Congress presses ahead on dismantling health care law
By ANDREW TAYLOR Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from…
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Obama, Pence to Capitol as health care overhaul fight begins
By ALAN FRAM Donald Trump warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday against letting Democrats dodge blame for problems with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, even as the GOP-led Congress takes…
North Carolina lawmakers meeting to consider HB2 repeal
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN DREW North Carolina’s legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which…
Trump action on health care could cost Planned Parenthood
By ANDREW TAYLOR One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Trump sent mixed…
Trump faces an early test with Republicans over Russia
By KEN THOMAS President-elect Donald Trump is facing an early test with fellow Republicans over U.S. relations with Russia, as lawmakers seek to investigate a CIA assessment that Russia interfered…
Trump expected to tap Exxon’s Tillerson to lead State Dept.
By JULIE PACE and JULIE BYKOWICZ President-elect Donald Trump moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State on Saturday, a decision that would bring…
Political risks come with control of Washington for GOP
By ERICA WERNER For Republicans, there will be no one left to blame. As they prepare to take control of the White House and both chambers of Congress next year,…
Speaker Paul Ryan tells GOP colleagues: ‘We must deliver’
By ERICA WERNER House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican lawmakers Monday that it’s time to “hit the ground running as we join forces with the new Trump administration.” “We need…