Beyond his executive order to make it easier to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance with fewer benefits and weaker government protections, the president has been personally involved in undercutting the system. Many nonpartisan experts believe that these active measures are likely to undermine the pillars of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and hasten the collapse of insurance marketplaces.
It's abundantly clear the president is thirsty for a win. It has been 10 months since his first day in office —the day he promised to sign a law repealing and replacing his predecessor's signature health-care law.
The president is "decertifying" the nuclear accord brokered by Barack Obama, charging that Tehran is "not living up to the spirit of the deal." He said if Congress, U.S. allies and his administration cannot come up with way to strengthen the agreement, "it will be terminated."
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman called the United States "isolated internationally" over President Trump's decision to undermine the agreement and push for tougher restrictions on Iran's nuclear program.
While Japanese item-control diva Marie Kondo gave us strict instructions to keep only things that spark joy, 80-something Stockholm artist and author Margareta Magnusson shares how and why to declutter before you check out from this world.
In 1986, Mechelle Vinson, a former bank teller, won a landmark sexual harassment case at the U.S. Supreme Court that helped redefine the workplace for women.
The new timeline offered by police marks a change from the one that officials gave earlier this week for the Oct. 1 shooting that left almost 60 people dead. Officials also said the injury toll had risen to 546, with 45 still hospitalized.
A century ago, on Oct. 13, 1917, the Miracle of the Sun put three children in Fatima, Portugal, on the path to sainthood and transformed their village into a place venerated by millions of Catholics.
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