Trump doubles down on Obamacare fight, asks court to overturn law
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare health care law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a Texas judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
Trump administration backs Texas judge who ruled Obamacare illegal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare health care law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a Texas judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
U.S. Republicans set Green New Deal vote in bid to divide Democrats
Republican U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a move aimed at dividing Democrats, set a vote for Tuesday on their “Green New Deal” resolution that seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by moving the United States off fossil fuels.
U.S. House to vote on overriding Trump veto of resolution ending border emergency
A test of Republican lawmakers’ loyalty to President Donald Trump comes on Tuesday when the House of Representatives votes on a long-shot effort to override his veto of a resolution ending the national emergency he declared to build a wall along the U…
Kamala Harris courts unions, minorities with call to raise teacher pay
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on Tuesday released a plan that would use federal money to raise teachers’ salaries, in a nod to several constituencies whose help she will need to win next year’s Democratic presidential nomination – teachers unions, women and black voters.
U.S. high court to hear historic electoral map manipulation cases
Some conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward whether judges should have a role in curbing the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power, as the court appeare…
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos disavows Mueller plea deal
George Papadopoulos, the first Trump campaign aide charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, disavowed his guilty plea in a book released on Tuesday, claiming he was unfairly pressured into cutting a deal.
Pentagon chief says $1 billion of funding shifted to border wall
The U.S. Department of Defense shifted $1 billion to plan and build a 57-mile section of “pedestrian fencing”, roads and lighting along the border between the United States and Mexico, the Pentagon chief said on Monday.
Democrats push for Mueller report to Congress by next week, Republicans resist
A fight brewed between Democrats and Republicans over the public release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, while President Donald Trump kept up attacks on his critics on Monday.
U.S. military says it conducts successful missile defense test
The U.S. military said it successfully tested a missile defense system to knock down an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile class target on Monday, demonstrating its ability to defend against ICBMs from countries like North Korea.
