A look at the senators crucial to action on health care – AM 720 KDWN

The version that narrowly passed the House on Thursday didn't win over many in the Senate, where lawmakers insist they'll come up with their own version. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke to President Donald Trump after the House vote and is now working with roughly a dozen other senators - all male - to write a new bill.

Indiana school faces backlash over Trump ‘resistance’ class

A private college in Vice President Mike Pence's home state of Indiana is facing backlash after offering a "Trumpism & U.S. Democracy" course that described the president in class materials as a purveyor of "sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism and imperialism." Now officials at Butler University in Indianapolis are doing damage control after conservative news outlets picked up on the description of the fall class, which also indicated students would discuss and "potentially engage" in "strategies for resistance" to President Donald Trump.

LA City Council votes to support President Trump impeachment

The Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution today stating that President Donald Trump should be investigated for any high crime or misdemeanor sufficient to warrant impeachment proceedings. The resolution calls for the city's 2017-18 federal legislative program to include support for any legislative action to investigate whether Trump has violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution or committed any other high crime or misdemeanor.

Trump’s call with Philippines’ Duterte ‘all about North Korea’: White House

In addition to blasting the WHCD, the 45th president also took aim at the general USA media saying, " CNN and MSNBC are fake news". The president insisted there is no place he'd rather be celebrating his first 100 days than in Pennsylvania - a state that proved so crucial for him on Election Day.

Hacking arrest, fake news in tense French presidential race

"I am against the extremism of Marine Le Pen and the major danger that the National Front represents for the unity of France". She has consistently sought to paint her rival as the continuation of unpopular outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande and a champion of unbridled globalisation, the financial sector and immigration.

Joyful House GOP votes to repeal reviled ‘Obamacare’

Delivering at last, triumphant House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the "Obamacare" health plan they have reviled for so long, overcoming united Democratic opposition and their own deep divisions to hand a major win to President Donald Trump. The 217-213 vote was a narrow victory, and ultimate success is far from assured since the measure must still make its way through a highly skeptical Senate.

Republican health care bill would allow employers to cap benefits

The Republican health care plan that passed the House on Thursday targeted a key protection for Americans who get their health insurance through work. It would allow health insurance companies to impose lifetime and annual caps on benefits for those who get coverage through a large-employer plan.

House repeal of ‘Obamacare’ hands hot potato to wary Senate

Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama's health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives.

Repeal of ‘Obamacare’ sends health care battle to Senate

Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centrepiece scuttling much of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives.

Jessica Chastain and Kevin Bacon reveal how fame helped them escape speeding tickets

She told the Graham Norton show: "I wasn't driving but we got pulled over for speeding and I thought, 'This is a disaster', but the cop looked at me and said, 'Are you an actor?'. "When I said yes, he asked what films I have been in and I knew that was my moment to get out of the ticket and that I had better say the right film.

Trump limits IRS action over church political activity

Declaring he was giving churches their "voices back," U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting political activity for religious organizations -- a move that fell short of a more sweeping order some supporters had expected. As he marked the National Day of Prayer at the White House on Thursday, Trump signed the order on religious freedom, which directs the Treasury Department to not take "adverse action" over churches or religious organizations for political speech.

Trump savors win as House passes Obamacare repeal

US President Donald Trump extracted a much-needed victory from Congress Thursday as Republicans narrowly pushed a bill through the House of Representatives repealing the landmark health reforms of his predecessor. The vote of 217-213 could hardly have been closer in the Republican-controlled chamber, highlighting the concerns of many in Trump's party who fear the bill could strip millions of Americans of their coverage and send costs skyrocketing.

Planned Parenthood supporters slam Steve Knight for healthcare vote at Santa Clarita rally

Supporters of Planned Parenthood march outside the office of Rep. Steve Knight, R-Santa Clarita, voicing outrage after the Congressman's vote in favor of the GOP's Obamacare repeal bill. As President Donald Trump and House Republicans in Washington D.C. celebrated the passage of their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, some Southern Californians gathered outside one of those GOP members' offices in Santa Clarita in a different mood.