Defeat for Donald Trump as Obamacare set to remain 'for the foreseeable future'

Donald Trump and Republican leaders have scrapped their bill to repeal "Obamacare" in a humiliating failure for the US president, when it became clear his flagship manifesto pledge would nosedive in the House of Representatives.

Democrats said Americans could "breathe a sigh of relief" after seven years of non-stop railing against former president Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act health care law.