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Rep. Kevin Brady, the outgoing House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said restoring the old law would mean a "huge tax cut for the wealthy." (Associated Press/File)

Kevin Brady calls for delaying some Obamacare-related taxes

A top House Republican on Monday proposed new delays on some of Obamacare's remaining taxes, hoping to harness bipartisan antipathy to the levies to sweeten a broader package of tax tweaks he has been trying to get passed.

December 10, 2018
FILE - This April 23, 2008, file photo, shows the Altria Group Inc. corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va. The potential entry of one of the world’s largest tobacco companies into the marijuana business is sending the shares of Cronos group rocketing this morning. Cronos is a Canadian cannabis company, which confirmed late Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, that it is in talks with Altria group about a possible investment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Marlboro maker invests $1.8 billion in pot, pivots away from vaping

Marlboro cigarette maker Altria on Friday said it's investing nearly $2 billion in a Canadian cannabis company and pivoting away from its e-cigarette business, which faces new regulatory hurdles and has struggled for market share against major players like JUUL.

December 7, 2018
In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 and made available Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, health workers move a patient to a hospital after he was cleared of having Ebola inside of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) supported Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Congo. Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago, according to the World Health Organization. (John Wessels/Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)

Women facing brunt of Ebola outbreak in DRC

Global responders say the unfolding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is having an outsized impact on women and children, due in part to their societal roles and the transmission of the disease among families.

December 7, 2018
In this May 22, 2013, file photo, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Lynch is pressing U.S. tech companies like Apple and Google to be more upfront with users about their privacy policies. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Stephen Lynch reverses, backs Nancy Pelosi for speaker

Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts on Friday became the latest Democrat to rally behind Rep. Nancy Pelosi after vowing to oppose her, saying she convinced him the caucus will work to bring working-class voters who flocked to President Trump in 2016 back into their tent.

December 7, 2018
In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

4 in 10 don’t plan to get flu shot: Survey

Roughly four in 10 Americans say they haven't gotten a flu shot and don't plan to, despite the federal government's push to avoid another brutal influenza season this winter, the University of Chicago reported Wednesday in a survey.

December 5, 2018
Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tony Evers speaks at the Ward 4 building in Milwaukee on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. Democrats in Wisconsin girded for a fight and encouraged voters to speak out as Republicans prepared to move ahead quickly this week with a highly unusual and sweeping lame-duck session to pass a series of proposals that would weaken both Democratic Gov.-elect Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul. (Meg Jones/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Wisconsin Republican bill blocks Tony Evers pledge

The Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature is rushing to pass legislation that would bar the incoming governor and attorney general, both Democrats, from fulfilling a campaign promise to leave a lawsuit seeking to overturn most of Obamacare.

December 4, 2018
In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, a bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl that was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

China declares fentanyl illegal amid Trump pressure

One week before the midterm elections, seven members of Congress jetted to China with specific marching orders from the Trump administration and Ambassador Terry Branstad: Urge Beijing to crack down on fentanyl, the No. 1 killer in the U.S. overdose crisis.

December 3, 2018
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

George H.W. Bush lies in state at U.S. Capitol

Americans began to get a chance to pay their respects in person Monday to former President George H.W. Bush, whose body was brought to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, joining just 31 other heroes so honored.

December 3, 2018
President Donald Trump talks during a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Democrats unveil sweeping political reform bill as ‘HR1’

House Democrats set to retake the majority unveiled a political-reform bill Friday that would bolster ethics rules in Congress, push for automatic voter registration and require presidential nominees to release their tax returns -- a direct rebuke of President Trump.

November 30, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined by from left, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio., speaks to media at Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, to announce her nomination by House Democrats to lead them in the new Congress. She still faces a showdown vote for House speaker when lawmakers convene in January. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pelosi wins Democratic nomination for speaker

Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday moved a step closer to securing another stint as speaker of the House, winning over enough of her Democratic colleagues to set up final vote on the House floor next month that will serve as the last chance for her foes to stop the most powerful woman in U.S. politics.

November 28, 2018
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California heads into the Democratic Caucus leadership elections unopposed following an effort by a contingent working against her becoming the speaker of the House when her party takes the majority in the new Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi confident she has votes for House speaker

Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she is confident she will grab the floor votes she needs to regain the speaker's gavel, brushing aside rebel Democrats who griped over the lack of a clear transition plan to a new leader down the road.

November 28, 2018
In this March 22, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump , left, and Texas State Sen. Dawn Buckingham, right, listen as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

White House works on backup plan for Obamacare

The Trump administration is formulating a backup plan to ensure that Obamacare customers can still get insurance if a state-driven lawsuit is successful in striking down the 2010 health law.

November 28, 2018