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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, is pursued by reporters as he walks through a basement corridor on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

With Trump's healthcare bill dead, US Republicans turn to taxes

Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said that tax reform in many ways was 'a lot simpler' than healthcare reform.

25 March 2017 12:57 PM IST

President Donald Trump about the health care overhaul bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

No repeal for 'Obamacare': A humiliating defeat for Trump

Democrats said Americans can 'breathe a sigh of relief.'

25 March 2017 7:41 AM IST

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

In first address to US Congress, Trump condemns Kansas shooting

During a turbulent first 40 days in office, Trump proposed immigration bans, border walls and a roughly 10 percent...

1 March 2017 8:46 AM IST

US president Donald Trump

Busy first day for Trump: Scrap Obamacare, deport illegals

Rolling back Obamacare and industry regulations. Deporting undocumented immigrants. Scrapping trade deals. And of...

15 Jan 2017 8:52 AM IST

House Speaker Paul Ryan joined by, from left, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and interim House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Diane Black, meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss their efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act. (Photo: AP)

US Congress approves budget blueprint to repeal Obamacare

"The 'Unaffordable' Care Act will soon be history!" President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Friday.

14 Jan 2017 8:33 AM IST

A file photo of a woman holding an Obamacare sign in front of a medical centre in Miami. (Photo: AFP)

Obamacare headed to ICU as Senate starts repeal process

Repealing health plan likely to take months, new scheme even longer.

13 Jan 2017 2:25 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

US Senate to repeal, replace Obamacare after US VP Mike Pence's vote

The Republican legislation is aimed at undoing Obamacare's mandates for most people to carry insurance and businesses to...

26 July 2017 11:49 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump pressures Republicans to repeal, warns 'Obamacare is death'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to lay out the path forward Tuesday at a closed-door Republican...

25 July 2017 8:32 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump fires off furious tweets on multiple Russia investigations

The president has long criticised leaks of information about the investigation and has urged authorities to prosecute...

23 July 2017 11:21 AM IST

President Barack Obama listens to President-elect Donald Trump speak during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump says willing to keep parts of Obamacare: report

The President-elect had, during the US presidential campaign, called for repealing and replacing of Obamacare, and...

12 Nov 2016 9:11 AM IST

US House of Representatives. (Photo: AP)

White House asks Senate to pass health bill now or cancel summer break

Republicans hold 52-48 majority in the Senate, where no Democrats voted for the GOP bill and three Republicans defected...

31 July 2017 9:21 AM IST

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. (Photo: AP)

Republican senators House will not pass 'skinny' Obamacare repeal...

Ryan's reassurances, offered to call to 5 Republican senators, came as Republican leaders urged their party to approve...

28 July 2017 11:43 AM IST