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Shields and Gerson on GOP health care bill fallout, Trump's order on religion

By PBS News Hour

Syndicated Columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the House of Representatives’ passage of a GOP health care bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and the coming political consequences…

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Draft proposal shows the Trump administration may gut the drug czar's office

By Laura Santhanam

The Trump administration is considering drastic cuts that would all but eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a White House official and agency email confirmed to the NewsHour Friday. According to a draft proposal obtained by NewsHour,…

Silicon Valley jumps into biometric gold rush for Trump's 'other border wall'

By Courtney Norris

Under President Donald Trump, technology companies have started cashing in on a little-noticed government push to ramp up the use of biometric tools -- such as fingerprinting and iris scanners -- to track people who enter and exit the country.

Trump: 'Australians have better health care than we do'

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Trump's praise for the Australian system came hours after the U.S. House narrowly passed a bill to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.

From Bears Ears to Gold Butte, here are the 27 national monuments being reviewed by the Trump administration

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

A list released Friday includes 22 monuments on federal land in 11 states and five marine monuments in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Trump signs $1 trillion spending bill, keeping government open

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

But other budget battles lie ahead as the White House and Congress hammer out a spending plan for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

Mark Green, Trump's pick for Army post, drops out amid growing criticism

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

The Republican state senator from Tennessee picked by President Donald Trump to be Army secretary has withdrawn from consideration.

Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over church order

By Todd Richmond, Associated Press

A Wisconsin-based atheist group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump's order easing enforcement of an IRS rule limiting religious organizations' political activity.

Senate committee asks Trump associates for more details on Russian contacts

By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page responded on Friday, calling the congressional probe a "comically fake inquiry" but pledging to cooperate.