Politics

Russian developer’s staffer also at Trump Tower meeting, lawyer says

By Associated Press

A representative of the Russian developer who once partnered with President Trump was the eighth person at a Trump Tower meeting arranged by Donald Trump Jr.

Presidents get sick and die. What happens next hasn’t always been clear

By Dr. Howard Markel

The Constitution describes the legal transfer of presidential power to the vice president if the former resigns or dies while in office. But this guiding document does little to describe what happens if the president becomes seriously ill, or who…

WATCH: Trump says ‘let Obamacare fail,’ he won’t ‘own it’

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he is deeply "disappointed" by the collapse of the GOP effort to rewrite former President Barack Obama's health care law.

WATCH: Vice President Pence says Congress needs to ‘step up’ on health care

By Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence says Congress needs to "step up" and "do their job" in the aftermath of the Republican health care plan's failure to win consensus in the Senate.

House GOP budget plan calls for major cuts to benefits, paving way for tax overhaul bill

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year budget blueprint that would dramatically increase military spending while putting the GOP on record favoring Medicare cuts opposed by President Donald Trump.

U.S. says Iran complying with nuclear deal, but defying its ‘spirit’

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

The Trump administration told Congress for a second time Monday that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal and can keep enjoying sanctions relief, even as it insisted Tehran would face consequences for breaching "the spirit" of the deal.

California lawmakers celebrate bipartisan cap-and-trade victory

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

California's signature initiative to fight global warming will get another decade of life after lawmakers from both parties joined Gov. Jerry Brown in extending the law credited with reducing the state's carbon footprint.

President Trump blasts Democrats, ‘a few Republicans’ over health bill

By Associated Press

"We will return," the president declared in an early morning tweet.

McConnell says he’ll push for a clean repeal bill

By Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying a new health care strategy after the "repeal and replace" measure failed. McConnell says he will push the Senate to pass a clean repeal bill.

The health care bill collapses, leaving a divided GOP at crossroads

By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press

With the implosion of the GOP health care bill, a wounded President Donald Trump and congressional leaders face dicey decisions about addressing their perhaps unattainable years-old promise of repealing President Barack Obama's law.