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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. wait to take their seats for a luncheon with President Donald Trump, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Senators end meeting stalemated on health care

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"The focus starts on economic issues. That's where the American people are hurting," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, predicted that Democrats can win back white working-class voters who felt left behind during the Obama years.

The Latest: Trump to discuss health care with GOP senators

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Capitol Hill police officers prepare to arrest a group protesting the republican healthcare bill outside the offices of Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. The Senate has been forced to put the Republican's health care bill on hold for as much as two weeks until Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., can return from surgery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

‘Let Obamacare fail,’ Trump declares as GOP plan collapses

By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

2 Iranian men charged with hacking Vermont software company

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The Pascagoula River floods streets as Tropical Storm Cindy drops heavy rains, Saturday, June 24, 2017, near Escatawpa, Miss. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

EDITORIAL: Zealotry is no substitute for science

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into his office on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 13, 2017. McConnell is planning on rolling out the GOP's revised health care bill, pushing toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Nevada governor still concerned by health bill

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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2016, file photo, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., attends a forum with South Dakota's congressional delegation in Mitchell, S.D. Rounds said Wednesday, July 12, 2017, that changes expected to be unveiled in a revised Senate Republican health care bill will help improve the proposal. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)

South Dakota GOP senators won’t commit to new health bill

By JAMES NORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Lima, Peru. When U.S. and Russian presidents meet, the rest of the world stops to watch. For decades, summits between leaders of the world powers have been heavily anticipated affairs in which every word, handshake and facial expression is scrutinized. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EDITORIAL: Arsonists to put out the fire

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Latest: Pence wants to ‘turn up heat’ on Republicans

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Vice President Pence makes case for repeal bill in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Senior adviser to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in New York, April 23, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Valerie Jarrett, top Obama adviser, working on book

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., with his director of operations Stefanie Hagar Muchow, right, walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

New GOP health bill likely keeping Obama tax boosts on rich

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga. walks off after a new conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, to announce a proposal to cancel the Senate's August recess. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: McConnell to unveil revised health bill Thursday

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech during the 4th Congress of Indonesian Diaspora Network in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, July 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) ** FILE **

Obama rides back into politics — atop a dead Democratic horse

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 30, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump pressed Congress on Monday, July 10, 2017, to get health care done before leaving for its long August recess, even as Republican senators say the GOP effort so far to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably dead. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Longtime GOP pessimistic about health care bill prospects

By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Obama to appear at Democratic redistricting fundraiser

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump pressed Congress on Monday, July 10, 2017, to get health care done before leaving for its long August recess, even as Republican senators say the GOP effort so far to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably dead. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Stalled GOP health bill under renewed pressure from Trump

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during a news conference for the ribbon cutting ceremony for exit 30 on Interstate 65 in Bowling Green, Ky., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. (Austin Anthony/Daily News via AP)

GOP leader says he’ll rework health bill, but offers Plan B

By BRUCE SCHREINER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this July 3, 2017 photo provided by Jolene Jackinsky, former U.S. President Barack Obama holds Jackinsky's 6-month-old baby girl while posing for a selfie with the pair at a waiting area at Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska. Jackinsky said Obama walked up to her and asked, &quot;Who is this pretty girl?&quot; (Jolene Jackinsky via AP)

‘Oh my God, it is Obama’: Alaska mom, baby meet ex-president

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WV reliance on Obama law makes it tough for GOP senator

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press