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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks during a news conference announcing a proposed ordinance to provide low income residents with access to free legal representation in landlord-tenant disputes, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Bill de Blasio unveils plan for universal health care

In a surprise announcement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday the city will launch a program that offers health services to people who've been shut out of insurance options or affordable care, including illegal immigrants.

January 8, 2019
Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass. center, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, talks with Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., left, joined at far left by Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., as they exit a Democratic Caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol as new members of the House and veteran representatives gathered behind closed doors to discuss their agenda when they become the majority in the 116th Congress, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rep. McGovern will likely lead the Rules Committee that determines what bills are debated on the floor and what amendments are allowed to be voted on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Democrats to examine idea of government-run health care system

House Democrats say they will study the promise or pitfalls of a government-run health system out of the gate, setting the stage for hearings on the marquee idea championed by Sen. Bernard Sanders and outspoken freshmen as the left flexes its new clout.

January 6, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, as the 116th Congress begins. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

New senators take oath of office, expand GOP majority

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a veteran Democrat who was sworn in to her sixth term Thursday, stopped in her tracks when she spotted freshman Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, in the Capitol basement.

January 3, 2019
In this Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Drug cartels return to producing meth, cocaine after opioid crack down

The rate of opioid overdose deaths began to plateau in early 2018, notching a victory for public health officials — but like water seeking the path of least resistance, adaptive drug cartels are turning back to the previous moneymakers of cocaine and methamphetamine.

December 30, 2018
Protesters walk past a burning tyre in the Eastern Congolese town of Beni, Friday Dec. 28, 2018, as they demonstrate against the election postponed until March 2019, announced by Congo's electoral commission for Beni residents that is blamed on a deadly Ebola outbreak. Congo's leader Joseph Kabila has blamed a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to keep an estimated 1 million voters from the polls in Sunday's long-delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Protests disrupt Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Outrage over the Democratic Republic of the Congo's decision to postpone an election in Ebola-affected parts of the country are disrupting the response to the virus, as protests spilled Thursday from government buildings into an assessment center for patients, the World Health Organization said.

December 28, 2018
Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said the IRS is "presumably getting better at running the system as a whole," regarding the overpayment issue. (Associated Press)

IRS unable to recoup nearly $1 billion in Obamacare subsidies

The IRS overpaid nearly $4 billion to Obamacare customers through tax credits last year, and because of the way the law is written it can't even try to collect on a quarter of that, the Treasury Department's inspector general reported this week.

December 27, 2018
More than half of the states and hundreds of cities, counties and American Indian tribes have taken the pharmaceutical industry — a major political contributor — to court over the opioids epidemic. (Associated Press/File)

States, tribes sue opioid makers over addiction epidemic

States, counties and Indian tribes that sued opioid makers over their role in the overdose crisis are poised to have their day in court in a make-or-break 2019, as pretrial wrangling gives way to showdowns before judges and juries.

December 27, 2018