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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters on the day after the midterm elections as Democrats took back the House with a surge of fresh new candidates and an outpouring of voter enthusiasm ending eight years of Republican control, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Pelosi says she's confident she will win enough support to be elected speaker of the House next year and that she is the best person for the job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi says she will be speaker, isn’t sweating discontent

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said she's not sweating a potential revolt from incoming and existing Democratic members who romped to victory on election night, as lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol stood by old captains or sought new leadership for the new Congress.

November 14, 2018
This Tuesday, April 10, 2018, file photo shows vaping devices, including a Juul, center, that were confiscated from students at a high school in Marshfield, Mass. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, San Francisco-based Juul Labs Inc. announced it had stopped filling orders for its mango, fruit, creme and cucumber pods but not menthol and mint. It will sell all flavors through its website and limit sales to those 21 and older. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

JUUL to yank flavored e-cigs from stores, close social media accounts

Facing intense pressure from the Trump administration, the nation's leading e-cigarette maker said Tuesday it will clamp down on teen use by shuttering its social media accounts and yanking flavored products from the 90,000 retail shops where they're sold.

November 13, 2018
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaks to reporters Thursday, March 29, 2018, during a visit to the Center for Medical Interoperability in Nashville. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Advisory board ‘highly concerned’ about Medicaid lockouts

A nonpartisan commission on Thursday told the Trump administration it is "highly concerned" about the number of Arkansans who were kicked off Medicaid coverage because they failed to report work hours or community engagement.

November 8, 2018
"Health care was on the ballot, and health care won," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, about the midterm election. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell: GOP hopes to ax Obamacare are gone

The Senate's top Republican admitted Wednesday that the party's hopes for repealing Obamacare are dead in Congress after Democrats captured control of the House, leaving in place a law that few think is working.

November 7, 2018
This Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, photo shows supporters of a Montana ballot initiative to extend the state's Medicaid expansion program and raise tobacco taxes rally in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

Three deep-red states vote to expand Medicaid

Three ruby-red states voted Tuesday to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, meaning more than 300,000 people will be eligible for taxpayer-funded insurance once Republican governors begin drawing down federal funds.

November 7, 2018
President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 15, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump: No heads-up from Sessions on Obamacare position

Two months after oral arguments, a federal judge hasn't said whether a Republican tweak to Obamacare should stop the entire program in its tracks, pushing an explosive fight over the law beyond the midterms and forcing voters to decide which party can be trusted to balance protections for pre-existing conditions with affordable coverage.

November 5, 2018
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel shown in an undated file photo from 2018. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ronna McDaniel says Republicans can keep House

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday said she's "absolutely not" resigned to losing the House on Election Day, saying candidates have a winning message despite a surge of enthusiasm among Democrats and President Trump's suggestion he'll "figure it out" if his rivals take the chamber.

November 4, 2018
In this May 20, 2018, file photo, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp participates in a debate in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

Brian Kemp opens ‘cyber crimes’ probe into Georgia Democrats

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican locked in a tough race for governor, has opened an investigation into the Democratic Party of Georgia, citing "possible cyber crimes" after it detected a failed attempt to hack voter-registration systems.

November 4, 2018