Schumer raises filibuster threat, says Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch lacks 60 votes to overcome

As the Senate gears up to consider President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted Sunday that “it looks like Gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin” needed to overcome a...

River surge, avalanche leaves hundreds dead in Colombia; scores more injured and homeless

A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more injured and homeless. People pried through piles of...

CEO explains why political battles are a ‘distraction’ for the health-care business

As politicians battle over the Affordable Care Act, medical providers operate under continued uncertainty. “If you’re in business, great huge shocks from the political system are always a distraction,” Jonathan Bush, athenahealth CEO and co-founder,...