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Senate Republicans continue to sound optimistic about their chances of passing their last, last-ditch attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare before their window to do so closes at the end of the month. (I'm more skeptical.)

Former President Barack Obama will deliver a rare set of public remarks Wednesday, the beginning of a series of upcoming events after eight months of departing office.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he and Iran's Foreign Minister "didn't throw shoes at one another" at their first meeting, but he added that it isn't clear whether they will be able to agree on the future of the Iranian nuclear deal.

President Donald Trump, watching from New York as Senate Republicans mull their latest attempt at a health care reform bill, said Wednesday he was optimistic about the measure's chances.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg looked out at the first year law class she was about to address at Georgetown Law on Wednesday and smiled broadly after being told the majority of the class were women.

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr says he's planning to hold a public hearing next month on Russian election interference through Facebook and other social media platforms.

Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York who President Donald Trump fired just three months into his presidency, says he believes that if he had stayed Trump would have asked him "to do something inappropriate."

Iran will not violate the international deal that lifted sanctions in exchange for curbs on Tehran's nuclear program, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, adding that it would be a "great pity" if "rogue newcomers" destroyed the deal.

If Republicans are able to cobble together the votes for the Graham-Cassidy health care plan and pass it before September 30, it would be one speedy legislative sprint. But just how speedy?

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team is reaching back more than a decade in its investigation of Paul Manafort, a sign of the pressure Mueller is placing on President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.

President Donald Trump congratulated a group of African leaders on Wednesday for the level of American investment in the continent, mentioning that he has "so many" friends who are "going to your countries trying to get rich."

Sen. Susan Collins told CNN on Wednesday she was "disappointed" that a bipartisan health effort collapsed while the Republican-only Graham-Cassidy bill surged ahead instead.

Tom Price is apparently a big fan of private airplanes.

The Senate legal counsel is preparing subpoenas for two senior FBI officials the Justice Department is preventing the committee from interviewing, Senate judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley said Wednesday.

Former President Barack Obama delivered this keynote address Wednesday during an event sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates' organization that marks the release of a report tracking progress on global development. These are his remarks, as prepared for delivery:

Arizona Sen. John McCain -- whose complaints about process sank the last Republican health care push -- is the target of new ads in Washington and at home urging him to reject the Graham-Cassidy bill, too.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price took five work-related trips on private jets last week, which cost tens of thousands of dollars more than had he flown commercial, according to a published report.

Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the United Nation's Human Rights Council "doesn't deserve its name," slamming the body for welcoming "many of the worst human rights violators in the world."