HEALTH CARE REFORM

WATCH: Spicer says there’s no timeline to pass GOP-led health care reform

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "we're not there yet" on a Republican-led health care bill, but adds that the Trump administration is "getting closer and closer every day."…

Trump says new GOP health care plan will have lower premiums

By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

The House didn't vote last week on a renewed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, but the White House remains hopeful action could come soon.

Congress sends Trump short-term spending bill, avoiding government shutdown

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

With just hours to spare, Congress easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend.

House won’t OK health bill before Trump’s 100th day

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

"As soon as we have the votes, we'll vote on it," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said.

GOP drops border wall demands as spending talks advance

By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press

Congressional negotiators on Tuesday inched toward a potential agreement on a catchall spending bill that would deny President Donald Trump's request for immediate funding to construct a wall along the Mexico border.

Here’s how Republicans are redrawing their legislative agenda

By Lisa Desjardins

Shortly after President Trump took office, Congressional Republicans laid out an aggressive first-year agenda. Here's how the calendar has shifted.

After failed health care bill, pro-Trump group launches ads supporting fight to repeal and replace Obamacare

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The $3 million campaign comes during a congressional recess in which GOP lawmakers' town hall meetings have been rocked by liberal supporters of Obamacare.

The health care debate has shifted to the GOP — and most people don’t like what they see, poll says

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Emily Swanson, Associated Press

Even among rank-and-file Republicans, there's opposition to cuts to Medicaid and changes that would let insurers charge higher premiums to older adults.

Trump’s FDA pick faces questions over financial ties to medical companies

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Scott Gottlieb promised to prioritize the opioid crisis, said science will prevail despite his extensive financial ties to FDA-regulated medical companies.