Work Toward Bipartisan Fix for Health Markets Begins in Senate

Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the chairman of the Senate health committee, said Wednesday that he hoped for a deal by the end of next week.

Trump’s Choice for Top Civil Rights Job Defends Private-Sector Work

Eric S. Dreiband, the nominee to run the Justice Department’s civil rights division, defended Abercrombie & Fitch over its firing of a Muslim woman and fought the agency over transgender bathroom access.