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Early Afghan Vote Count Gives Ex-Finance Minister The Lead

The result is unlikely to quell claims from Ashraf Ghani's rival, Abdullah Abdullah, that the election was fraudulent. Abdullah easily won the first round of voting, but now trails by a million votes.

Relatives of the victims stand at the site of the Rana Plaza building, in this 2015 photo. More than 1,100 people died when the eight-story factory building collapsed.

3 Years Later, Bangladeshi Survivors Remember The Collapse Of Rana Plaza

Those who were injured or lost loved ones in the building's collapse say those responsible haven't been brought to justice.

Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at Bellevue Hospital a day after the Senate Republicans released their health care bill to the public.

Obamacare Has Problems. The Senate Health Care Bill Doesn't Solve Them, Experts Say

We asked top health care experts to tell us America's biggest health care problems. Then we asked: Does the current Republican plan fix them? For the most part, the answer was no.

Demonstrators protest changes to the Affordable Care Act on June 28, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois.

Americans Don't Want Senate's Health Care Plan, But It's Unclear What They Do Want

Public opinion on health care is often inconsistent, even incoherent.

Likely 2016 hopeful Jeb Bush reportedly told a closed-door crowd his brother, former President George W. Bush, is one of his top foreign policy advisers.

Politics Rewind: Family Baggage And Fuzzy Math

This week in politics: Jeb Bush isn't doing a great job of separating himself from his brother, the GOP's diversity problem and were the polls really wrong again?

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland's confirmation has been stalled in the Senate for eight months.

The Case For Republicans To Consider Merrick Garland's Nomination

Senate GOP leadership has refused to hold hearings or a vote on the moderate judge's nomination. Yet, with the prospect of a Clinton presidency, might conservatives be having second thoughts?

With Special Tax Suspended, Medical Device Firms Reap Big Savings

The medical device industry is enjoying a two-year moratorium on a tax that was created to support the Affordable Care Act. Are firms using their savings to create more jobs, as many claim?

The Capitol Dome and the Capitol Christmas Tree illuminated, as Congress worked on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

No Government Shutdown Likely, But Here's What's In The Spending Bill

House Speaker Paul Ryan looks like he will avoid what would've been a government shutdown at midnight with a massive $1.1 trillion spending package. But he had to appeal to Democrats to do it.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker (in blue jacket), visits the container port at the Special Enterprise Zone in Mariel, Cuba, on Oct. 6. Cuba is creating the zone to encourage trade and foreign investment. Some foreign companies are eager to move in, though the Pritzker said Cuba's commitment to free trade was not year clear.

With A New Trade Zone, Cuba Reaches Out To Investors

In the port of Mariel, Cuba is creating a huge enterprise zone intended to encourage trade and welcome foreign businesses. Some companies are eager to jump in. The Americans sound a bit skeptical.

The U.N. Wants You To Take A Selfie, Spin Around, Listen To A Llama

It's all part of the crazy, creative campaign to get people to pay attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations will endorse this coming week.

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