LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner's … more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.In apparent frustration over Friday's failure by the Senate … more

CHICAGO — Chicago now gives at-risk inmates the overdose-reversing drug naloxone upon their release from jail and Los Angeles is poised to follow suit, putting the antidote in as many hands as possible as part of a multifaceted approach to … more

NEW YORK — Weary Republicans in Washington may be ready to move on from health care, but conservatives across the United States are warning the GOP-led Congress not to abandon its pledge to repeal the Obama-era health law — or risk a … more

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Talking tough on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump appeared Friday to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody, speaking dismissively of the police practice of shielding the heads of … more

NEW YORK — A presidential aide's explosion of profanity while talking to a reporter about his new White House colleagues tested newsroom leaders Thursday, forcing decisions about whether to use the graphic language or leave much of what he … more

For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren't so addictive.U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency's staff to develop new regulations on … more

WASHINGTON — It was the most dramatic night in the United States Senate in recent history. Just ask the senators who witnessed it.A seven-year quest to undo the Affordable Care Act collapsed - at least for now - as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., … more

WASHINGTON — Republican finger-pointing commenced Friday after the Senate's dark-of-night defeat of the GOP effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law, a startling blow to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders."They should … more

WASHINGTON — His White House in turmoil, President Donald Trump abruptly announced late Friday he was appointing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff, ending the tumultuous six-month tenure of Reince Priebus.After … more