Aug 01 Senate confirms Wray as FBI director By Associated Press The lawyer is a former high-ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department who oversaw investigations into corporate fraud. Continue reading
Jul 29 Get ready for the next big health care fight. This one's all about kids By Erin Mershon, STAT CHIP, which health insurance for millions of kids, will run out of federal funds in weeks unless Congress acts. Another partisan fight may loom. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch The Senate GOP's best shot at a health care bill after other ideas fail By PBS News Hour Republicans found themselves no closer to passing a plan to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, after two key GOP ideas failed by large margins in the Senate. Lisa Desjardins looks at their options and the opposition. Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 6:11 Republicans weren't sure they could get enough votes to start debate on health care. Here's how they did it. By PBS News Hour It was a dramatic day on Capitol Hill as the Senate GOP mustered just enough votes to start debate on a health care bill. With Sen. John McCain returning to cast his vote despite a cancer diagnosis and Vice President… Continue watching
Jul 24 WATCH: 'I did not collude with Russia,' Kushner says By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner denied Monday that he colluded with Russians in the course of President Donald Trump's White House bid and declared he has "nothing to hide."… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 8:55 McConnell aims for full Obamacare repeal after replacement bill withers By PBS News Hour With the latest push by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act coming to an anticlimactic end, party leaders have shifted their focus to simply focus on “repeal.” Sen. Mitch McConnell proposed delaying the effective date of… Continue watching
Jul 18 President Trump blasts Democrats, 'a few Republicans' over health bill By Associated Press "We will return," the president declared in an early morning tweet. Continue reading
Jul 18 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. Continue reading
Jul 13 Senate committee aims for vote next week on FBI director By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he hopes to hold a committee vote next week on Christopher Wray's nomination to be FBI director. Continue reading
Jul 02 Trump makes push on health bill; repeal-only vote an option By Associated Press The White House's top legislative liaison insists the Senate is "getting close" to an agreement on a GOP health bill to repeal and replace the health care law. Continue reading