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Health Care Bill Collapses After Republicans Fail To Garner Enough Support

7:18pm March 24, 2017

Republicans pulled their health care bill on Friday after failing to secure enough votes for it to pass in the House. In a statement, President Trump said he wanted to move onto tax reform.

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Trump, Ryan Pull Health Care Bill After Failing To Secure Enough Votes

7:17pm March 24, 2017

by Susan Davis

Republicans pulled their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Friday after failing to secure enough votes for it to pass in the House of Representatives.

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Rep. Byrne Outlines How Health Care Fight Exposed Divisions In GOP

6:32pm March 24, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Republican Rep. Bradley Byrne about the decision to pull the Republican health care bill on Friday.

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Trump Delivers Statement After Republican Leaders Pull Health Care Bill

6:30pm March 24, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump spoke from the Oval Office on Friday after Republican leaders made the decision to pull their health care bill that was designed to replace the Affordable Care Act.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has instructed consular officials to develop criteria to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny" for visa applications. He's shown here last week in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

State Department Instructs Embassies To Beef Up Screening For Visa Applicants

5:50pm March 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The directions, in four memorandums sent last week, require social media checks on certain applicants and instruct consular officials to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny."

Trump To House Republicans: Pass Health Care Bill Or Obamacare Stays In Place

5:25pm March 24, 2017

President Trump sent a message to House Republicans on Thursday night that they must pass their health care bill on Friday or the Affordable Care Act stays in place.

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Trump Suffers Huge Failure As GOP Withdraws Health Care Bill

5:00pm March 24, 2017

by Tamara Keith

According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, President Trump "left it all on the field" in terms of his efforts to gain support for the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Health Care Bill Debate Centered On Essential Health Benefits

4:48pm March 24, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Noam Levey, who covers national health care policy for The Los Angeles Times, about why essential health benefits became such a sticking point in the health care debate.

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Week In Politics: House Intel Committee, GOP Health Care Bill

4:32pm March 24, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to political commentators Kimberly Atkins of the Boston Herald and Guy Benson of Townhall.com for the about the controversy surrounding the House Intelligence Committee, the debate over the GOP health care bill and Democrats' plan to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

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Paul Manafort Agrees To Testify Before Congress In Russia Probe

4:32pm March 24, 2017

by David Welna

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has volunteered to testify before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into potential ties between Trump aides and the Russian mischief in the 2016 presidential campaign. But partisan rancor and unusual revelations threaten to derail the committee's investigation — or at least, per critics, its credibility.

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