The battle over health care

Health care defeat is a stunning setback for Republicans

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after Republicans abruptly pulled their health care bill from the House floor, in the Oval Office of the White House on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. In a big setback to the agenda of President Donald Trump and the Speaker, Ryan cancelled a vote for the American Health Care Act, the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also called 'Obamacare.' (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

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President Trump immediately expressed a desire to move on to the rest of his agenda, saying he next wants to seek passage of big tax cuts.

President Trump reacted in the Oval Office on Friday after Republicans pulled their health care bill from the House floor on the day of the vote.

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A new cloud in Trump?s stormy presidency

The health care bill?s defeat is a further deterioration of President Trump?s already shaky credibility in Washington and among the American people.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan had guaranteed a win on the Republican plan to dismantle President Obama?s health care law.

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Kyle Loughlin, 23, was sentenced to 7½ years behind bars for assaulting three toddlers at Bridgewater State University?s Children?s Center.

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A missing wedding license couldn?t stop this Medway marriage

?I forgot to pick up the license,? Anthony Parchesky told his mother.

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The Raiders-to-Vegas issue could come to a head, and several rule changes are on the table.

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Albert Taderera, 36, is allegedly the masked man behind 16 bank robberies in the region, officials said.

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A young girl reads a book at the New England Mobile Book Fair in Newton Highlands in 2013.

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New life for the New England Mobile Book Fair?

Officials in a number of towns are wooing the book seller, which is getting booted from its 32,000-square-foot Newton warehouse.

Suns guard Devin Booker drove on Celtics guard Marcus Smart in the first quarter.

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?You got a problem with it? Do something.?

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The trip was over for these refugees. They had found a new home in Mass. But uncertainty lay ahead: Tomorrow, Donald Trump would be sworn in.

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Along the frozen trail

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Ground Game

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