Republican finger-pointing commenced Friday after the Senate's dark-of-night defeat of the GOP effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law, a startling blow to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders.
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BREAKING: Priebus is out as White House chief of staff
Homeland Security secretary John Kelly will replace the out-of-favor establishment Republican.Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus climbs into an SUV at Andrews Air Force Base after being dismissed by President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon. CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Reince Priebus will be replaced as White House Chief of Staff, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter late Frida...
There’s one reason Trump can get away with a vulgar, dysfunctional White House: He’s white
The White House’s bad boys benefit from the privilege that society grants white men.Trump’s new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, takes questions from reporters. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The Trump White House produces one salacious headline after another, and in the process, exposes the glaring double-standard and privilege automatically bestowed upon white men. Do we dare ...
WATCH: Protestors in DC celebrate death of GOP health bill
Protesters at the U.S. Capitol celebrate the Senate voting against "skinny" Obamacare repeal measure.
All the ways Trump can still kill Obamacare
It’s not over ’til it’s over.Capitol Hill police officers David Bailey, left, and Crystal Griner listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, during a ceremony to recognize the first responders from the June 14 Congressional baseball shooting. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Early Friday morning, the Senate voted 49–51 against the Heal...
McCain is getting the credit, but these women are the ones who really saved Obamacare
Sens. Murkowski and Collins have always stuck to their principles.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, listen to the president speak in June. CREDIT: AP/Susan Wlash
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is grabbing headlines after he voted “no” on the Senate’s so-called “skinny repeal” bill to roll back Obamacare. McCain walked onto the Senate floor during the roll call and g...
WATCH: The 3 Republican senators who voted against ‘skinny’ Obamacare repeal
Senators Collins, McCain and Murkowski voted against the stripped-down version of an Obamacare repeal measure.
WATCH: Obamacare repeal fails again in the Senate in 49-51 vote
The Senate's effort to pass a stripped-down version of an Obamacare repeal measure -- the so-called "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act -- failed during a vote, 49-51, held shortly around 1:30 a.m. Friday.
WATCH: The Note: The end for repeal and replace
Senate Republicans suffered a major blow overnight, when the latest health care bill to repeal parts of Obamacare was rejected.
BREAKING: Republicans defect, kill Senate effort to repeal Obamacare
Obamacare lives to see another day.CREDIT: Screenshot/C-SPAN2
The Senate voted against the Health Care Freedom Act (HCFA) early Friday morning, with a vote of 49–51.
The so-called “skinny repeal” bill made serious cuts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would have left 16 million people uninsured by 2026. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John McCain (R-AZ), and Susan Collins (R-ME) were the only...