We have some questions.President Donald Trump, with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, speaks during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Donald Trump held a confusing and contradictory press conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday, moments after the Senate v...
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Trump lauds healthcare bill’s progress in Senate – video
Donald Trump gives a press conference with the Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, at the White House on Tuesday, saying he is very happy with the healthcare vote in the Senate and calling it a ‘big step’. Trump also thanks John McCain, who returned to Washington despite his brain cancer diagnosis to cast a vote
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Senators voting to stop Trumpcare represent 36 million more people than the ones who didn’t
It must be nice to live in a democracy.A senator whose caucus represents less than half of the nation walks with the losers of the 2016 popular vote. CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley
Tuesday afternoon, senators split 50–50 on a motion to proceed to debate an as-yet-undetermined plan to strip health coverage from an unknown number of Americans. Vice President Mike Pence, who received fewer votes than his D...
Now Trump is relying on his fiercest opponent – John McCain | Mary Dejevsky
The Arizona senator has been a virtual one-man opposition to the president. But now his support is vital to attempts to repeal Obamacare • Mary Dejevsky is a writer and broadcasterJohn McCain was guaranteed a hero’s welcome in Washington when he returned for today’s crucial Senate vote. His disclosure, just days earlier, that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, had prompted an outpouring of tributes to the veteran senator whose whole adult life, it sometimes seemed, had been spent ch...
What it’s like to watch the Senate debate whether your life is as valuable as a tax cut for Trump
Let’s talk about what it’s like to be told your life isn’t valuable enough.House Republicans celebrate at the White House after voting to take health coverage away from 23 million people. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Every other Saturday morning, I inject $2,269.61 worth of pharmaceuticals into my leg. If I don’t do so, my immune system will slowly eat holes in my small intestine. Eventually, it will s...
After bizarre speech, Boy Scouts of America distances itself from Trump
Another norm, shattered.CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
President Trump gave a stunningly political speech to tens of thousands of 11-to-18-year-olds at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday night, prompting the Boy Scouts of America to distance itself from the spectacle on Tuesday morning.
At various points during his speech, Trump criticized prominent Democrats; blasted “fake ...
Why GOP Senators Might Not Be Moved by Trump’s Plea on Health Care
Good morning. Here’s Joshua Jamerson’s morning take. Contact Josh at Joshua.Jamerson@wsj.com and follow him @joshjame. Click here to get the Capital Journal Daybreak newsletter delivered to your inbox. Can An 11th-Hour Presidential Cajoling Outweigh Public Opinion? President Donald Trump, flanked by individuals, many of them children, whom he said were victims of the Affordable Care Act, called on Republican senators to […]
No one knows what health care bill the Senate will be voting on, including the president
Can’t sell what you don’t know.President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare, Monday, July 24, 2017, in the Blue Room of the White House Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
The Senate will be voting on health care on Tuesday, but no one knows what that vote will look like, including the president.
Standing in front of people he called “Obamacare victims,” President Donald Trump gave yet another plea ...