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Senate to debate repeal, replace Obamacare

Prodded by President Donald Trump, a bitterly divided Senate voted at last Tuesday to move forward with the Republicans’ long-promised legislation to repeal and replace “Obamacare.” There was high drama as Sen. John McCain returned to the Capitol for the first time after being diagnosed with brain cancer to cast a decisive “yes” vote. The final tally was 51-50, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie after two Republicans joined all 48 Democrats in voting “no.” With all senators in their ...

by DOUG THOMPSON - Opinion

An increasing number of Republicans I have known since my days as a political operative in Washington in the 1980s grumble in emails, texts and phone calls that “something has to be done ...

by MARY CLARE JALONICK

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner will return to Capitol Hill Tuesday for a second day of private meetings with congressional investigators, this time for a closed-door conversation with lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee. Kushner on Monday answered quest ...

by CAPITOL HILL BLUE and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An angry, pouting President Donald Trump is expressing his frustrations with yet another Twitter tirade against fellow Republicans, saying they “do very little to protect their President.” The latest assault on his own party comes as a growing number of Republicans talk among themselves ...