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Obama Trashes Senate GOP Health Care Bill

Those senators - Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin - issued a joint statement about their positi...

Pit bull that mauled 2 kids in car seats to be euthanized

To help pay for its expanded coverage to around 20 million people, Obama's law increased taxes on higher income people, medical industry companies and others, t...

GOP Health Bill: Senate Leader Faces Battle for Support

The fight quickly spilled over into the halls of Congress, where dozens of protesters were arrested. "This bill has probably, we think, more Obamacare subsides ...

Obama slams GOP health care bill and urges its defeat

Which may be just how McConnell, and Rand's protest group, want it. And Obama called on Americans to lobby their senators, in order to slow down the Republica...

Olin Takes 6th in Javelin at USA Track & Field Championships

The native of Riverton, Utah, is a four-time conference champion in the 800 meters, including three times during the indoor season. Former Northern Arizona Lumb...

Cindy: More rain in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia

It had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and was moving north at 12 miles per hour. Tropical Depression Cindy spread drenching rains across the...

North Korea denies torturing detained USA student Otto Warmbier

The North's foreign ministry spokesman also said in comments carried by the official KCNA agency that Warmbier was "a victim of the policy of strategic pa...

Trump suggests he was trying to keep Comey honest with 'tapes' tweet

In an interview with Fox News aired Friday morning, Trump argued that Mueller, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is "good friends" with Jame...

Obama: 'Fundamental Meanness At The Core' Of GOP Health Care Bills

In other words, under Obamacare , anyone earning $200,000 a year pays an extra tax that helps fund healthcare. "I have serious concerns about the bill's ...

Trump Administration Revokes Blocked Program to Protect Immigrant Parents

DAPA was never fully implemented [DHS fact sheet] because "federal courts halted the policy". A Texas court blocked it at the request of a coalition of 26 st...

Alabama warns of floating fire ants in flood waters

Wind gusts as high as 57 miles per hour were reported in Long Beach Township on Long Beach Island during the thunderstorms, and a gust of 53 miles per hour wa...

Fate uncertain for Republican health bill

For example, he said , both bills would phase out the expansion of Medicaid eligibility, but the Senate bill would do it more slowly. It called the versi...

A storm named Cindy could disrupt your Saturday

Spots from Louisiana west to the Florida Panhandle experienced flooding Wednesday and some spots of wind damage as bands of storms made their way onshore. T...

Obama: 'Fundamental Meanness' at the Core of GOP Health Care Bill

As lawmakers spoke about the legislation on the Senate floor, a protest erupted outside McConnell's personal office, with many people in wheelchairs blocking a ...

Bernie Sanders: 'Democratic brand is pretty bad'

Sanders spoke about threats to democracy at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, where he led off with a provocative accusation directed at Trump . ...

Shooter of GOP lawmakers in Va. acted alone, no terror threat

He approached the baseball fields where practice for a Congressional charity baseball game was taking place. A mechanic in Alexandria, Virginia said James ...

Barack Obama Just Blasted the Senate's Trumpcare Bill

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the bill would seek to repeal most of the taxes that pay for Obamacare, give states more latitude to opt ...

Dash Cam Footage Of The Shooting Death Of Philando Castile Released

Yanez reportedly said he shot at Castile because he thought he was reaching for his gun, just after he told the police officer he was in possession of a ...

Toomey noncommittal but upbeat about Senate health care bill

The Massachusetts senator took to her social media accounts to accuse " cruel " Republicans of enriching those "who make a lot of money" by shortchanging "30 ...

Trump lashes out at Democrats after Georgia win

The Democratic Party's leaders seem to have believed they could improve on her margins in a place like the Georgia Sixth District while being unreasonably...

Justices take on fight over partisan electoral maps

The Supreme Court added another thorny political case to its docket next term, agreeing Monday to rule on whether Wisconsin's legislative districts are so p...

Obama Considers Republican Health Care Bill to Benefit Wealthiest

In a statement, Rubio's office said he would decide to vote on the bill "on the basis of how it impacts Florida". "It is a tax cut bill, and they had to find ...

Northam and Gillespie win nominations for Virginia governor

Ed Gillespie has narrowly edged out Corey Stewart to clinch the Republican nomination for Virginia governor, according to The Washington Post , a photo ...

Congress seeks normalcy, heads back to work after shooting

More than $1 million has been raised for charity through the Congressional Baseball Game, its host organization announced Thursday, a day after a shooting unfol...

Supreme Court To Hear Case That Could Set Seismic Precedent Against Gerrymandering

The Wisconsin case will be the first time since 2004 that Supreme Court justices will address political gerrymandering . Wisconsin Attorney General Br...

Funeral expected today for Virginia teen killed after leaving mosque

A Virginia teen found dead after she was attacked as she walked to a mosque was being remembered at vigils set in the District and other cities nationwide Tue...

SC governor visiting Myrtle Beach after shooting

Gov. Henry McMaster pledged Thursday the state would offer as many resources as needed as Myrtle Beach works to fix its safety and reputation after a string of ...

Former Molina CEO calls Senate health-care bill 'heartless'

US Senate Republicans have launched their plan for shrivelling Barack Obama's health care law, edging a step closer to their dream of repeal with a bi...

U.S. police officer gets off scot-free for killing black man

He was first hired as a police aide in 2010, and then sworn in as a probationary officer in 2013. Officer Heaggan-Brown has pleaded not guilty to those char...

Senate GOP's Health Care Overhaul Would Bring 'Pain' to Americans: Obama

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a statement Thursday saying that the bill targets NY and threatens to slash an additional $2.3 billion in Medicaid funding, leading...