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Republican lawmakers are split on the decision to vote in favor of a health care bill Thursday despite not having an updated number on how many Americans may lose coverage if it passes.

"Tolerance is the cornerstone of peace," President Donald Trump said on Thursday as he signed an executive order on "Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty."

President Donald Trump is expected to visit the Vatican, Israel and Saudi Arabia in late May on upcoming foreign trip, according to a White House official.

The Pentagon is considering sending additional troops to Afghanistan in an effort to "move beyond the stalemate," US military officials told lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday.

Later today, House Republicans will try to pass a health care bill that voids the federal mandate requiring insurance companies to cover patients with pre-existing conditions.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy promised Thursday the imminent House GOP plan would get rid of some of Obamacare's shortcomings when told Republicans would be accepting responsibility for the new health care system.

President Donald Trump may be a new face on the international stage, but visiting foreign leaders from around the globe have quickly embraced a strategy for currying favor: flattery.

John Kasich may not be planning to run for president again in 2020, but he's not ruling the possibility.

After more than seven years of campaign pledges -- and 42 days since their initial effort failed in epic fashion -- House Republicans now say they have the votes to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

A Republican congressman is confident his party's health care bill won't result in millions losing coverage due to less federal funding of Medicaid.

BREAKING: The House will vote Thursday on the GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to two GOP aides.

Jody Neal-Post has been reading about the health care law debate with worry these days.

Former US President Barack Obama is wading into the closely watched French presidential election to endorse Emmanuel Macron, the centrist politician widely backed by the establishment in his run against far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Two Russian bombers, flanked by a pair of fighter jets, were intercepted by stealth US F-22 aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Monday, according to US Northern Command.

These days, most American officials would be reluctant to disclose any connection to Russia, much less a meeting with an alleged former Soviet spy whose alleged role in lobbying on behalf of Kremlin interests was recently called out by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

US President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon whether to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, which is the world's promise to end the era of fossil fuels and avoid climate catastrophe.

While Republicans were holed up on Capitol Hill trying to pull together the votes to pass their health care plan, Democratic lawmakers slammed their efforts across town at a gala for Emily's List -- an organization dedicated to supporting and electing pro-abortion women candidates.

In his typical colorful language, Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy described FBI Director James Comey's social standing in Washington as "about as popular as cholera."