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WASHINGTON — President Trump, after failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Congress, will act on his own to relax health care standards on small businesses that band together to buy health insurance and may take steps to allow the sale of other health plans that skirt the health law’s requirements. The president plans to sign an executive order “to prom

WASHINGTON — The North American Free Trade Agreement, long disparaged by President Trump as bad for the United States, was edging closer toward collapse as negotiators gathered for a fourth round of contentious talks here this week. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has sparred with American businesses that support Nafta and has pushed for significant changes that negotiators from Mexico and Canada say are nonstarters.

WASHINGTON — The North American Free Trade Agreement, long disparaged by President Trump as bad for the United States, was edging closer toward collapse as negotiators gathered for a fourth round of contentious talks here this week. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has sparred with American businesses that support Nafta and has pushed for significant changes that negotiators from Mexico and Canada say are nonstarters.

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Two separate assessments from government watchdog institutions made public this week show growing concerns about the Trump administration’s ethical behavior. On Tuesday, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) made public a memo by acting director David Apol sent to all government agency heads on Oct.

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President Donald Trump shot down NBC News reports Wednesday that he called for a reported tenfold increase to the nation's nuclear arsenal during a national security meeting this summer and slammed the media for spreading what he calls “fake news.” During a meeting in the Oval Office with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump said it was “absolutely disgusting” that the press is able to “write whatever they want to write” and insisted the reporting that he had called for more nuclear weapons was not true. "But I want modernization and I want total rehabilitation.

nuclear deal in a speech on Friday, according to Republican lawmakers briefed by the administration. White House Capitol Hill Wednesday evening briefing top Republican lawmakers on the administration’s forthcoming announcement. Rep.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Donald Trump attacked NBC News on Wednesday, dismissing as ‘‘pure fiction’’ an explosive report that he had sought a massive increase in the nation’s nuclear arsenal. On Twitter, Trump also raised the possibility that he would support stripping the broadcast licenses of news networks that report what he believes to be inaccurate information.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump raised the possibility that he would support stripping the broadcast licenses of news networks that report what he believes to be inaccurate information.   A D.C. pharmacist says his pharmacy has filled prescriptions for “pretty serious health problems” for members of Congress, according to a new interview published in STAT news.