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Michigan's Debbie Stabenow says apparent defeat of Republicans' health care effort in the Senate is "great news," but notes that earlier attempts have been forsaken and rebooted.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii about her party's strategy going forward as Republicans tried to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Senate Republicans have shelved their health care bill after two more Senate Republicans, Mike Lee and Jerry Moran, announced their opposition to the bill Monday night.

The Obama administration shuttered the two Russian luxury estates in retaliation for the country's interference in the U.S. presidential elections. Russia says the seizure was criminal.

People compared Winnie's physique to that of Chinese President Xi Jinping. An image shows the portly president with taller, thinner, ex-President Obama. It's paired with an image of Pooh and Tigger.

Watch an animated journey around the galaxy in the Nashville duo's first video from its new record, ism.

Legislatures and city halls are battling over who gets to set the minimum wage, and increasingly, the states are winning. Business groups argue that complying with disparate city laws is too complex.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Kentucky got health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, but the state is also home to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who's led efforts to kill the law. With the failure of the latest GOP attempt to replace the ACA, the state's voters weigh in.

Ty Cobb, the Washington lawyer not the baseball legend, is joining an ever growing roster of lawyers at the White House. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, about the role Cobb will play and the significance of his hiring.

In One Hot Summer, historian Rosemary Ashton follows Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and Benjamin Disraeli through an unpleasant couple of months — as the River Thames flowed with hot, smelly sewage.