Good afternoon, everyone. The House of Representatives will soon begin voting on the American Health Care Act, the Republican plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This vote is shaping up to be an extraordinary moment in President Trump’s young tenure and a true nail-biter on the floor of the House. Speaker Paul D. Ryan went to the White House earlier in the day to tell Mr. Trump that, because of a wave of Republican defections, the bill did not have the votes to pass. But the president has insisted that he wants to have lawmakers on the record through a vote.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 19:21 UTC