MSNBC host points out GOP resistance

Network host Joy Reid said on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" that Sens. Susan Collins , Lisa Murkowski and Shelly Moore Capito have stalled the repeal of Obamacare because they are "leading kind of the resistance" to President Trump. On Wednesday, Reid said, "When it comes to politics I think it's such a man's world for so long - it's so much of politics driven by men telling women what's best for them.

Trump’s embrace of Russia making top advisers wary

The budget plan unveiled Tuesday is crucial because its passage would pave the way to pass a tax overhaul this fall without the fear of a filibuster by Senate Democrats. The budget plan unveiled Tuesday is crucial because its passage would pave the way to pass a tax overhaul this fall without the fear of a filibuster by Senate Democrats.

Report: USPS improperly enabled workers who helped Clinton campaign

A government investigation concluded that the United States Postal Service "improperly coordinated" with a postal workers union that supported Hillary Clinton's campaign. The investigation, as documented in a report from the Office of Special Counsel, said the USPS granted employees union leave time off, at the request of the union, to do political activity -- which OSC concluded was a "systematic violation" of a law regarding the political activity of federal employees.

CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026

CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance. CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance.

Trump exhorts Senate anew to rid US of Obamacare

Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an "Obamacare" repeal bill to sign. Senators responded by vowing to revive legislative efforts left for dead twice already this week.

Around 155 arrested in Capitol protests

U.S. Capitol Police say they've arrested around 155 demonstrators in Senate office buildings as Republicans continue working on legislation to eliminate much of President Barack Obama's health care law. Arrests of demonstrators opposing the GOP effort have been occurring frequently.

It may be easier to break Trump’s grip on the GOP than once feared

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Sen. Susan Collins arrives ahead of President Trump's first address before a joint session of Congress, on Feb. 28 at the U.S. Capitol. Both Democrats sincerely concerned about the viability of a sane, two-party system and #NeverTrump Republicans horrified at what's become of their once-admirable party have been pondering since Election Day how - or if - the GOP can free itself from President Trump's grip.

Pork barrel spending on the rise in Congress, watchdog group says

Rep. Don Young , shown in July 2014 at the Capitol in Washington, secured more than $200 million in earmarks for the so-called Bridge to Nowhere a decade ago, which would have connected a small town in Alaska to its airport. Despite declaring a moratorium on pork-barrel spending more than five years ago, members of Congress secured 163 earmarks in the 2017 federal budget worth $6.8 billion, according to a new report by Citizens Against Government Waste.

Not dead yet: Trump exhorts Senate to pass Obamacare repeal

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., followed by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn Texas, leave the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, to speak to members of the media following a luncheon with President Donald Trump and other GOP leadership. WASHINGTON - Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an "Obamacare" repeal bill to sign.

Obamacare Exchanges In Limbo

California's Obamacare exchange scrubbed its annual rate announcement this week, the latest sign of how the ongoing political drama over the Affordable Care Act is roiling insurance markets nationwide. The exchange, Covered California, might not wrap up negotiations with insurers and announce 2018 premiums for its 1.4 million customers until mid-August - about a month later than usual.

US congressman stuns a Nasa panel with question on aliens

'Was he for real?': The internet erupts as a US congressman asks a senior Nasa panel if aliens lived on Mars 'thousands of years ago' California Republican Dana Rohrabacher queried whether an alien civilisation lived on Mars 'thousands of years ago', asking Nasa officials 'would you rule that out?' After he was told by a panel member that an ancient colony on Mars was 'extremely unlikely', the internet erupted with responses to the bizarre exchange, with one commenter asking: 'Was he for real?' Mars was far wetter and warmer billions of years ago, and scientists have spent decades studying its soil and atmosphere to determine if it once held life.

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan. is pursued by reporters as he arrives on…

Republicans are expressing embarrassment, fear and frustration as party leaders concede that their years-long promise to erase much of Barack Obama 's Affordable Care Act is all but dead. Conservative activists blamed establishment Republicans who control Congress.