Obamacare: The dirty little secret of "repeal and replace"
GOP plans to preserve the health law's coverage of preexisting conditions may mean going back to controversial "risk pools"
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Congress ethics controversy
House Republicans voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics late Monday, only to reverse course 19 hours later amid bipartisan condemnation. Nancy Cordes reports.
GOP Congress ready to roll back Obama's policies
The 115th Congress will officially be sworn in on Tuesday afternoon
House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office
Republicans voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers
Obama to meet with Hill Democrats in Hail Mary play to save Obamacare
One of the president's biggest worries is that the incoming GOP government will repeal Obamacare
Ex-congressional candidate speaks out in wake of horse-theft arrest
Former South Carolina GOP congressional candidate says he was trying to rescue horses in rural Kentucky
Trump transition update
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will shutter his family's charitable foundation to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest when he takes office in January. However, that can't happen yet because of an investigation the New York AG has launched into the the foundation's spending. Julianna Goldman has more.
Americans are hopeful for a better 2017, poll finds
A majority of poll respondents believes things are going to get better for the U.S. next year
GOP to expand school choice, target unions in states
GOP governors and lawmakers will be pushing an aggressive agenda that limits abortion, lawsuits and unions and expands guns rights and school choice
This group loses big under the GOP Social Security plan
Older Americans would have some cushion against benefit cuts, but that's not the case for millions of others
Poll: Dems feeling less optimistic about party's future, Republican morale is up
A recently conducted Pew Research survey reveals partisan gap post election
Trump’s infrastructure plan showing signs of decay
His often-repeated campaign promise to pump $1 trillion into a massive rebuilding project is looking less promising
Trump taps conservative congressman to be budget director
Mick Mulvaney, conservative GOP congressman from South Carolina, viewed as budget hawk
N.C. GOP strips power from incoming Democratic governor
Republicans were on the cusp of an even greater power grab just weeks before Governor-elect Roy Cooper was set to start his term
How the GOP's Social Security plan cuts benefits
Its $12 trillion proposal to close the funding gap could run afoul of Donald Trump's campaign promise of no cuts
Proposed law would let guns inside Seahawks' stadium
A bill proposed by three Republicans would take away all stadiums' abilities to prohibit people with firearms from entering
Republican wins last Senate race
State Treasurer John Kennedy won the election to fill Louisiana's open Senate seat
Louisiana Senate race: Battle for 2016's last open seat
Republican John Kennedy won the "jungle primary" with a margin of 7.5 percentage points over Democrat Foster Campbell
Poll: Obama approval at highest point since 2012 reelection
The president has a 50 percent approval rating heading into his final months in office, a new poll found Monday
Utah Republican lawmaker wins re-election by just 3 votes
Rep. LaVar Christensen authored the state's now-overturned same-sex marriage ban
Trump campaign promises
Donald Trump started to shy away from some of his more extreme campaign promises during a meeting Tuesday with the New York Times. The president-elect said he wouldn't appoint a special prosecutor for the Clinton email case and that there was "connectivity" between humans and climate change. Chip Reid reports.
GOP election victory provokes anxiety among transgender Americans
Many transgender people fear president-elect Donald Trump will abandon or weaken efforts to protect transgender people
Paul Ryan appeals to GOP to reelect him as House speaker
He also urged the Republican party to unify behind president-elect Donald Trump. Republicans vote on their leadership Tuesday
Sunday: Newt Gingrich, Bernie Sanders
Tune in Sunday for a look back at the stunning presidential election, and an analysis of what to expect from the Trump administration
GOP expands governorships, holds on to state legislatures
Republicans have expanded their power in state capitols to their strongest levels in decades
FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf, Israeli investigators believe
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Key Biden aide recalls "draconian measures" being considered against Israel
CBS News poll finds Democrats maintain House advantage amid concern about prices
Hero passenger on FlyDubai flight: "We are going to survive"
Search ongoing after debris of plane that went missing off Nantucket found
U.S. Marine arrested, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa
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