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The GOP healthcare bill --- which President Donald Trump supports and is a replacement for The Affordable Care Act --- that passed in the House of Representatives Thursday may stop Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa plan to re-introduce the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act this month.

GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare.

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Donald Trump's remarks about the Civil War are the latest example of a longstanding problem.

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on Monday a rollback of school lunch standards championed by the former first lady, declaring at a Virginia school that the administration would "Make School Meals Great Again."

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Comedian Hasan Minhaj took shots a President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

A pair of popular Democratic Party senators took shots at former president Barack Obama's $400,000 speaking fee for a future Wall Street event, a rate that equaled his yearly presidential salary.

Rep. Cummings, a Democrat, and Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz each charged that Flynn may have broken the law in taking payments from foreign nations, reports Roll Call.

State and local governments are concerned about President Donald Trump's new tax proposal, which was unveiled Wednesday under the bill of the largest tax reform in the country's history.

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The U.S. must move from being a nation that applauds the few who manage to beat the odds to a nation that creates odds that children will succeed.

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A new healthcare reform plan would allow states to eliminate protections for individuals who have pre-existing health conditions.