Health Jan 04 Pence, Obama in dueling meetings at Capitol on Affordable Care Act Sixteen days before leaving the White House, Obama championed his landmark overhaul before Democratic lawmakers and urged them to remind voters of how the statute has helped them.
Politics Dec 12 Top GOP leaders back congressional probes into Russian hacking Congress' top Republicans endorsed investigations into the CIA's belief that Russia meddled in last month's election to help Donald Trump win.
Politics Dec 12 After health-care repeal vote, some in GOP fear a cliff WASHINGTON — Republicans are eagerly planning initial votes next month on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, a cherished GOP goal. But many worry that while Congress tries to replace it, the party will face ever-angrier voters, spooked health…
Politics Dec 05 Biden in 2020? He says he’s not ruling it out It's more than a month before Donald Trump even enters the White House, but Joe Biden says he's running for president in 2020. Maybe.
Politics Nov 22 For Trump and GOP, ‘Obamacare’ repeal is complex and risky WASHINGTON — Here's the idea: Swiftly pass a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. Then approve legislation restructuring the nation's huge and…
Politics Nov 11 Several Democrats facing 2018 re-election are from states Trump carried A long list of Senate Democrats who face re-election in 2018 are from states Donald Trump won or nearly won on Election Day. That could mean a politically excruciating next two years for many of them, and for party leaders…
Politics Nov 09 Republicans retain their lock on the House Republicans retained their lock on the House for two more years early Wednesday as GOP candidates triumphed in a checkerboard of districts in Florida, Virginia and Colorado that Democrats had hoped Donald Trump's divisive comments about women and Hispanics would…
Politics Nov 08 Control of House at stake, GOP battles to limit losses Republicans seemed on track to secure two more years of House control in Tuesday's elections but with erosion of their historic majority, leaving hard-line conservatives with added clout to vex party leaders.
Politics Oct 26 As Trump falters, more Republicans say they’ll block Clinton GOP candidates are increasingly seeking voters' support by saying they will check Clinton's agenda.
Politics Oct 20 AP fact check: Does Trump’s implied threat to dispute election echo Gore’s 2000 challenge? Donald Trump, who's railed for months about a "rigged" political system, used the final presidential debate to defiantly say he won't decide until the election ends whether he will accept its results.