New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate. Read full article

A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of final passage in that chamber, where fiscal hawks have said the cost must not grow. Read full article

The case before one of the most conservative courts in the country is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court. Read full article

Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals. Read full article

Facing a court system that often saw gay parents as unfit, Georgette DuBois stole her daughter, Kara, from her estranged husband. She called it a miracle, but it didn’t feel like one to Kara. Read full article

Leading prelates are expressing outrage at the drive toward mass deportation. Read full article

For more than a century, baseball teams in Fairbanks have played at midnight on the summer solstice, illuminated only by the sun. Read full article