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Sen. John McCain. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images "I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support," tweeted Arizona Sen. John McCain in response to Americans' reactions to his recent diagnosis of brain cancer.
Airbnb Inc. hosts and Etsy Inc. vendors who have avoided taxes on income from the sharing economy might have to start sharing more with the Internal Revenue Service. Federal rules don't require such companies to withhold any income taxes on the payments they route to people who provide services or sell items via their online platforms.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be.
The Republican-controlled Senate will make one more attempt to repeal Obamacare next week, hoping to make good on a major campaign pledge made by President Donald Trump. Trump and his Republican allies suffered a major setback when the latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare failed in the Senate, riven by divisions between conservatives and moderates over what should come next.
A cancer expert says Sen. John McCain has an "aggressive" form of brain cancer that will be difficult to treat. Dr. David Reardon at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says glioblastoma is the most common type of brain cancer in adults.
Trump's scathing criticism in an interview with The New York Times immediately sparked new questions about whether the nation's top cop, one of the president's earliest supporters, enjoys his confidence and support. Sessions on Thursday made it clear he has no plans to leave his post, and several Republican lawmakers rushed to his defense.
John McCain McCain rivals praise senator after brain cancer diagnosis McCain absence adds to GOP agenda's uncertainty Overnight Defense: Trump gets briefing at Pentagon on ISIS, Afghanistan 's brain cancer elicited expressions of sympathy across the government, even from fellow senators and public officials who have been the targets of his famous temper. One of the most heartfelt expressions of sympathy on Wednesday night, when news broke of his diagnosis of brain cancer, came from Sen. Ted Cruz McCain rivals praise senator after brain cancer diagnosis Senate heads to new healthcare vote with no clear plan Cruz offers bill to weaken labor board's power MORE Cruz has been one of McCain's chief antagonists in recent years.
The last thing Republicans on Capitol Hill apparently want the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to do is actually protect financial consumers. That would explain the angry GOP reaction whenever the bureau announces new rules, such as one this week to stop big financial institutions from imposing mandatory arbitration agreements on consumers who have legal grievances.
Rep. John Yarmuth told a July 20, 2017 news conference that Democrats will pursue a "government-organized or a government-run alternative" to the Obamacare's failed insurance co-ops "essentially, a public option of sorts," he said. "I don't know many people in the insurance industry who will contend that the individual insurance market is viable without government involvement," Rep. John Yarmuth , the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, told a news conference on Thursday.
On a scorching June morning, nearly 50 immigration detainees shackled at the feet, the waist, and the wrists shuffle into the federal courthouse in Tucson, Arizona. Inside the courtroom, they sit down in rows of seven.
The Arizona Republican's diagnosis of brain cancer shook political Washington - where the 80-year-old senator is deeply respected by both parties - and sparked an outpouring of support from friends and political opponents alike. While the focus has been on McCain's health, his absence also has repercussions for the Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare.
Mike Hanke, retired editor and general manager of the Canton Repository, knew Regula from the days when -- as a new reporter -- he covered the congressman's run for the first of what would be 18-terms in the U.S. House. "He was a very kind and gentle individual, but I would say that I think he is probably going to be remembered for his constituency service.
Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, and Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, have found a bipartisan message in their push to reform how states implement pre-trial bail. The two lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday that would change or replace the bail system using a $10 million grant over a three-year period.
The absence of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who remains at his Arizona home after a diagnosis of brain cancer, not only cast a cloud over Capitol Hill, it also sank the GOP legislative agenda further into uncertainty. Even before McCain's announcement that he would remain in his home state while consulting with his family and doctors about the course of his treatment, neither Republicans' latest draft bill to repeal and replace Obamacare nor its alternative plan for a straight repeal with a two-year delay in implementation had enough support to pass.
President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an encounter not initially disclosed on the sidelines of an international summit this month. One of the topics, according to Trump? Russian adoptions.
Rebuffing a Republican president, a GOP-led Senate panel on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid and deep reductions in spending on domestic programs such as education, housing and energy. In May, Trump proposed a cut of some 32 percent in spending in diplomacy programs such as economic aid and contributions to international organizations.
Mother of Guthrie McLean, 25, who has yet to be allowed to visit her son, says he is 'enduring' in captivity US embassy officials on Thursday visited the American university student detained in China over an altercation with a taxi driver, as family and friends continue to lobby for his release. Guthrie McLean, a 25-year-old student at the University of Montana, is being held at a detention centre in Zhengzhou, Henan province.
A debt collection office created by Louisiana lawmakers to go after delinquent accounts has drawn $92 million in payments since it began its work three years ago, the state's revenue secretary said Thursday. That's about a 17 percent rate of collection of the nearly $528 million in back-owed debts that have been sent to the Office of Debt Recovery for collection since the 2014-15 budget year, according to data from Revenue Secretary Kimberly Robinson, who oversees the collection office.
A White House official confirmed the conversation Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity despite the president's repeated criticism of unnamed sources.