The billionaire Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has become the world’s leading global health philanthropist, but his overture to the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him, most recently with the release of photos Friday featuring him in the American financier’s entourage.

Twenty Republicans crossed party lines to support legislation to unwind what opponents described as the largest act of “union busting” in U.S. history.

Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.

The Senate could approve the measure in coming days, and lawmakers expressed confidence that President Donald Trump will sign it into law.

PA, introduced his own bill this week that combines elements of other GOP and Democratic proposals. Can it pass?

The House on Wednesday approved a $900 billion defense policy bill that would give U.S. troops a raise and codify much of President Trump’s national security agenda. It also seeks to curb his pullback from Europe and mandate more Pentagon consultation with Congress,

The decision is here: The Indiana Senate has rejected the mid-decade redistricting bill by a 19-31 vote. Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, is offering closing statements on the redistricting bill, meaning that a vote is imminent. Gaskill signaled he didn't know which way the vote would go.

This is a tremendous visceral experience, with radiant colors, slate-somber black-and-white, and geysers of crimson blood.

The Labour MP who introduced the UK assisted dying bill has criticised the “very slow” progress of the legislation through the House of Lords, amid broader concerns that parliament’s upper chamber is acting as a brake on the government’s agenda.

It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.