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Republicans reveal plan to replace Obamacare; Trump signs new immigration executive order

Northern Virginia’s daily dose of local and national news for Tuesday, March 7.

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House Republicans revealed their health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act that would switch insurance subsidies with tax credits intended to encourage people to use those credits to get insurance.
(The Washington Post)

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President Donald Trump signed a new immigration order following the legal halt of his previous order. The new order takes Iraq of the list of Muslim-majority countries that now cannot issue new visas. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said the new order was “an incredible concession” that the original order was unconstitutional.
(The Washington Post, ABC 7 News)

The Supreme Court sent a case addressing a transgender Virginia high school student’s right to use the boys’ bathroom back to a lower court.
(The Wahsington Post)

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The Metro board is expected to approve fare increases and service cuts to counteract the transit system’s budget shortfall.
(The Washington Post)

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Steven Spielberg will direct a new movie starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep called The Post about The Washington Post‘s 1971 legal efforts to publish the Pentagon Papers.
(The Washington Post)

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