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As many women go on strike around the world Wednesday, some female lawmakers in Congress are standing with them in support.

Obamacare and the Republican plan to repeal it share many things in common, conservative lawmakers say. Here are some of the key provisions that they say make it 'Obamacare Lite.'

Optimistic internal estimates say that it could still take five to 10 years for Customs and Border Protection to hire all the additional agents President Donald Trump has ordered, even if the agency gets a wish list of requests to make hiring easier, according to documents obtained by CNN.

That didn't take long. The Republican Party's freshly unveiled bill to repeal Obamacare is already in trouble.

Democrats aren't finished with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and they're using the Senate confirmation hearing for his potential second in command as an opportunity to grill him on the Trump's administration's potential ties to Russia and the President's baseless claim of being wiretapped by his predecessor.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus appear still convinced House leadership doesn't have the 218 votes it needs to pass its version of Obamacare repeal, and they aren't buying the arguments made by the bill's supporters Tuesday evening that the House bill is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.

President Donald Trump's budget proposal includes a $1.3 billion cut to the US Coast Guard, congressional sources told CNN Tuesday.

President Donald Trump will nominate acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco to permanently fill that position, according to a senior administration official.

The top Republicans investigating Russia's interference in the US election declined Tuesday to back up President Donald Trump's claims that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped his Manhattan headquarters last year -- leaving the White House on its own to explain the stunning allegation.

Hillary Clinton, speaking at a women's empowerment event in New York on Tuesday, stressed the need for more women in politics, while joking about her own resilience after November election lost to President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration is planning to ask for a relatively small amount of money to start building the President's long-promised border wall this year -- far short of estimates of what the wall might cost, according to preliminary numbers shared with CNN.

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.

President Donald Trump and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka met at the White House hours before the union president blasted the health care plan backed by House Republicans and the Trump administration on Tuesday.

For a group of women around the country, marches in Washington D.C. or their hometowns were a spark. It wasn't enough to just rally against Donald Trump if they wanted change. They had to become candidates themselves.

Well-financed Republican interest groups redrew familiar battle lines on Tuesday as the GOP plan to replace Obamacare encountered significant headwinds within the party's own ranks.

The US military has found that three Green Beret soldiers shot in Jordan followed proper procedures, despite initial Jordanian media claims to the contrary.

Representatives of key American allies in Eastern Europe called for strong US pushback against Russia at a congressional hearing Tuesday.

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes announced Tuesday the first public hearing in their investigation into Russia's meddling in the US election last year will be March 20.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, pitching a GOP plan to replace Obamacare, avoided repeating the Obama-era promise that if patients like their current doctor they'll be able to keep that doctor under the Republican measure.

Two former GOP primary rivals buried the hatchet and swapped digits Tuesday: President Donald Trump had lunch with Sen. Lindsey Graham at the White House.