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WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled a fresh proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, revising their bill to help hold down insurance costs for consumers while allowing insurers to sell new low-cost, stripped down policies. Those changes and others, including a decision to keep a pair of taxes on high-income people and to expand the use of tax-favored health savings accounts, were intended t

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The White House plans to hire attorney Ty Cobb as part of its internal legal team to manage matters related to the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. The hiring, which has yet to be officially announced by the White House, was first reported by Bloomberg. Cobb -- a former federal prosecutor and partner at Washington, D.C., law firm Hogan Lovells, where he focuses on white-collar crime -- will handle the administration's media responses to the Russian meddling inquiries and c

The second Russian individual who attended a controversial meeting with Jared Kushner has been identified as a lobbyist who has been reported to have ties to Russian intelligence agencies. The Associated Press reported that Rinat Akhmetshin attended the meeting, stating that Akhmetshin confirmed his presence at the June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower. The AP states that Akhmetshin dismissed claims that he has ties to Russian intelligence as a "smear campaign." In one of the emails that Trump Jr.

Attorney General the Supreme Court order that exempted visa applicants who could establish a “bona fide” relationship with citizens or entities of the United States. U.S. District Judge Derrick K.

This week’s revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s emails and meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, which the latter allegedly secured by having an interlocutor float the promise of incriminating information about Hillary Clinton, brought a renewed public focus on the congressional investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Here’s a look at where those inquiries stand: The House panel is interviewing former Donald Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo behind closed doors today, a meeting that was scheduled weeks ago.

President Donald Trump has changed his tune on Paris. After once implying that Paris was too dangerous to visit, Trump resolved on Thursday that Paris was “one of the great cities, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.” Bastille Day. Trump arrived at the parade before Macron made his lavish entrance in an open camouflaged military jeep down the Champs-Elysees, waving at the crowd.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories One of Jared Kushner’s lawyers says she’s stepping aside from Russia-related investigations and turning over that portfolio to criminal defense attorney Abbe Lowell. Jamie Gorelick said Friday that she remains part of the legal team of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and will continue to help Lowell.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended the meeting that has heightened questions about whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with the Russian government.   People used to mock Roger Stone’s conspiracy theories.

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