With announced opposition from Senators Moran and Lee, the Republican push to rewrite President Obama’s signature domestic legacy issue falls short.
As millions of Americans have become insured under what is known as Obamacare, the health law has become more popular, even with Republican governors. The president's legislative record for his first six months in office is about average among recent presidents. But he has time to compile major achievements.
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In the president’s newest tweet about his eldest son’s meeting, he described the gathering as routine and something almost anyone in politics would have wanted to attend.
The Russian prosecutor general, Yuri Y. Chaika, a master at smearing rivals with compromising material, is widely considered to have provided the dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Such talks would be the first in years, and the North’s reaction will be the first test of the new South Korean president’s pro-dialogue policy.
In an echo of the subprime mortgage crisis, one of the largest owners of troubled student loans cannot collect because documents are missing.
After hours of debate, the president agreed to continue with an international agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program that he had pledged to overhaul.
The state legislature approved a measure extending the state’s pioneering cap-and-trade program until 2030. Governor Brown lobbied intensively for the bill.
To secure the visas, known as H-2B visas, businesses must prove that they will suffer a severe financial loss without the aid of foreign workers.
The former officer, Roy D. Oliver II, was indicted in the fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards, 15, who was driving away from a house party in the Dallas suburbs.
Mr. Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is seeking a board seat at the consumer products giant, signaling a ratcheting-up in the size of the corporate targets of activist investors.
Civilian deaths are mounting, a U.N. report finds, with 1,662 killed in the first half of 2017, surpassing a record set last year.
Take a ride in 360 degrees with the paraglider Ricardo Mares, who is a regular over Lima’s cliffs. A swelling migrant population has made running reception centers a source of potential local corruption and mafia penetration, investigators say.
Leading a new wave of defiant activism, Lizbeth Mateo is one of few undocumented immigrants working as a lawyer in immigration courts.
Our critics discuss the influence of the director’s body of work, including “Night of the Living Dead” and its depiction of white law enforcement.
A look at some of this maverick director’s most notable movies, like “Night of the Living Dead” and “Monkey Shines.”
An explosion in costs has emerged as a central problem for the state, and state and local governments are pondering a series of measures to correct course.
Prosecutors sometimes reach plea deals with people accused of capital offenses, but an agreement in Bucks County was notable for its speed.
Have you felt left out of the emoji world? That might change as Apple prepares to roll out new symbols. There’s even one for vomit.
The Trump administration sent a list of objectives to Congress that emphasizes the reduction of the United States’ trade deficit with Canada and Mexico.
An 8-year-old fan of the “Star Wars” heroine Rey writes to the Monopoly manufacturer Hasbro and gets some results.
A medical team in Britain decided to publicize the case to raise awareness about safe contact lens use.
One week after the rapper’s album debuted on Tidal, it became available for streaming and download on other services, and rocketed to top the chart.
The police do not know who shot Willie Cooper, 58, over the weekend. He was walking near the nonprofit organization where he worked to help the city’s young people.
In his first interview since being ousted as Kermit, Steve Whitmire said he had been given little warning. Disney painted a different picture.
Gender inequality remains a problem, but it’s heartening to see playwrights and performers argue for more opportunities.
Paul D. Ryan has promised less-restrictive guidelines for the speaker’s lobby, the golf association is adding restrictions, and social media is up in arms over “appropriate dress.”
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