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Trump blasts Congress over failure of GOP health care bill
President Donald Trump blasted congressional Democrats and "a few Republicans" Tuesday over the failure of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama health care law, and warned, "we will return."

Trump, administration press Republicans to back health bill
From both sides of the Atlantic, President Donald Trump and other administration officials lobbied Republicans Friday to support the Senate GOP's reworked health care bill, with the president saying wavering...

Washington braces for a long, hot summer slog of politics
The nation's capital is bracing for a long, hot summer, and that's not even counting the weather. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would stay in session an...

GOP adds opioid money to health bill, fate remains in doubt
Top Republicans have agreed to add $45 billion for battling opioids abuse to their struggling health care bill, but the measure's fate remained uncertain Thursday as leaders confront an expanding...

These senators will make or break the GOP’s health care push
Trump's campaign promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare" is now in the hands of a key group of GOP senators who are not in agreement with legislation Senate Majority Leader...

Angry Dems turn against leaders after House election losses
Democratic Party divisions were on glaring display Wednesday as a special election loss in a wildly expensive Georgia House race left bitter lawmakers turning their anger on their own leaders.

Steve Scalise’s shooter went to GOP baseball practice with list of names
The man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice earlier this week had with him a piece of paper with doodles and the...

Play ball! GOP, Dems to battle as 1: Team Scalise
Republicans and Democrats fight for bragging rights Thursday in the annual Congressional Baseball game as one unit — Team Scalise.

Trump won’t say if Comey conversations were taped
President Donald Trump refused Friday to say whether his private conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey were taped -- a matter at the heart of conflicting accounts of what...

Trump breaks Twitter silence, says Comey’s testimony gives him “total vindication”
President Donald Trump asserted Friday that the testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey to Congress represents "total and complete vindication" in the Russian election-meddling political furor.