inflation remains low

July 26, 2017

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New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to bust drivers using phones

Technology criticized by some for being too invasive

July 26, 2017

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Trump says transgender people should be barred from military

President Donald Trump says he will bar transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the armed forces. Pentagon officials…

July 26, 2017

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Standoff between Trump, Sessions escalates

conservatives tell AG to stand his ground

July 25, 2017

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Senate opens ‘Obamacare’ debate at last but outcome in doubt

returns after being diagnosed with brain cancer

July 25, 2017

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Trump shows the Boy Scouts how to start a political fire

President criticized for remarks at Jamboree

July 25, 2017

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Trump vents anew on Sessions, who’s under pressure to quit

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Philadelphia. President Donald Trump took a new swipe at on Monday, July 24, 2017,…

July 25, 2017

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US soldier pleads not guilty to support for Islamic State

Clifford Kang, father of soldier Ikaika E. Kang, poses with photos of his son on July 10 in Kailua, Hawaii.…

July 24, 2017