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Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. speaks on May 29, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Sinema has come a long way from her days as a green party activist as she seeks to become the first Democrat to represent Arizona in the Senate in 30 years. (AP Photo/Matt York)

House votes to repeal medical device tax

The House voted Tuesday to repeal Obamacare's tax on medical device sales, part of a weeklong GOP effort to reel in health costs and blunt Democrats' sharpest critique ahead of the midterm elections.

July 24, 2018
FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 31, 2018, Congolese health officials prepare to disinfect people and buildings at the general referral hospital in Mbandaka, Congo. Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga on Tuesday July 24, 2018, declared the end of the country's latest deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus, after a 42-day observation period with no new confirmed cases recorded. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, FILE)

WHO: Ebola outbreak in the Congo is over

An Ebola outbreak that sparked fears of another global health crisis and a rapid response to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been successfully contained, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

July 24, 2018
President Trump used a series of tweets to argue that heavily redacted documents show that FBI agents misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by using a dossier partly funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign to obtain a warrant to snoop on Carter Page. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump says FBI ‘illegally spied’ on Carter Page, campaign

President Trump on Sunday said top-secret documents prove the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign in an "illegal scam," putting him at odds with Capitol Hill lawmakers, including Republicans, who insist federal authorities were justified in tracking foreign policy adviser Carter Page.

July 22, 2018
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., gestures after being introduced before a general election campaign event with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Friday, July 13, 2018, in Philadelphia. Harris is headlining a pair of fundraisers for Casey. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Senate Democrats offer resolution to protect Obamacare

Senate Democrats on Thursday pressured Republican leaders to step in and protect Obamacare from a state-driven lawsuit that threatens Obamacare's main protections for sicker Americans, saying President Trump's refusal to defend the program leaves them no choice.

July 19, 2018
This Oct. 25, 2011, file photo shows the logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG on one of their buildings in Basel, Switzerland. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP, File)

Novartis joins Pfizer in deferring drug-price hikes

Novartis on Wednesday became the second major drug company to defer price increases in 2018, citing a "dynamic environment" in the U.S. as President Trump attempts to swat away critics and use market-based pressure to bring costs down.

July 18, 2018
State lawmaker Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, who has been an advocate of the Medicaid expansion initiative, speaks in Boise, Idaho, Friday, July 6, 2018, to a group of volunteers who gathered over 70,000 voter signatures to place the measure on this November's ballot. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)

Idaho voters to decide whether to expand Medicaid

Idaho voters will decide this fall whether to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, state Secretary of State Lawerence Denney said Tuesday, after proponents turned in more than enough signatures to put the issue on the general-election ballot.

July 17, 2018
An employee works among the shelves of the flagship Dougherty's Pharmacy in Preston Royal Village on Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

FDA eyes broader range of over-the-counter drugs

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pushing to let consumers purchase more medicines without prescriptions, saying better labeling and digital apps that let patients "self-select" drugs would expand access to cholesterol-reducing pills, opioid overdose-reversing naloxone and other drugs.

July 17, 2018
In this June 15, 2017, file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The government wasted at least $341,000 on travel by ousted Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, including booking charter flights without considering cheaper scheduled airlines, an agency watchdog said Friday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tom Price’s chartered trips wasted more than $340K: IG report

The Health and Human Services Department flouted federal regulations when it let former secretary Tom Price use chartered planes instead of looking for cheaper options, squandering $341,000 in federal funds, an agency watchdog reported Friday.

July 13, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wait in the East Room before President Donald Trump announces his nominee for the Supreme Court at White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions launches operation to crack down on fentanyl crimes

Saying there's "no such thing as a small case," Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered lieutenants in areas with the highest overdose rates to doggedly prosecute every case involving fentanyl or another synthetic opioid, saying too many lives are being lost to the potent drugs.

July 12, 2018