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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting at the Hancock County Courthouse on Tuesday in Garner, Iowa.

Anger Rises Across The Country At GOP Congressional Town Halls

12:39pm February 22, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

Constituents have been confronting legislators over everything from the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare to the Trump White House. Here's a look at particularly rowdy events this week.

President Donald Trump, right, listens as Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

McMaster, An Iconoclast, Confronts A Job Bound By Political Realities

12:33pm February 22, 2017

by Philip Ewing

How much can President Trump and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster really deviate from Barack Obama's strategies?

Seema Verma, who is President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has said that maternity benefits should be optional.

GOP Considers Trimming Health Law's 10 Essential Benefits

12:07pm February 22, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

The woman set to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told senators that maternity coverage should be optional in individual and small group plans. Other services could be cut entirely.

The Federico F. Peña Southwest Family Health Center opened in 2016 to serve a low-income community in Denver. The clinic and its parent system, Denver Health, have benefited financially from the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of Medicaid.

Threat Of Obamacare Repeal Leaves Community Health Centers In Limbo

11:56am February 22, 2017

These clinics have long provided health care to low-income patients and enjoyed expansion under the Affordable Care Act. With repeal looming, the centers' doctors worry about what's next.

Pat McCawley (left) and Eric Emerson look at a drawing of an asylum built in Columbia, S.C., in the 1820s.

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An Attempt To Save South Carolina's Historical Documents Is Destroying Them

10:54am February 22, 2017

by Cooper McKim

Historical documents across the country are facing an issue other than age: An effort to preserve them decades ago is hastening the documents' demise.

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This is what failed to happen on Wednesday morning. In this image from April 17, 2015, a robotic arm on the International Space Station grasps a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship during docking.

SpaceX Cargo Craft Fails To Dock With Space Station, Will Try Again

10:47am February 22, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The private spaceflight company launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, only to have the rocket's cargo capsule encounter an error in its navigation system on Wednesday during a docking attempt.

What Students Can Learn By Writing For Wikipedia

10:37am February 22, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Replacing "alternative facts" with a footnoted, neutral point of view. Some professors say students work harder knowing their research will have a broad audience.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz won the 2016 CPAC presidential straw poll.

What Is CPAC? A Room That Didn't Always Love Trump, But Owes Him A Lot

10:27am February 22, 2017

by Don Gonyea

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference will welcome President Trump at the end of this week, but the conservative gathering has been skeptical of his worthiness in their circle.

Piles of debris remain at camp. Some of these items were donated by people who support the movement. Others were abandoned by protesters who left camp.

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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Clean Up As Deadline Looms

9:20am February 22, 2017

by Amy Sisk

They have until Wednesday to clean up and go home. Authorities want protesters off the land before the river thaws and floods the camp.

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National Security Council Shouldn't Be Politicized, Ret. Adm. Mullen Says

8:43am February 22, 2017

Steve Inskeep discusses what to expect from Donald Trump's defense department with retired U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen, who formerly served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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