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House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a news conference to announce that the Republican Party has decided not to vote on its health bill on Friday. "We were close," he said, but the votes weren't there to pass it.

Republicans Kill Health Care Vote As GOP Members Defect

4:28pm March 24, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Centrist and hard-line Republicans came out against the GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Facing a near-certain defeat, House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump agreed to pull the bill.

President Trump met with truckers and industry CEOs at the White House on Thursday regarding health care.

Trump Faces Most Consequential Day Of His Presidency So Far

12:16pm March 24, 2017

The president's reputation as a deal-maker is on the line Friday as House Republicans face a politically perilous vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers testify during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Russian actions during the 2016 election campaign.

The FBI Is On The Case — And Other Takeaways From The House Intel Hearing

9:02pm March 20, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

James Comey confirmed on Monday that the FBI is investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, and he said there's no evidence Barack Obama was wiretapping Trump.

President Trump attends a meeting on health care at the White House last week. The bill is facing opposition from all sides. Without its passage, everything else on Trump's agenda could be slowed.

Trump Faces Critical Phase, As He Tries To Make His Rhetoric Reality

2:49pm March 20, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The GOP deadline to pass health care is the first week of April. If it doesn't happen, everything else gets pushed back. Trump's agenda faces two big tests this week, from the Supreme Court to Russia.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. (right), and the committee's ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., depart after a briefing with FBI Director Jim Comey about Russian influence on the American presidential election earl

Ahead Of House Hearing, Committee Head Says No Evidence Of Collusion Or Wiretapping

1:43pm March 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The head of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes said that there is still no evidence that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower, as President Trump has claimed.

Ilhan Omar, a candidate for State Representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on election night, November 8, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Omar, a refugee from Somalia, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to hold publi

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This Week In Race: New Doc, New Pols, New Race Game

4:01am March 17, 2017

The Fader had an terrific profile of Congress' first Somali-Muslim American, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is standing firm against the so-called Muslim ban.

President Trump speaks at a rally in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday. During the speech, he criticized a court that blocked his new travel executive order. And that, lawyers say, could be a problem for him.

Trump Violating Lawyers' First Rule For Clients: Keep Your Mouth Shut

4:23pm March 16, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

The president and his advisers are playing into lawyers' worst nightmare: digging their legal case into a deep hole by making remarks outside the courtroom.

Photo of a blank federal income tax return. The White House confirmed an MSNBC report Tuesday that President Trump paid $38 million in federal taxes in 2005.

Trump Paid About $38 Million In Federal Taxes In 2005, Leaked Returns Say

10:55pm March 14, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

A two-page portion of his return shows he earned about $150 million, and would have paid less in taxes, but for the alternative minimum. The White House said the returns were "illegally published."

A member of the Secret Service walks the perimeter of the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, last March. On Friday night, an intruder entered the White House grounds while the President was home.

Intruder Arrested After Entering White House Grounds

5:51pm March 11, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The Secret Service says a man carrying two cans of mace scaled the White House fence. President Trump, who was in the White House at the time, called the intruder"a troubled person."

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, right, and former Sen. Jim DeMint, now president of the Heritage Foundation, walk away from the West Wing of the White House on Wednesday. The White House declined to discipline Conway for a lapse in a recent o

U.S. Ethics Official To White House: No, These Rules Definitely Apply To You

10:31pm March 09, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

After Kellyanne Conway urged shoppers to buy Ivanka Trump's fashion line, the Office of Government Ethics urged punishment. The White House says the agency's rules don't apply to its workers.