Pence to join Senate Republican leaders in healthcare push
By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate pushed on Tuesday to gather enough support to pass a healthcare bill, but got little help from a report saying the measure would cause 22 million Americans to lose...
Republican healthcare bill imperiled with 22 million seen losing insurance
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Susan Cornwell | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Twenty-two million Americans would lose insurance over the next decade under the U.S. Senate Republican healthcare bill, a nonpartisan congressional office said on Monday, complicating the path forward for...
Trump son-in-law Kushner hires prominent trial lawyer: NYT
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, has hired a prominent trial lawyer to help represent him in inquiries linked to Russia, the New York Times reported on Monday citing another member of his legal team.Kushner took on Abbe D. Lowell, the...
Supreme Court revives parts of Trump travel ban order
By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by narrowing the scope of lower court rulings that blocked his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and agreeing to hear his...
Senate Republicans to issue revised healthcare bill: Senate aide
WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are expected to issue a revised version of their healthcare bill on Monday to address some of the concerns raised since it was unveiled last week, a Senate aide familiar with the plan said. The aide did not detail the revisions. The...
Conservative Koch network criticizes U.S. Senate healthcare bill
By James Oliphant | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Officials with the conservative U.S. political network overseen by the Koch brothers say they are unhappy with the healthcare bill that may be voted on by the Senate this week and will lobby for...
Key Republican Collins has ‘serious concerns’ on healthcare bill
WASHINGTON Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said on Sunday she has extreme reservations about the U.S. Senate's healthcare overhaul and does not think it will be able to pass this week.Collins, a moderate Republican who has not taken a formal stance on the...
Top Democrat slams Obama administration’s response to Russian hacks
WASHINGTON The top Democrat on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Sunday criticized the administration of former President Barack Obama for not taking earlier and tougher action against Russia for its alleged hacks aimed at swaying the Nov. 8 election for Donald...
Actor Johnny Depp apologizes for ‘poor taste’ Trump assassination joke
FILE PHOTO: Actor Johnny Depp poses on a Cadillac before presenting his film The Libertine, at Cinemageddon at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo Powered by...
Trump signals willing to work with Republicans on healthcare bill
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged that a lack of support from four Senate Republicans leaves the party's healthcare overhaul on a "very, very narrow path" to win passage, but signaled a willingness to work with them to make changes. "It's not that...