Congress

It's beginning to look like the USA will have a long hot wait while more American voters begin exercising their political muscles. The US House of Representatives has approved a new plan, which government officials at CBO have yet to vet.

This has a long way to go before it becomes law, but in the coming months, once it is reviewed by The Congressional budget office and tweaked by members of The US Senate, it can then become the law of the land to replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

House repeal of 'Obamacare' hands' hot potato to wary Senate http://apne.ws/2q6DaMQ

The first Latina elected to Congress, Republican Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced that she's retiring after more than three decades in elected office.

Ros-Lehtinen became the first GOP member of the House to support same-sex marriage. She proposes legislation making US funding for the UN contingent on extensive reform. Her bill will also call for the United States to withdraw from the UNHRC, and she says that Israel is the only country on the council's permanent agenda, while abuses by rogue regimes like Cuba, China, and Syria are ignored.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into links between Trump's associates and Russia.
Director James Comey is investigating possible links and coordination between Russia and associates of President Donald Trump as part of a broader probe of Russian interference in last year's presidential campaign.

This announcement is part of a wider investigation that began last summer examining Russian influence and possible connections between Moscow and Trump's campaign.

President Trump's plan to tax Mexico imports could be a stupid move that starts a trade war. This according to the voices of experience. https://youtu.be/8HCnsfJWcj0

What is wrong with Trump's border plan, you ask? Major newspaper editorial boards blast Trump's border 'war' http://politi.co/2jEDZpd

US-Mexico crisis deepens as Trump aide floats border tax idea http://cnb.cx/2jXb3d7