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Republicans are eyeing a recount and a lawsuit over perceived irregularities in a closely watched US election where the Democratic candidate is claiming victory in a Trump stronghold. With the last batch of absentee ballots counted, Mr Lamb, a 33-year-old former prosecutor and first-time candidate, saw his edge over Republican Rick Saccone shrink slightly, to 627 votes out of more than 224,000 cast, according to unofficial results.
Republicans eyed a recount and a lawsuit over perceived irregularities in a closely watched U.S. House race in Pennsylvania where Democrat Conor Lamb clung to a slender lead in the longtime GOP stronghold friendly to President Donald Trump. With the last batch of absentee ballots counted, Lamb, a 33-year-old former prosecutor and first-time candidate, saw his edge over Republican Rick Saccone shrink slightly, to 627 votes out of more than 224,000 cast, according to unofficial results.
The House voted against the controversial "Right to Try" bill Tuesday evening, which would let patients access drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill, which needed two thirds of the vote to pass under suspension of the rules, failed 259-140.
In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, dawn breaks over the Capitol in Washington. The once bipartisan drive to curb increases in health care premiums has devolved into a partisan struggle with escalating demands by each side.
A smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information. Giving consumers a share of drug company rebates for their prescriptions.
When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski had been a member of the United States Senate for 15 years. She'd pulled off a historic write-in campaign, built a reputation as someone who thinks deeply about policy, and helped pass a sweeping bipartisan public-lands deal.
Virginia Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, center, informs the State Senate that the House is ready to adjourn the 2018 session of the Virginia General Assembly session at the Capitol in Richmond on Saturday, March 10, 2018.
A battle over Medicaid will keep Virginia's House and Senate from passing the two-year state budget on time, legislators acknowledged Thursday, just two days before the General Assembly's scheduled conclusion. The General Assembly will have to extend the current session or convene for a special session to continue work on the spending plan.
In West Virginia, striking public school teachers and staff celebrated a victory this week, inspiring educators outside their state to take action for better pay and working conditions. Their nine-day wildcat strike - the longest in recent West Virginia history - put in stark relief another national debate on teachers: President Donald Trump's plan to arm teachers with concealed firearms in the aftermath of the Valentine's Day school massacre in Parkland, Florida.
There's something deeply unsettling about living in a country where millions of people froth at the mouth at the idea of giving health care to the tens of millions of Americans who don't have it, or who take pleasure at the thought of privatizing and slashing bedrock social programs like Social Security or Medicare. It might not be so hard to stomach if other Western countries also had a large, vocal chunk of the population that thought like this, but the U.S. is seemingly the only place where right-wing elites can openly share their distaste for the working poor.
State leaders Tuesday announced a deal to end a statewide walkout of teachers and service personnel that has lasted for nine days. Wood County and surrounding counties will resume classes today, ending the walkout which began Feb. 22. Wood County Schools Superintendent John Flint said teachers, service personnel and students were eager to get back to a sense of normal.
Four days after he fatally shot himself outside the White House, a Florida man's apartment has not been searched by police. Four days after he fatally shot himself outside the White House, a Florida man's apartment has not been searched by police.
West Virginia lawmakers say the main goal of a constitutional amendment they are proposing is to end Medicaid funding for abortions - but opponents say the change could lead to a future ban on abortions altogether. The House on Monday voted 73-25 to pass the resolution, which was approved by the Senate a month ago and will now go before voters in a November referendum.
Republicans in Congress spent much of 2017 seeking to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. After repeated attempts failed, they celebrated a victory with the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
After last year's successful drive to cut taxes, what does the majority party in Congress do for an encore? The answer for Republicans seems to be, "Not so much." For sure, Republicans in Washington feel good about the effect their overhaul of the nation's tax code is having on the economy, and recent polling suggests it's getting more popular as the midterm elections draw closer.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, right, greets Glenn Noll, left, and Barbara Rodgick after speaking at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. @KMCannonPhoto El candidato republicano a la gobernacion, el fiscal general de Nevada, Adam Laxalt, saluda a Frank Myers luego de hablar en Veterans Village, en el centro de Las Vegas, el 24 de enero de 2018.
Trillion-dollar budget deficits are returning next year, and $2 trillion-plus deficits are not far off in the wake of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's big budget deal, a private group warned in a new analysis Friday. The analysis, by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, says that the separate tax and spending measures, along with increased borrowing costs, promise to add $6 trillion to the nation's already rapidly rising debt in the coming decade.
In this March 1, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., his wife Jane Sanders, and his son Levi Sanders arrive at a primary night rally in Essex Junction, Vt. Levi Sanders is joining seven fellow New Hampshire Democrats and three Republicans running for the 1st Congressional District seat in 2018.