Senate slows pace on health bill as House repeal falters
Senate leaders say they will craft their own approach to repeal the Affordable Care Act with input from House changes, delaying any bill to Trump. Lamar Alexander Rob Portman Roy Blunt flag the plan while Grassley urges bipartisan effort and Cruz Paul push for more conservative language.
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Trump says Australia has better health care than United States
White House says the remark was a compliment to a foreign leader and not a plan to copy Australia’s system. President Trump asserted Obamacare is dead while pledging that U.S. health care will be great. Australia provides universal hospital care funded publicly with optional private coverage.
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Navy SEAL Killed in Somalia Raid with Two Wounded
A Navy SEAL was killed and two others wounded during a raid on an al Shabab compound near Barij in Somalia. U S defense officials say the unit advised Somali National Army soldiers and did not enter the compound himself. The death is the first in Somalia since the 1993 Black Hawk Down battle.
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Flynn warned of monitoring on Kislyak meetings during transition
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior transition officials that Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s talks were likely monitored by U.S. intelligence. The warning preceded Flynn’s recorded discussion with Kislyak on U.S. sanctions and followed requests for a CIA profile of Kislyak by Billingslea, a transition adviser.
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Trump signs spending bill amid promise to challenge medical marijuana limits
President Trump signed the funding bill for the government and issued a signing statement challenging congressional limits on interfering with state medical marijuana laws. He indicated authority to ignore certain gender and race preferences and advance notification rules on foreign policy. Attorney General Sessions pledged a hard line against marijuana. NCSL notes 29 states plus DC Guam and Puerto Rico permit medical marijuana.
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