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Obamacare days 'numbered' after US Republicans take first step to 'repeal and replace'

House of Representatives voted to pass a measure to roll back the programme which gave health coverage to 20 million Americans.

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US House follows Senate in voting to start Obamacare repeal

The moves in Congress set in motion the process of dismantling the outgoing president's key health reform.

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The Obama legacy

Cuba

Obama consigns 'wet foot, dry foot' law to history

US President Barack Obama has ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to remain and be granted residency.

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Obama surprises Biden with presidential medal of freedom

"This also gives the internet one last chance to talk about our Bromance," Obama joked as he gave out the medal.

USA

America pulls away its welcome mat for Cuban emigrants

Reversing a policy it has had since the days of Fidel Castro, America will no longer grant residency rights to Cubans arriving without visas.

World

24 hours that changed America - with Stefan Grobe

Will Washington change Trump? Can the broken relationship with the intelligence community be mended?

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Opinion: Trump’s Crazed Transition

Poland

US tanks and troops arrive in Poland

Hundreds of military vehicles and more than 3000 US troops have begun arriving in Poland.

USA

Obamacare: the dismantling begins

The US Senate has taken the first concrete step towards dismantling Obamacare. It has voted to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing the US president's signature health insurance prog

World

Barack Obama leaves the political stage as he entered it - with style

US President Barack Obama has made his final speech before leaving office, and it was a reminder of his skills as an orator and the close family ties that have been hallmarks of his presidency.

USA

The main points of Obama's last speech as President

President Barack Obama delivered his final speech as President of the United States in Chicago's McCormick Place

USA

"America is a better, stronger place," says Obama in farewell speech

Outgoing US President Barack Obama used his last address to the nation to decry discrimination, attack the current wave of negativism in society and to tell people to “get engaged in…

USA

Obama's legacy in danger

As Obama prepares to make his last speech as President, we take a look at the policies Trump looks poised to undo.

USA

Russia slams US decision to blacklist five senior officials

Moscow has slammed a move by the White House to blacklist five senior Russian officials, describing it as an additional step in the degradation of relations under President…

USA

US sanctions top Russian investigator

The US has blacklisted Russia’s top investigator, Alexander Bastrykin, along with four others, for human rights offences Officials said the sanctions were not linked to US hacking allegations but to t

USA

Vacation, new book and staying involved: Obama’s retirement plans

At age 55, Barack Obama will be one of the youngest ex-presidents in US history when he leaves office on the afternoon of January 20th to begin a (potentially) long…

USA

'I hope I've made you proud,' Michelle Obama gives final speech as FLOTUS

Two weeks to the day before the next president is to be inaugurated, Michelle Obama delivered her final remarks as First Lady of the United States.

USA

Michelle Obama: first lady and champion for a more equal world

Michelle Obama, the United States’s first black woman to make the White House her home, will be remembered as a champion for a better and more equal world.

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Republicans set their sights on Obamacare as first target for Trump

Not even in office yet, America's Republicans are calling time on Barack Obama's Affordable Care act and promising their first act will be to scrap the "catastrophic" law.