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"This bill represents a significant bipartisan step forward," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.

Senate Budget Deal Would Give A Boost To Health Programs

10:12am February 08, 2018

The Senate agreement is now before the House, which needs to act by midnight to avert a shutdown. The deal appears to include almost every health priority Democrats have been pushing in recent months.

Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler

What Not To Say To The Terminally Ill: 'Everything Happens For A Reason'

10:11am February 08, 2018

by Rachel Martin

Kate Bowler has lived with stage 4 cancer for years. Her new memoir details what she's found out about herself and suffering. "You have to learn to be present, even when things are absurd," she says.

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The offshore oil drilling platform called Gail, operated by Venoco, Inc., off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2009.

California May Have A Way To Block Trump's Offshore Drilling Push

9:49am February 08, 2018

by Lauren Sommer

In the 1980s, California towns used local zoning rules to block offshore oil and gas drilling. State lawmakers are considering a similar strategy to push back against the Trump administration.

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2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

8:46am February 08, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau says it will change how it counts service members deployed overseas and continue counting prisoners as residents of their correctional facilities for the upcoming national headcount.

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The stock market swung dramatically Wednesday, ending about where it started the day â after record losses earlier in the week.

White House Says Despite Stock Market Volatility, Economy Is Doing Well

8:40am February 08, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

President Trump's top economic adviser Kevin Hassett says that despite recent large drops in the stock market, "the fundamentals for the economy are very sound."

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Parliament in December. He said he will offer a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse following a five-year investigation.

Australian Prime Minister To Issue National Apology For Child Sexual Abuse

5:28am February 08, 2018

by James Doubek

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would make a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse. A recent report heard thousands of stories of abuse spanning decades.

Illinois congressional candidate and avowed white supremacist Arthur Jones in an undated portrait.

A White Supremacist May Be The Only Republican Running For A Seat in Congress

5:20am February 08, 2018

by Mariah Woelfel

The Illinois GOP has failed to keep a gadfly candidate, white supremacist Arthur Jones, from being the only Republican congressional candidate on the general election ballot this year.

American siblings Matt and Becca Hamilton (far left and far right, respectively) beat the Russian team of Alexander Krushelnitskiy and Anastasia Bryzgalova, as the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' first competitions began on Thursday.

U.S. Curling Team Beats Russian Athletes To Kick Off Pyeongchang Olympics

10:33pm February 07, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The first games of the Winter Olympics have begun, with two U.S. curlers taking on a Russian team to start things off in a mixed-doubles tournament.

Few Groups Reject Abortion-Restricted U.S. Global Health Funds

10:10pm February 07, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

The Trump administration reinstated an earlier policy that cuts off aid to international groups unless they promise not to provide or promote abortion, even with non-U.S. funding sources.