The dramatic vote came as President Trump and Republicans were desperate to show progress on a central promise to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. "After 7 years of talking," Trump wrote on Twitter, "we will soon see whether or not Republicans are willing to step up to the plate!"
A vote underscores the ideological rifts that remain.
A former aide to one of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's former political challengers pleaded guilty Tuesday to engaging in an alleged scheme that helped the congressman remove a rival to his re-election bid. Carolyn Cavaness, 34, of Ardmore, told a federal judge that she helped funnel $90,000 from Brady's campaign...
The energy secretary was the latest victim of two Russian pranksters in a winding, wonkish conversation about foreign coal exploration, natural-gas pipelines and pig manure as a power source.
Youngstown, Ohio, suffered closures of steel mills in the 1970s and '80s that laid off thousands, tanked the local economy and led to a mass exodus of residents. But the region has evolved significantly since then, and few say they expect Trump to revive the steel industry.
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions weathered another round of criticisms from President Trump on Tuesday, the Department of Justice on Tuesday announced new, broader restrictions on policing grants - aimed at withholding federal money from sanctuary cities like Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's pick for a top Justice Department post could face questions during a Tuesday Senate confirmation hearing about his work for a leading Russian bank with ties to President Vladimir Putin.
On Monday night, the Boy Scouts of America were flooded with social media denunciations of a speech in which Trump pushed the Republican healthcare plan, told a long story about a party in New York with "the hottest people there," and decried the media - in short, an address straight out of a Trump rally...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has demonstrated a pattern of misleading the court about the facts and record in a voting rights case.
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The Senate will return to the Capitol Wednesday to vote on a revenue package, a move that would force the House to make a tough decision.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally...
Members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have resisted the congressional push - in particular a provision attached to the Russian measures that would require Congress to sign off on any move to relieve those sanctions.
The mayor of Pennsylvania's third-largest city was charged Tuesday as part of a long-running federal corruption probe, according to his lawyer.
