May 05 Sen. Feinstein cites fee she says FBI paid for hacking tool By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shootings, even though… Continue reading
May 05 Senate wary on 'Obamacare' repeal, bumpy path ahead By Alan Fram, Richard Lardner, Associated Press Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama's health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt… Continue reading
May 05 GOP House panel takes first step to gut Dodd-Frank law By Kevin Freking, Marcy Gordon, Associated Press House Republicans took a major step toward their long-promised goal of unwinding the stricter financial rules created after the 2008 crisis, pushing forward sweeping legislation that would undo much of President Barack Obama's landmark banking law. Continue reading
May 05 Analysis: 7 winners and losers in the House health care bill By Lev Facher, STAT Here’s what we know about the winners and losers from the House vote on health care. Continue reading
May 04 Watch News Wrap: Senate approves first spending bill under Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill in order to keep the government running through September. Also, there’s word the Trump administration is in talks with Iraq about prolonging U.S. military presence in the… Continue watching
May 04 Watch House GOP wrests narrow win in health care bill fight By PBS News Hour The American Health Care Act squeaked through the House of Representatives Thursday with a single vote to spare, the culmination of years of promises, days of tension and hours of heated debate. As House Speaker Paul Ryan made a plea… Continue watching
May 04 Watch Schiff talks Comey testimony, 'sad day' for health care By PBS News Hour Two of the nation's top national security officials held a closed hearing with congressional investigators on Thursday about what role Russia played in the presidential election and whether the Trump campaign colluded in that process. William Brangham discusses that and… Continue watching
May 04 Analysis: 5 issues that could derail the GOP health care bill in the Senate By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House passed its GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act on Thursday by a razor-thin margin. It now heads to the Senate, where it will face more internal strife and five big hurdles that… Continue reading
May 04 House approves new sanctions against North Korea By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Determined to exert greater economic pressure on North Korea, the Republican-led House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang targeting its shipping industry and use of slave labor. Continue reading
May 04 Senate sends $1.1 trillion spending bill to Trump By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The lopsided, 79-18 Senate vote sends the huge bill to the White House in plenty of time to avert a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Continue reading