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US Health Care Reform Collapses As Two More Republicans Say No

Two more US Republican senators announced their opposition Monday to their party's efforts to revamp Obamacare,...

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Republican Health Care Reform Up In Air As McCain Recovers

The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote...

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Sessions Said He Hadn’t Had Contact With Foreign Government In 7 YEARS

Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security...

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New Republican Health Bill Teeters, With Support In Doubt

Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top...

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US Attorney General Failed To Report Russia Meetings On Security Form

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security...

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US Republicans Roll Dice Once More On Health Care

Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell will try to pull a political rabbit out of his hat Thursday when he unveils a...

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Trump FBI Nominee Rejects Torture

President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday he rejected the use of torture...

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US Senate Delays Summer Break Amid Health Care Impasse

The US Senate will delay its summer break by two weeks to focus on breaking an impasse over health care reform and...

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Trump To Nominate Financier To Role of Banking Regulator

US President Donald Trump intends to nominate Randal Quarles, a former Treasury Department official, to a role as the...

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Mauritania Opposition Vows To Boycott President’s Referendum

Several Mauritanian opposition parties said Monday that they had formed a coalition to boycott a referendum set for...

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Sitting Allowances For Kenya’s Lawmakers Abolished

Members of the Kenyan Parliament who will be elected to the 12th Parliament will not benefit from the Sh5,000 allowance...

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Get Health Care Reform Done Before Vacation

President Donald Trump prodded US lawmakers Monday to pass an unpopular health care reform bill before Congress goes on...

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Trump Son ‘met Kremlin-Linked Lawyer’ During Election Campaign

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work "constructively" with Russia despite confronting Vladimir Putin...

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Cambodian Ruling MPs Move To Isolate Opposition Figurehead

Cambodian ruling party MPs on Monday voted to effectively sever ties between the beleaguered opposition and its...

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Decades of Trying, But Health Reform Remains Elusive In US

The United States, entangled in conflict overseas and struggling economically, was at a fraught moment when the...

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France Unveils Brexit Plan To Lure Bankers From London

The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three...

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Trump Bullish On ‘blazing’ Economy But Whose Recovery Is It?

As he rubs shoulders with leaders of the world's other major economies, Donald Trump is in a bullish mood about the US...

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Top Mali Court Orders Changes To Controversial Referendum

Mali's constitutional court Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Ibrahima Boubacar Keita over a...

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McCain Calls For Pakistani ‘cooperation’ Against Extremists

US Senator John McCain visited Kabul Tuesday and warned neighbouring Pakistan that Washington was counting on its...