‘Plan C’ on Obamacare, Repeal Now and Replace Later, Has Collapsed

By THOMAS KAPLAN July 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in tatters, Senate leaders on Tuesday pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama’s health...

Writers From the Right and Left on Trump Jr., the Future of the F.B.I., Health Care and More

Read about how the other side thinks: Writers from across the political spectrum take on the news of the week.

In McConnell’s Home State, Fear and Confusion Over Health Care Bill

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG June 28, 2017 WHITESBURG, Ky. — Dewey Gorman, a 59-year-old banker who has struggled with opioid addiction, had just gotten out of the hospital in this tiny central Appalachian city when he heard the word from Washington:...

On Washington: Schumer Avoids the Limelight on Russia, Leaving Trump in the Dark

Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, stepped back to lead a deal on Russia sanctions, another example of lawmakers’ finding bipartisan ways to challenge the Trump administration.

Senate Leaders Try to Appease Members as Support for Health Bill Slips

With criticism mounting over their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, top Republicans are cutting deals and cajoling members to get to 50 votes.

Trump, in Zigzag, Calls House Republicans’ Health Bill ‘Mean’

By THOMAS KAPLAN, JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR June 13, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday bluntly derided a House attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act as “mean,” and in doing so, injected himself in a...