Tamara Keith

A week after the failure of the GOP health care bill, the White House has retreated to action it can do without Congress. And many of its actions have been overshadowed by investigations into Russia.

President Trump held a "listening session" on opioid addiction Wednesday, the beginning of what the White House says will be its effort to address a problem that resonated on the campaign trail.

As a businessman Donald Trump re-framed his bankruptcies as wins. As president he's seemingly doing the same with the failure of the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

How does President Trump recover from his first legislative failure? He may be able to draw some lessons from the last president who tried and failed to reform the health care system.

President Trump co-wrote the book on making a deal in 1987. But the former businessman couldn't deliver on overhauling health care.

President Trump spoke from the Oval Office on Friday after Republican leaders made the decision to pull their health care bill that was designed to replace the Affordable Care Act.

According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, President Trump "left it all on the field" in terms of his efforts to gain support for the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

House Republican leaders have pulled their bill to replace the Affordable Care Act after it became clear they did not have the votes to pass it.

The fate of the House Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is up in the air, but a vote is intended for Friday. It comes after a push from Trump, who wants a vote on the current bill.

President Trump and top House Republicans are working to secure the votes needed to pass the GOP health care bill in the countdown to a scheduled vote in the House Thursday.

President Trump called out members of Congress in a closed-door meeting aimed at closing the deal on the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Trump was asked about his controversial claims about wiretapping, the GOP health care bill and his views on trade.

The president met Friday with a group of House members that includes some who had been lukewarm about the bill. A senior GOP aide says they won two modifications to the bill.

President Trump's budget blueprint isn't the administration's only effort to downsize and reorganize the government. It's something many presidents have tried before him.

The White House wants to increase efficiency in the federal government and that could mean eliminating agencies. That, however, is easier said than done.

President Trump has been in "sell mode" on the health care bill, and he has invited conservative GOP members of Congress over to the White House bowling alley this week.

President Trump's twitter habits are well known, he has a tendency to make news in another way that is abbreviated. It's called a pool spray.

President Trump is personally making a pitch for the the new Republican health care bill. He and his administration are actively meeting with members of Congress.

President Trump has asked Congress to investigate his predecessor Barack Obama in regards to alleged wire tapping in Trump Tower. Obama representatives have strongly denied the allegations.

James Comey's request regarding the unsubstantiated claim follows the White House call for a congressional inquiry "to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016."