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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Washington, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the subsidies for customers in states that do not operate their own exchanges under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama wins: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies, 6-3

The Supreme Court upheld Obamacare's ability to pay subsidies to customers throughout the U.S. in a ruling Thursday that cements the law's legal standing, delivering a resounding win to President Obama, who said it was time for Republicans to accept defeat and move on.

June 25, 2015
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Senate panel approves long-term highway funding bill

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year highway bill with little fanfare Wednesday, setting up a long-term extension of funding for the nation's decaying roads and bridges if lawmakers can find a way to pay for the package.

June 24, 2015
The White House this week once again is zeroing in on climate change, a top priority for President Obama during his final 18 months in office. (Associated Press)

Obamacare foes cautioned about full repeal

Obamacare stretches into much of the U.S. economy, and outright repealing it, as Republicans are gearing up to try one last time, would be a tricky proposition, according to the latest estimates from Congress' official scorekeeper.

June 21, 2015
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 4, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House votes to repeal medical device tax

The House voted Thursday to repeal Obamacare's tax on medical devices, setting the stage for a legislative tweak to the contentious health law that could actually make it through Congress.

June 18, 2015
Rep. Charles Boustany, Lousiana Republican (Associated Press)

House GOP offers plan to deal with Obamacare ruling

House Republicans pushed a plan Wednesday to extend Obamacare's subsidies for the rest of the year if the Supreme Court this month says dozens of states are no longer eligible for the tax credits that have helped millions afford insurance under the law.

June 17, 2015
People display a representation of the Liberian flag as they celebrate Liberia being an Ebola free nation in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, May 11, 2015. Liberians are gathering in the streets of the capital to celebrate the end of the Ebola epidemic in this West African country. Monday's festivities come after the World Health Organization declared over the weekend that Liberia was finally Ebola-free. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

NIH teams with Liberia for study of Ebola survivors

The U.S. government is teaming up with Liberia to find out what happens to Ebola survivors in the long run, studying whether previously infected persons can transmit the deadly virus through close or sexual contact and if they've built enough immunity to thwart future infection.

June 17, 2015
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, has raised concerns about the U.S.' ability to conduct large-scale reconstruction efforts. (Associated Press)

Loss of Obamacare subsidies would hit the South hardest

Obamacare supporters got personal Tuesday, targeting congressional Republicans whose districts would stand to lose the most if the Supreme Court rules later this month that the administration has been breaking the law in paying part of residents' health insurance costs.

June 16, 2015
House Oversight Committee member Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Patent-reform bill hit from both sides of the aisle

A reform bill aimed at cracking down on so-called "patent trolls" is being rushed through the House without adequate debate on what it could do to smaller inventors, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said Tuesday.

June 16, 2015
Paul Ryan Associated Press photo

House set to repeal Obamacare tax on medical devices

The GOP-led House is set to repeal Obamacare's medical device tax this week, forcing Democrats either to stand by President Obama's signature law at all costs or side with industry groups who say the tax on pacemakers, artificial joints and other products is a job killer that stifles innovation.

June 15, 2015
"I think it is the time to move on," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told members of Enroll America, a nonprofit that drives customers into the Obamacare marketplace. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court’s Obama subsidies ruling final health law showdown, Democrats say

President Obama and his top aides are increasingly portraying this month's Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare subsidies as the final showdown for the health care law, saying that if the justices rule in their favor it should be the signal for Republicans to give up their attacks and move on to other fights.

June 14, 2015