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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a &quot;discussion draft&quot; of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: GOP health plan cuts Medicaid, ends penalties

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Trump nominates Republican Marvin Kaplan to NLRB

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FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats plan to slow the Senate’s work, force votes and make late-night speeches in an effort to focus attention on how Republicans are crafting legislation revamping the nation’s health care system behind closed doors, a senior Democratic aide said Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate steers toward showdown vote next week on health bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a &quot;discussion draft&quot; of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Spicer says Trump wants health bill with ‘heart’

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Ex-Obama aide challenges congressman who revived health bill

By MICHAEL CATALINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks from his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats plan to slow the Senate’s work, force votes and make late-night speeches in an effort to focus attention on how Republicans are crafting legislation revamping the nation’s health care system behind closed doors, a senior Democratic aide said Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Dems’ motions, speeches knock GOP health bill for secrecy

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, is allowed to remain in the military and undergo sex reassignment procedures under a directive issued last year by Obama administration Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. (Associated Press/File)

James Mattis faces transgender decision for military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Friday, June 16, 2017, after speaking about Cuba policy in Miami. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump rolls back some, not all, changes in US-Cuba relations

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 15, 2017, during an event on Apprenticeship and Workforce of Tomorrow initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: A rosy Cabinet meeting, a Trump tweet tirade

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JIM DRINKARD - Associated Press

The Latest: Effort to shield some from deportation stays

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President Donald Trump speaks about Cuba policy, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Miami. The president announced changes to Obama-era Cuba policy, and challenged the Castro government to negotiate a better deal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump rolls back Obama admin’s Cuba policy: ‘Will not be silent in the face of communist oppression’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, two passengers deplane from JetBlue flight 387 waving a United States, and Cuban national flag, in Santa Clara. As President Donald Trump is expected to announce a reversal on the U.S. Cuba policy on Friday, June 16, 2017, Cubans are bracing for the worst. Across the island, people of all ages, professions and political beliefs expect rising tensions, fewer American visitors and a harder time seeing relatives in the U.S.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Trump thrusts US, Cuba back toward hostile relations

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this May 17, 2017 photo, Cuban immigrant Hermes Vigoa, who arrived in the U.S. two years before Obama canceled the fast-track citizenship system, gives an interview outside his home in Miami, Florida. Vigoa, 46, was detained when he showed up at an immigration office in Miami earlier this year to renew a temporary document while he completed the permanent-residency process. Tens of thousands of Cubans living in the U.S. are adapting to a new reality: After enjoying decades of favored status dating back to the Cold War, many of them now face the same deportation risks as any other immigrants. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Cubans now face same deportation risk as other immigrants

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, two passengers deplane from JetBlue flight 387 waving a United States, and Cuban national flag, in Santa Clara. As President Donald Trump is expected to announce a reversal on the U.S. Cuba policy on Friday, June 16, 2017, Cubans are bracing for the worst. Across the island, people of all ages, professions and political beliefs expect rising tensions, fewer American visitors and a harder time seeing relatives in the U.S.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Trump to announce plan to stop cash flow to Cuban military

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Admin revokes blocked program to protect immigrant parents

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 11, 2015 file photo, US Citizen Jordan Graddis, 24, left, takes a photo of Emily O'connell, 24, as she holds a US and a Cuban flag in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. On Friday, June 16, 2017, President Donald Trump will give America's Cuba policy its second 180-degree spin in three years. Speaking from Miami, Trump's expected to revive the Cold War goal of starving Cuba's communist system of cash while inciting the population to overthrow it. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Cubans brace for worst as Trump takes aim at Obama opening

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions former FBI Director James Comey during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John McCain, off rail, says Obama better than Trump

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks with President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is at left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump holds first meeting of full Cabinet

The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For Republicans, health care is becoming a big political gamble. Not only are they trying to scale back major benefit programs being used by millions of people, but they’re doing so even as the public is leery of drastic changes, and there’s no support outside their own party. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

GOP’s pursuit of health care overhaul comes with risks

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press