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Washington - US lawmakers appeared close to a compromise Wednesday on reforming the country's costly health-care system, a top domestic policy priority of President barack obama. Democratic Party leaders in the House of Representatives hammered out a...

A group of fiscally conservative House Democrats announced they had reached a deal with Democratic leaders on a bill that would revamp the nation's health care system. Rep. Mike Ross, speaking for four of the Blue Dog Democrats, said the House would not vote until after the August recess. President Obama issued a statement thanking lawmakers for 'working so hard to find common ground.'

Workers are rolling out the red carpet for the president at a Kroger grocery store in rural Virginia, but President Obama could get a chilly reception when he appears Wednesday for a town hall meeting on health care.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items....

Government minister accepts Zimbabwe and BBC had 'mutually ruinous relationship'The BBC and CNN will be able to report freely from Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years after restrictions were lifted by the country's government.Zimbabwe's minister of media, information and publicity, Webster Shamu, claimed that the BBC had never banned from 'carrying out lawful activities' inside the country, but added that the BBC and his government had now 'acknowledged the need to put behind us the mutually ruinous relationship of the past'.The thawing in relations with the BBC and CNN comes after Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party lost its majority in parliament for the first time in 28 years in last year's elections.After months of political turmoil, Mugabe signed a power-sharing agreement with Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. Tsvangirai became prime minister, while Mugabe is president.The breakthrough follows meetings between the broadcasters and senior

A group of fiscally conservative House Democrats announced Wednesday they had reached a deal with the chamber's Democratic leaders on a bill that would revamp the nation's health care system.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives reached a deal on Wednesday with a group of fiscal conservatives in their own party on healthcare legislation in a significant step forward for the bill.

A group of fiscally conservative House Democrats announced today they have reached a deal with the chamber's Democratic leaders on a health care reform bill. Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, speaking for the so-called Blue Dog Democrats, said the agreement calls for the House energy and Commerce Committee to begin debating the bill today, but says there won't be a vote by the full House until after the August recess.

Senate Democratic leaders implored Republicans Wednesday to join them in voting to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor next week, warning the GOP would face painful political consequences for opposing the judge in line to become the first Hispanic...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - republican and Democratic senators negotiating financial details of healthcare reform have made great progress and are on the verge of a deal, a key Republican senator said on Wednesday.