Pressure is building on fractious House Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund Obamacare from the bill.

The cost of a bronze plan for a 27-year-old may start at $139 in Texas and at $169 in Florida.

A federal appeals court is considering whether for-profit businesses can be exempted from a contraceptive mandate in the health care law because of the owners' religious views.

The financial risk faced by the government agency that insures private pension funds is substantially understated because its forecast model is outdated.