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In a speech at the White House on Wednesday, the president asked Congress to send him a bill within the next few weeks. Republicans said even if a bill is passed, the debate will be far from over: Every election in the fall will be a referendum on the issue, with GOP candidates campaigning to repeal it.

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has formed a new group to promote the ideals of the Tea Party movement. Although Thomas has often worked for conservative causes, her new role is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest for her husband.

Once the Apple of its day, Polaroid has fallen by the wayside, thanks to digital photography. Now, with a revamped image and an alliance with self-marketing dynamo Lady Gaga, it's trying to be the oldest new trend.

The Congressional Budget Office calculated that House Democrats' overhaul legislation would cut the federal deficit by $138 billion over the first decade — with an overall price tag of $940 billion during that period.

David Remnick has a nearly impossible task in his new biography of Barack Obama: writing "the most complete account yet" of the most famous man on the planet. The well-written and well-researched book may be ahead of its time; the events in it are so familiar right now that its scholarship may resonate better in 20 years.

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile appears to have altered the rotation of the Earth, changing the length of the day by a tiny amount and shifting the location of the poles by a few inches. Large quakes have a history of doing just that, even if the changes are far too small to have any meaningful effect.

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marin Le Pen met Wednesday night in their only debate ahead of Sunday's runoff vote for president.

President Obama met Thursday with senators who are trying to craft a bipartisan immigration bill. The meeting comes less than two weeks before immigrant rights activists are planning a march on Washington to draw attention to their cause, but so far the White House has been reluctant to put the issue on the front burner.

House Democrats say they're closing in on a final vote on a health overhaul. But a few big issues remain to be ironed out before they can muster the votes needed to get the bill over the finish line. The biggest fight of all remains abortion.

Health care overhaul could help Democrats get student aid reforms passed. The change would shift lending from private banks to the Education Department. Advocates say it could save at least $67 billion, which could be put back into more financial aid for needy students.