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Amy Barrett sworn in as US Supreme Court's ninth justice as issues important to Trump await
•The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan district attorney from acquiring his tax returns. It is also considering appeals from the Trump campaign and Republicans to shorten the deadline for receiving and counting absentee ballots
US Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, delivering for Donald Trump and reshaping Supreme Court
•Before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, she had told her granddaughter she wanted a new president to instal her successor — a deathbed wish that Republicans made clear they had no intention of honouring
'He's worried about looking bad': Joe Biden hits out at 'self-centred' Donald Trump's coronavirus response
•The number of coronavirus cases has spiked across much of the United States, particularly in the Sun Belt states that were among the first to reopen large parts of public life
US federal judge in Texas rules Obamacare unconstitutional; Donald Trump calls on Congress to pass new law
•US District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that 2017's tax cut bill knocked the constitutional foundation from under "Obamacare", by eliminating a penalty for not having coverage. The rest of the law cannot be separated from that provision and is therefore invalid, he wrote.
Wipro sees challenges in healthcare business in US amid Obamacare uncertainties
•The healthcare market accounts for nearly 13 percent of Wipro’s IT sales and reform of the sector in the United State
Donald Trump halts $10.4 billion in insurance payments under Obamacare; says federal court ruling prevents money distribution
•Trump’s administration has used its regulatory powers to undermine Obamacare after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to repeal and replace the law.
US senators reach bipartisan deal to salvage Obamacare subsidies eliminated by Donald Trump last week
•US senators have announced they had reached a bipartisan deal to continue a programme that helps low-income Americans purchase health insurance, days after Trump cut such subsidies
Donald Trump rolls back Obamacare provision for free birth control for women; pro-contraception groups outraged
•US president Donald Trump's administration annulled on Friday an Obamacare provision that obliged employer health plans to pay for contraception
Republicans' Obamacare repeal push left for dead: Maine senator Susan Collins joins three other GOP colleagues in opposing bill
•The Maine moderate said in a statement that the legislation would make "devastating" cuts in the Medicaid program for poor and disabled people, drive up premiums for millions and weaken protections Obamacare gives people with pre-existing medical conditions.
John McCain opposes new Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill, torpedoes Republican effort to repeal Obamacare
•McCain's rejection of the latest Obamacare replacement bill is yet another slight against the current president, someone he has repeatedly challenged.