Uncertainty roils insurance markets

With Senate Republican leaders vowing to try and scrap the 2010 health-care law next week, millions of Americans with federally subsidized insurance plans are in danger of having those plans snatched from them the next time around. Although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., may not have the votes to abolish Obamacare, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could threaten the stability of the individual insurance market by cutting federal dollars that make those policies affordable.

Trump sidelines Rex Tillerson to find a way to stop Iran Nuclear Deal against his wishes

President Donald Trump is putting Rex Tillerson and the U.S. State Department on the sidelines when dealing with Iran on the Nuclear Peace Deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama and a coalition of international states. According to a report from Foreign Policy the move came after a "contentious" meeting between Trump and Tillerson.

The Latest: Panel in talks with Manafort, Trump Jr. reps

In this June 21, 2017 file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign, at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team is evaluating potential conflicts of interest among members of Mueller's investigative team, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

Trump’s New Communications Director Once Called Him A ‘Hack Politician’ And Bully

President Donald Trump on Friday picked Anthony Scaramucci to be his new communications director, but in 2015, the Wall Street financier wasn't so fond of Trump. Scaramucci, who initially supported Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker during the 2016 presidential campaign, called Trump a "hack politician" in 2015 after Trump criticized the hedge fund industry as people who just "move around paper."

Al Gore praises Trudeau on climate change – but says there’s room for improvement

While Al Gore has plenty of praise for Justin Trudeau's efforts to combat climate change, he says there's still room for improvement on the prime minister's environmental agenda. Al Gore poses for a photograph before talking about his new film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth the Power" in Toronto on Friday, July 21, 2017.

Here Are Some Things You Should Probably Know About Anthony Scaramucci

The new White House communications director is now a vocal defender of the president, but he once called Trump "another hack politician." President Donald Trump shook up his beleaguered press team on Friday, appointing close ally and Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci to be his new White House communications director.

Trump’s legal team weighs how to curtail special counsel – reports

U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are reviewing ways to limit or undermine the special counsel investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including by examining the backgrounds of the investigators, according to newspaper reports. FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller leaves the U.S. Capitol Building after meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017.

Eager for Triumph, Trump Pushes Divided Republicans on Health Care

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.

Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to foreign aid, domestic

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.

US seeks Syrian solution, but Assad doesn’t have to go first

The U.S. is seeking a political resolution to the crisis in Syria and won't insist on Syrian President Bashar Assad's immediate ouster, President Donald Trump's homeland and counterterrorism adviser said Thursday. "I don't think it's important for us to say Assad must go first," Tom Bossert said at the Aspen Security Forum, an annual gathering of intelligence and national security officials and experts.

Even with Trump warning, Mueller likely to probe finances

President Donald Trump's growing anxiety about the federal Russia probe has spilled into public view with his warning that special counsel Robert Mueller would be out of bounds if he dug into the Trump family's finances. But that's a line that Mueller seems sure to cross.

Trump struggled to put out fires this week

This week - which was Made in America Week by the way - Donald Trump climbed into a fire truck and proclaimed, "where's the fire?" multiple times, while Vice-President Mike Pence awkwardly stood next to him, laughing: The fire was consuming Republican health reform plans, which again went up in smoke when they couldn't agree on the latest iteration of the healthcare bill. "For seven years I've been hearing repeal and replace from Congress - I've been hearing it loud and strong.

Budget Office: Latest GOP plan adds 22 million uninsured

A revised Republican health care bill would drive up the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday in a report unlikely to help GOP leaders persuade their party's senators to back the reeling legislation in an upcoming showdown vote. An earlier projection by Congress' nonpartisan budget analysts on the initial version of the GOP legislation projected the same number of people losing coverage.