On Politics: Inside the White House Fight Over Obamacare
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, spent years in Congress saying the health care law should be repealed. He brought that argument to the Oval Office.
Overlooked No More: Bessie Blount, Nurse, Wartime Inventor and Handwriting Expert
Blount invented a feeding device and taught amputee veterans to write with their teeth and their feet. She later became a forensic handwriting analyst.
Monsanto Ordered to Pay $80 Million in Roundup Cancer Case
The jury found that Monsanto should be held liable for the man’s cancer because it failed to warn him about the herbicide’s cancer risks.
Trump’s Fed Pick Owes $75,000 in Unpaid Federal Taxes
Court records reveal a lien against Stephen Moore, an economic adviser whom the president said last week he would nominate to the Fed’s Board of Governors.
To Barbara Bush, Donald Trump Represented ‘Greed, Selfishness’
A new biography of the former first lady also quotes a family insider confirming a long-lasting affair between former President George Bush and an aide.
Judge Blocks Work Requirements for Medicaid Recipients in Arkansas and Kentucky
The ruling is a blow to the Trump administration, which has approved work requirements in seven other states and is reviewing applications from eight others.
Boeing Faces Capitol’s Glare as It Presses to Fix the 737 Max
The changes would give pilots more control and make it less likely that faulty data can set off a reaction, two issues at the center of investigations into two crashes.
Lawmakers Rough Up Pompeo Over Proposed State Department Cuts
In congressional testimony, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to defend a cut of more than 23 percent to a requested budget for the United States diplomatic apparatus.
Trump Warns Russia to ‘Get Out’ of Venezuela
Russia, which landed two planes carrying military personnel in Caracas this week, has shown little sign of tamping down its involvement as the White House tries to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push to Nullify Health Law
President Trump decided to press courts to overturn the Affordable Care Act despite concerns from the attorney general, the health secretary and the vice president.
The Measles Emergency: What Are Religious Exemptions?
The outbreak has raised questions about why most states allow religious exemptions to vaccines requirements.
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