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Fifth Republican senator opposes chamber's health-care bill

In addition, the Senate plan calls for growing spending for the traditional Medicaid program more slowly than the House version, which critics say would for...

NM senators decry health care proposal

As we know, the bill was written behind closed doors by Senate Republicans and many Americans, including Sen. President Donald Trump made calls to f...

GOP senator blasts Trumpcare for stripping coverage from 'millions of Americans'

At lightning speed and with a little over a week for wider review, the Republicans' bill could influence health care and health insurance of every American. In ...

Census: US more diverse, white population grows least

The bureau also released new age data for 2016. Asian and mixed-race people are the two fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population, the U.S. Census Bure...

Five GOP senators now oppose health bill, enough to sink it

McConnell, R-Ky., can not pass the bill if he loses more than two Republican votes. Dean Heller says he has serious concerns about how the GOP's latest propos...

Military heads want hold on transgender enlistment

Officials told the AP that the Army and Air Force had requested a two-year delay of the deadline, but the military leaders eventually agreed on a request for a ...

18 protesters in Minnesota arrested after Philando Castile verdict

More details about that are expected to emerge in the days to come. He said they spent a lot of time dissecting the "culpable negligence" requirement for convic...

Charlie Dent 'concerned' by Senate health care bill

McConnell must navigate a narrow route in which defections by just three of the 52 Republican senators would doom the legislation. In the same tweet, Clinton...

SC Rep. Trey Gowdy tapped for House oversight chairman

The House Steering Committee picked Gowdy today; the selection is expected to be ratified by the House Republican Conference next week. He became a household ...

Judges: 'Making a Murderer Confession Was Coerced

The case was the subject of the 10-part documentary " Making a Murderer ", which questioned the handling of the investigation and the motives of Manitowoc Cou...

Trump to reveal Cuba policy in Miami this Friday

British travellers hoping to combine the USA and Cuba on the same trip face much tighter restrictions . Barack Obama attempted to thaw relations by loose...

Dashcam video of the Philando Castile shooting released

But in the video, Castile seemed to be cooperating with the officer's demands for his insurance and driver's license and even informed Yanez that he had a f...

Supreme Court to hear major political redistricting case

The court accepted Gill v. Whitford , a case from Wisconsin, where a divided panel of three federal judges previous year ruled that the state's Republican le...

Mitch McConnell works to rally GOP votes for Senate health bill

Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to say he would not support the measure in its current form. "The chaos the Republican Party is wrecking across ...

Ladies Are Going Under The Knife To Look Like Melania Trump!

Franklin Rose, said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle this week. Now they have a new idol. "I've have had many women visit my office wanting the 'Ivan...

Heat Wave Causes Increase In Burns In Phoenix

Foster said one child received contact burns after crawling through a doggy door onto the hot pavement. Arizona, Nevada and California saw dramatic temperatur...

Cindy's remnants: Street flooding from South to Midwest

The severe weather forecast comes almost on the anniversary of last year's torrential rains and flooding, which killed 23 people in West Virginia. Even Indian...

Escaped Inmates Captured in Tennessee

They then attempted to steal a second vehicle from a home, but were held at gunpoint by this homeowner. Dubose and Rowe, who had been serving long prison se...

Dash cam video showing Philando Castile killing released

Yanez's acquittal prompted days of protests , including one in St. Paul last Friday that attracted thousands and shut down Interstate 94 for hours. Yanez as...

Burned body of Oklahoma minister discovered near his church

Sunday. Reading Room open to public, 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Brandon Green will give the men's day address. First Christian Church , 1501 Washington Ave., will hos...

Fifth Republican Senator Steps Forward in Dissent Against Health Care Bill

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: What's interesting is I've been here for only five months. Collins said one group that will benefit is those people who earn $12,0...

TCU's Wymer stymies Louisville in 4-3 CWS win; Florida next

Sean Wymer gave TCU the boost it needed out of the bullpen. He struck him out. "He's at his best all the time", TCU outfielder Austen Wade said. "He was do...

Health Care gains in danger!!

Paul said that the Senate bill's failure to address Obamacare's subsidies to insurance companies proceeds with a trend of "bailing out" insurers. And GOP Se...

Compare the Senate, GOP health bills and 'Obamacare' on key issues

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which represents health insurers covering more than 100 million people in the USA, said it will continue to push for a...

New Hampshire lawmakers accidentally approved a bill to legalize murder

Supporters say this allows those who might kill a foetus - in a vehicle crash, or assault, for example - to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. In add...

Republicans reveal bill to replace Obamacare

Both the House and Senate bill would phase out the expansion of Medicaid eligibility, but the Senate bill does it more slowly. McConnell has acknow...

Sen. Collins: Long-Awaited Health Bill is a Concern

Some of those lawmakers could eventually change their stances after potential amendments to the plan. If no Democrats vote in favor of the bill , McConnell ...

Mistrial declared in Ohio cop's murder retrial

Before resuming deliberations, jurors had spent almost 26 hours through Thursday trying to reach a verdict. For a second time, the family of Sam DuBose saw ...

Nevada's Heller becomes 5th GOP senator opposed to health bill

GOP leaders say repealing the ACA is necessary because premiums are skyrocketing on the health insurance exchanges and because states should have the flexibilit...

We need a bi-partisan solution to fix Obamacare

It comes down to costs. "Let me assure you, leadership knows well how I feel", Heller said , while also bashing the long-term cuts in the Senate bill to th...