1. G.O.P. Senate leaders are out of options in their efforts to repeal and replace the health care law, at least for now.

Republicans, who previously failed to gain enough votes to replace President Obama’s health law, attempted a third measure to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. That plan has collapsed.

“I did not come to Washington to hurt people,” said Senator Shelley Moore Capito, above, a Republican from West Virginia. “I cannot vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement plan that addresses my concerns and the needs of West Virginians.”