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Articles by Valerie Richardson

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, spoke at a demonstration on Capitol Hill on Thursday after House Republicans pushed their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of former President Barack Obama's health care law. ( Associated Press)

Democrats hit GOP health care using scare tactics

Hoping Trumpcare does for them what Obamacare did for Republicans at the ballot box, Democrats have seized on the House repeal-and-replace bill even as Republicans insist that fans of the collapsing health care exchange are deluding themselves.

May 7, 2017
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, a key architect of Obamacare, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) ** FILE **

Jonathan Gruber blames Trump for Obamacare decline

Obamacare co-architect Jonathan Gruber, who once credited the "stupidity of the American voter" for the passage of the sweeping health-care exchange bill, said Sunday that President Trump was to blame for its decline.

May 7, 2017
A motorist passes by the entrance to the Cummins Unit prison near Varner, Ark., on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The state scheduled the execution of Kenneth Williams for Thursday night. It would be the state's fourth execution in an eight-day period. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

Arkansas executions halted due to lack of drugs

The final execution in Arkansas's condensed April timetable was scheduled for Thursday night, but it could be months or even years before the state is able to carry out another one.

April 27, 2017
This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmate Kenneth Williams, who was scheduled for execution on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)

Kenneth Williams executed in Arkansas

Arkansas executed late Thursday its fourth inmate in eight days, bringing to a close an unprecedented death-penalty odyssey driven by the looming expiration of a key lethal-injection drug.

April 27, 2017