House Republican leaders withdrew legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from the House floor before it could be defeated, a loss for President Trump. President Trump and congressional Republicans must decide quickly whether to make the law work or try to undermine it. President Trump faced stiff opposition from lawmakers in his own party to the measure he had endorsed, and it was withdrawn. The demise of the bill played out in a tense 24 hours that White House and congressional officials said proved a political education for President Trump and his top advisers. President Trump spoke from the Oval Office after Republicans pulled the House bill that was intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The president, insisting the Affordable Care Act will collapse in the next year, also tried to minimize the deep divisions within his own party that prevented passage of the bill. The president exaggerated the issues facing the existing health law, blaming Democrats for impeding its repeal and playing down his commitment. The big question for Republicans now is whether the Freedom Caucus, the party’s masters of destruction, will find themselves newly emboldened. Visitors from Vero Beach, Fla., witnessed two days of political meltdown as the Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act failed to come to a vote in the House. President Trump and House Republicans are looking to move ahead with tax reform and infrastructure plans after spending lots of political capital on a health care bill that went nowhere. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Friday: Checking in with Henry Rollins, a San Diego County congressman faces a criminal inquiry, and a dog’s unlikely rescue from a fire. American military officials insisted that the rules of engagement had not changed in Iraq, despite a recent surge in reports of civilian deaths. 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As European Union leaders, minus Britain, go to Rome to celebrate 60 years, the bloc is divided and divergent, anxious that it represents the past. The seventh-seeded Gamecocks stifled the No. 3 Bears with a tenacious defense to continue an unexpected run. Culture shock is fading, say the handlers of Bao Bao, the panda from the National Zoo in Washington, as she settles into the land of her ancestors. Need a break? We found great reads about the N.B.A.’s obsession with peanut butter and jelly, the parrots who laugh together and air travel. A U.S. immigration judge in Chicago on Friday granted asylum to a Singaporean blogger, saying he was persecuted for his political opinions in the Southeast Asian city-state. When Washington, D.C., tried to draw attention to reports of missing teenagers, activists thought the campaign was because of a spike in abductions. A 28-year-old Russian was the triggerman in the death of Denis N. Voronenkov, a former Russian lawmaker, officials say. The police said the two boys may have tried to jump from one building to another in the Bushwick neighborhood. Chinese officials want to plant more trees in Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, to clear the air in a region filled with factories. A new Hindu-right government in Uttar Pradesh claims the Muslim-run businesses are cover for the illegal slaughter of cows. But the closings are shaking the economy. Blackstone sold its remaining shares in SeaWorld to Zhonghong for about $449 million, ending its ownership of the troubled theme park. Researchers recorded more than 300,000 meteoroid trajectories since 2010 to depict the drifting paths of meteor showers that Earth passes through. James K. Polk’s body has been buried in three places. Lawmakers are now considering moving it again, to the site of a Polk family home and museum in Columbia, Tenn. 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