Latest: Harvard University has reversed its decision to name Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow, a day after CIA chief Mike Pompeo scrapped an appearance over the designation for the soldier who was convicted of leaking classified information.

WITH support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee yesterday approved a middle-of-the-road healthcare plan that moves President Barack Obama’s goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law.

THE White House is being forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the economy and today’s bleak landscape.