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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, after a dramatic return by an ailing Senator John McCain, suffered a setback Tuesday night in their effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act when they came up short of necessary votes in early maneuvering. A plan to replace President Obama’s signature law stumbled during a vote, falling 57-43.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories After winning a dramatic initial vote, Senate Republicans will see if they can pass a bill, but were met with an early setback Tuesday night.   “Let’s trust each other,” said McCain, who returned to the Senate to vote despite a diagnosis of brain cancer.  The Senate just voted by a razor-thin margin to debate the health care bill.

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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Governor Charlie Baker will attend a Republican Governors Association meeting for four days in Aspen, Colo., a spokesman said Friday.  CAPITAL SOURCE Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday endorsed Michael Kelley in the District 2 City Council race.  CAPITAL SOURCE On Monday, almost a year to the day after he was offered the running-mate spot, Kaine was back at One Beacon Street.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories After winning a dramatic initial vote, Senate Republicans will see if they can pass a bill, but were met with an early setback Tuesday night.   “Let’s trust each other,” said McCain, who returned to the Senate to vote despite a diagnosis of brain cancer.  The Senate just voted by a razor-thin margin to debate the health care bill.

Posted at 5:00 pm on July 24, 2017 by Kira Davis Recently at the Resurgent, writer Peter Heck penned a very entertaining and disturbing op-ed about the turn of stupidity modern identity politics has taken and how it requires all of us to sacrifice science, experience, and conventional wisdom at the altar of emotion. The New York Times continues to lead the charge on sanity by giving voice to the ridiculous – this time in the form of writer

Posted at 9:00 pm on July 24, 2017 by Susan Wright Wow! If true, this would be big news. Earlier today I told you about sources that suggest President Trump has considered former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to take the place of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump is reportedly so incensed with Sessions for recusing himself from all things Russia-related, that he is very much on short time. The president also is said to feel that if Sessions were out of the way, a new Attorney General would pave the way to firing special counsel Robert Mueller and ending the Russ

Posted at 9:35 pm on July 24, 2017 by Jay Caruso John McCain’s vote is critical enough that he’s needed in the Senate on Tuesday as his vote is crucial for passage of their bill. CNN reports he will be there: He’s a fighter. And screw you to all of the people who call this man a traitor. I’d say you should be ashamed of yourselves, but you people are filth and you have no shame.

Posted at 10:00 pm on July 24, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Since the 2016 election, politics have seemingly become increasingly volatile. The shooting at a ballpark where Republicans were practicing for an annual goodwill, charity baseball game with Democrats was the antithesis of the many awful things we could imagine. But civil discourse met with another low hit Monday night when a man doused Fox News host Kat Timpf with an entire 1.5-liter bottle of water.

Posted at 4:05 am on July 25, 2017 by Kimberly Ross It has been heartbreaking to watch the story of U.K. infant Charlie Gard unfold. The precious little boy, born last August, suffers from mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. His prognosis? Death.