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‘Repeal only’ Bill Would Leave 32mn More Uninsured, Congressional Budget Office Says

July 20, 2017 Focus Washington

A legislation that would dismantle large parts of ObamaCare without an immediate replacement would leave 32 million more people uninsured and double premiums over a decade, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report Wednesday, […]

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McCain Cancer Diagnosis Looms over Healthcare Talks

July 20, 2017 Focus Washington

News of Senator John McCain’s diagnosis of brain cancer loomed over a previously scheduled meeting on healthcare negotiations on Wednesday night, The Hill reports. Senator James Lankford lead more than a dozen GOP senators in prayer as […]

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Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort to Testify before Senate

July 20, 2017 Focus Washington

Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort have been scheduled to testify before the Senate judiciary committee on July 26, the panel announced Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is also […]

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Republicans Face Uncertain Electoral Future in 2018 as Health-bill Collapses

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

As the seven-year Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act crashed on the threshold of the Senate, President Trump offered his party a rescue strategy. Step one: Blame Democrats. Step two: Win more seats […]

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Majority of Voters Think Trump Jr. Meeting Was Bad Idea

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

A majority of voters say it was inappropriate for Donald Trump Jr. to accept an offer to meet with an attorney linked to the Russian government, according to a new Politico/Morning Consult poll. More than […]

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Trump Administration: Supreme Court to Clarify Travel Ban Ruling

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

Lawyers for the Trump administration went back to the Supreme Court again late Friday in the ongoing battle over President Donald Trump’s travel ban – this time asking the justices to resolve the uncertainty created […]

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Samsung Rolls out Bixby Assistant for Galaxy S8 Users in U.S.

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

Samsung began rolling out its smart assistant Bixby — which is a rival to Apple’s Siri — for Galaxy S8 and S8+ users in the U.S. on Wednesday, after a delay for the much-hyped feature, CNBC News […]

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Report: Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Ready to Testify before Congress

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met last year with Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign aides says she is ready to testify before Congress, The Hill reads. “I’m ready to clarify the situation behind this mass […]

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U.S. General Warns of Out-of-control Killer Robots

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

One of the highest ranking military officers, General Paul Selva, advocated Tuesday for “keeping the ethical rules of war in place lest we unleash on humanity a set of robots that we don’t know how […]

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Tax Reform Becomes Must-win Issue for White House

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

The White House has turned its attention to tax reform following President Donald Trump’s effort to undo ObamaCare derailed by opposition from Republican senators. The long-held GOP goal of re-engineering the U.S. tax system has […]

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Tensions Rise between Trump, GOP

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

Tensions are bubbling over between President Trump and Senate Republicans. White House officials are blaming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for getting stuffed at the goal line on ObamaCare repeal-and-replace legislation, while GOP senators say Trump failed […]

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Trump, Putin Met for Nearly an Hour in Second G20 Meeting

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, spoke for a second time on July 7 in a previously undisclosed discussion, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. A senior White House official told CNN […]

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Questions Grow over Ivanka Trump’s Security Clearance

July 19, 2017 Focus Washington

A group of House Democrats want to know if first daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump concealed knowledge of her husband’s meetings with Russian officials when she was applying for a security clearance, The […]

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General: North Korean Missiles ‘Clearly’ Have Range to Reach U.S.

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

The second-highest ranking military officer in the country said North Korea’s July 4 missile test “clearly” shows the country has the range to hit part of the United States, though he added Pyongyang still lacks the […]

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Elon Musk Wants AI Regulations

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

Elon Musk isn’t scared of anything—except perhaps bankruptcy and artificial intelligence. The tech billionaire, who peddles luxury electric vehicles designed to drive autonomously, has once again expounded on the evils of AI. “I have exposure to […]

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Trump Calls Venezuela’s Maduro ‘Bad Leader’, Threatens to Strengthen Sanctions

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a “bad leader” and an aspiring “dictator” on Monday, and threatened to take “strong and swift economic actions” if Maduro goes ahead with plans to rewrite the […]

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Fox Legal Analyst Says Russia Meeting ‘Would’ve Been a Felony’ if They Got Clinton Info

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

A Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, believes there’s enough information out there to “commence a criminal investigation” into accusations of collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia, Huffington Post reads. “It is a crime to receive something of […]

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House Republican Unveils $4tn Budget Plan that Attaches Major Spending Cuts to Tax Reform

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives released Tuesday, a fiscal 2018 budget plan that would allow a tax reform package to pass the U.S. Congress without support from Democrats. The $4 trillion blueprint, which […]

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Former Vice President: ‘I Was Wrong’ about Trump

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Al Gore says he’s given up hope that President Trump will “come to his senses” and act on climate issues. Gore on Monday night told “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert that his hopes about […]

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Trump Blindsided by Implosion of GOP Healthcare Bill

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump convened a strategy session over steak and succotash at the White House with senators Monday night, trying to plot an uphill path to repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with a GOP alternative, […]

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Trump Pivots to ‘Made in America’ amid Russia Scandal

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

The White House is focusing on its bread-and-butter issue of trade this week as it tries to shift the spotlight away from the Russia controversy dogging the administration, The Hill reports. President Trump’s top trade […]

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Iran Complying with Nuclear Deal, Trump Administration Says

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration declared Monday that Iran was complying with its nuclear agreement with world powers. However, it warned that Tehran was in default of the spirit of the accord and that Washington would look […]

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Congress’ Second Attempt to Pass Healthcare Repeal Bill Fails

July 18, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority was dealt a potentially fatal blow Monday night as two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the party’s healthcare overhaul, Politico reads. Trump quickly called on Republicans to […]

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Environmental Agency to Retain Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration says the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution concentrations should stay in place. The agency said it has completed a scientific review of the nitrogen dioxide standard from […]

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Poll: Majority of Americans See Healthcare as Most Important Issue

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

Majority of U.S. citizens see healthcare as the most important issue the country is facing but are doubtful Congress will pass legislation lowering premiums and covering more people, according to a Bloomberg poll released Monday. […]

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Secret Service Denies it Vetted Meeting between Trump Jr and Russian Nationals

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The U.S. Secret Service denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign, CNBC News reads. Earlier, Donald Trump Jr. […]

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United Arab Emirates Reportedly behind Qatar News Agency Hack that Launched Regional Crisis

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries, according […]

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Top Senate Republican Vows Vote on Healthcare, but Uncertainty Reigns

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

A top Senate Republican vowed on Sunday to bring the party’s health care bill to a vote as soon as possible, even as detractors said they would use a delay caused by the absence of Senator John McCain to […]

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Government Ethics Watchdog to Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

Government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) will be making public visitor logs to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort starting this fall, The Hill reads. CREW on Monday announced that the Department […]

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White House Pressures Senator Flake to Back Trump’s Policies

July 17, 2017 Focus Washington

The White House has met with at least three actual or prospective primary challengers to Arizona Senator Jeff Flake in recent weeks, a reflection of Donald Trump’s strained relations with the senator and the latest […]

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