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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh walks on the House of Delegates chamber floor before Gov. Larry Hogan's annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Judge tosses Maryland lawsuit over threat to Obamacare

A judge on Friday tossed the state of Maryland's lawsuit alleging President Trump is damaging the 2010 health care law and may sow chaos by refusing to enforce it, as a major case against Obamacare wends through the courts.

February 1, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on human trafficking in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump: Obamacare may be ‘terminated’ by courts

Despite a divided Congress, President Trump still thinks Obamacare will scrapped through the courts and that he can strike a deal to deliver "good health care in this country," according to an interview published Friday.

February 1, 2019
In this Oct. 26, 2018, photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks about proposed reforms to Medicare Part B drug pricing policies at the Brookings Institute in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

HHS takes bold drug-rebate plan on the road

Health Secretary Alex Azar on Friday challenged Congress to prove it is serious about prescription prices by writing into law President Trump's proposal to upend the Byzantine drug-rebate system, saying there is no need to wait for regulations to take hold by 2020.

February 1, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, questions Attorney General nominee William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Congress decries soaring drug prices, pledges solutions

Congressional committee chairmen from both parties said Tuesday they'll force pharmaceutical companies to publicly prove they need to charge high prices for popular drugs such as insulin, as they warned life-saving medicine is slipping out of reach for many Americans.

January 29, 2019
Members of unions, federal workers and contractors hold a rally to end the partial shutdown of the federal government at Airport Circle in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., on Friday Jan 25, 2019. (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Government shutdown recovery may take years

President Trump's decision to temporarily reopen the government with Congress may be good news for Washington, but federal employees and businesses say they'll be picking up the pieces from the longest shutdown in U.S. history for quite a while.

January 27, 2019
Port of Seattle workers Matondo Wawa, left, and Danica Doyle, right, carry items donated to federal workers affected by the government shutdown at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport down a hallway, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 in Seattle. The workers said the Port would continue to accept donations despite a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks announced Friday by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Workers, businesses pick up pieces from lengthy shutdown

President Trump's push to temporarily reopen the government with Congress may be good news for Washington, but federal employees and businesses said Friday they'll continue to pick up the pieces after the longest shutdown in history.

January 25, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, walks into a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate leaders aim to speed bill through to reopen government

Senate leaders on Friday said they hope to send President Trump a short-term funding bill that will reopen the government by day's end, after Mr. Trump said he would support a measure to fund the government for three weeks while broader negotiations over border security take place.

January 25, 2019
In this Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, photo, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) **FILE**

Trial therapy for Ebola shows promise in NIH trial

An investigational treatment that stifles Ebola proteins is safe and easy to use, the National Institutes of Health announced Friday, underscoring its potential in the fight against a thorny epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

January 25, 2019