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Should Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare fail, it may alter their tax reform agenda. If President Trump can’t close the deal and bring together a factionalized Republican Party on their marquee promise of the past 7 years, it probably won’t bode well for the rest of his and Republicans’ legislative agenda, according to […]

Valeant Pharmaceuticals remains under several investigations, its biggest Wall Street backer just jumped ship, and shareholders lost nearly 90% in 2016. But Valeant CEO Joseph Papa made $63 million in pay last year, according to documents the former pharma darling filed Thursday with regulators. Valeant paid Papa $42 million in stock awards, $9.1 million in […]

Republicans were capitalizing Thursday off the political cover given to President Donald Trump by Rep. Devin Nunes after the House Intelligence Committee chairman appeared to lend some credibility to Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama had surveilled him. Party list-building emails routinely jump off the latest news to build their network of potential low-dollar donors, […]

Donald Trump was most famous for being a real estate developer before he became a reality TV star and then wound up Leader of the Free World. So it may not be a huge shock to find out that homebuilders have been on fire since he was inaugurated. Pulte, DR Horton and Lennar are all […]

Looking up, you might be thinking you’re under a roiling, stormy sea. But what you’re looking at is a unique and breathtaking meteorological phenomenon. And today, World Meteorological Day, it’s being officially recognized: asperitas cloud. This is how the new edition of the International Cloud Atlas describes it, in almost poetic form: “Asperitas is characterized […]

As the White House and House Republicans work to find an agreement on health care legislation, Democrats are sitting back and watching. The minority party typically gets the chance — and demands — an alternative on the House floor to the leadership’s bill. But on this health care bill, they want all the focus on […]

If there’s one thing Americans can still agree on, it’s that robocalls are a nuisance. Now a government agency is taking action. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve a proposed rule that would make it easier for phone companies to crack down on robocalls. The rule, once finalized, will let the phone companies […]

For the first time, researchers have estimated what percentage of cancer mutations are due to environmental and lifestyle factors, hereditary factors and random chance. Overall, 66% of the genetic mutations that develop into cancer are caused by simple random errors occurring when cells replace themselves, according to a new study published in the journal Science. […]

The majority of American voters, 56%, disapprove of the Republican health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Only 17% of voters approve of the plan and 26% are undecided. The question — “There is a Republican health care plan to replace Obamacare, known as the […]

I remember well the attacks London suffered on July 7, 2005. I remember the shock, the anger and the outrage. I remember the fear, the concern and the trepidation. And I also remember the courage, the persistence and the perseverance. I served as deputy convenor of the Her Majesty’s Government’s working group on tackling radicalization […]

Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, a Kremlin critic who fled to Ukraine last year, was shot dead Thursday in Ukraine’s capital, Ukrainian Interior Ministry spokesman Artem Shevchenko said. A suspect is wounded and in a local hospital, said Andriy Krischenko, head of Kiev police. Developing story – more to come

A new ban on most electronic devices in the cabins of certain flights to the US and UK from Middle Eastern countries is causing confusion and frustration among passengers — many of whom are parents of restless children. “We’ll be flying Emirates on Monday through Dubai with our twin 16-month-old daughters. This will be hard […]

A new ban on most electronic devices in the cabins of certain flights to the US and UK from Middle Eastern countries is causing confusion and frustration among passengers — many of whom are parents of restless children. “We’ll be flying Emirates on Monday through Dubai with our twin 16-month-old daughters. This will be hard […]

Police investigating the deadliest London terror attack in 12 years have arrested eight people in raids around Britain, as Prime Minister Theresa May revealed the perpetrator was British born and once linked to violent extremism. May told Members of Parliament that the attacker was investigated by security services but was regarded as a “peripheral figure.” […]

FLINTON — Curwensville Area High School senior Hannah Dixon was the coaches’ choice for Most Valuable Player laurels and classmate Christine Limbert was one of the other five girls selected for the 2016-17 Moshannon Valley Basketball League All-Star Team announced by Glendale athletic director John Matchock. Dixon’s scoring and playmaking and Limbert’s rebounding prowess were […]

The handwritten note had a simple plea: “Please stop.” “I’m out of gas, stuck here,” it continued, in black ink. “I started following the road East to see if I can get cellphone signal.” The note, along with rocks that spelled out “HELP,” were among items rescuers used to locate Amber VanHecke, 24, after five […]

A veteran policeman and a teacher were among those killed in the terror attack that struck at the heart of the British capital Wednesday. Keith Palmer, a 48-year-old father and husband, had served as an officer for 15 years. He was on duty, unarmed, at the gates of Parliament when a man stabbed him to […]

At least 10 homes in Nassau County, Florida, were destroyed in a wildfire caused by a man who was burning books Wednesday. Only a few minor injuries to emergency personnel have been reported in what’s being called the Garfield Road Fire, according to the Florida Forest Service. But it has burned an estimated 350 to […]

President Donald Trump had a private dinner with NBC News senior political analyst Mark Halperin last week, sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNNMoney. The dinner, which took place in the White House residence, came as Halperin and his co-author John Heilemann are at work on a book about Trump and the 2016 campaign. […]

Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. 1. London attack Seven people were arrested in raids this morning as police investigate London’s deadliest terror attack in more than […]

British police have been working through the night to investigate the deadliest terror attack carried out in central London in 12 years, in which four people died and scores were injured. Investigators were “working to look at associates” of the suspect who rammed a car into a crowd on Westminster Bridge before attempting to storm […]

It’s D-Day for Republicans in their epic quest to kill Obamacare. The House is expected to hold a cliffhanger vote on a repeal bill Thursday as acrimony among GOP lawmakers threatens to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on an objective that has motivated conservative voters for years. The vote heralds a moment of […]

A frenzied 24 hours filled with hushed deliberations on Capitol Hill, senior-level meetings at the White House and back-to-back phone calls with the President came to an end Wednesday — quietly and unceremoniously. Well before midnight, this much was clear: Republicans still had no deal on their health care bill to repeal Obamacare, as a […]

Keith Palmer’s 15-year career as a London police officer was brutally ended Wednesday by a terrorist’s knife. “He was someone who left for work today expecting to return home at the end of his shift, and he had every right to expect that would happen,” Metropolitan Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Rowley said in an […]

Imagine traveling from New York to London in three and half hours or from Los Angeles to Sydney in less than seven — all at the cost of a typical business class fare. Kenrick Waithe envisions it almost every day. As an engineer at Colorado-based startup Boom, Waithe creates computer-based simulations of supersonic passenger flights […]