The Week of March 26, 2017 by CoenM

After the failure to replace the Affordable Care Act, what CONSERVATIVE US STATE's legislature approved Medicare expansion, which is expected to be vetoed by governor Sam Brownback?

The White House and the House Intelligence Committee gave conflicting views on who forced the cancellation of a hearing on Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election that would have featured testimony from what FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES?

The United Kingdom formally served notice of their intent to leave the European Union, invoking what ARTICLE of the Treaty of European Union?

The Trump administration lifted a moratorium on leases to mine what SUBSTANCE on federal lands, hoping to create mining jobs, though experts claimed this would be unlikely due to reduced demand for the substance?

At an Arab League summit in Jordan, Yemeni president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi called what NON-ARAB NATION "the true sponsor of terrorism," likely because they back the Houthi rebels trying to overthrow Hadi?

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Ocrevus to treat severe cases of what DISEASE, with the drug working better on people with the relapsing form rather than the primary progressive form?

A fire caused a bridge collapse and the closure of roughly three miles of I-85 in what US CITY, pushing roughly 250,000 vehicles per day to detours using I-75 and SR400?

What SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT faced renewed criticism when he replaced ten cabinet ministers at once - including respected finance minister Pravin Gordhan - in what is seen as an attempt to consolidate power?

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY got crosswise with the UK twice in one week, first over its potential influence over Gibraltar in a post-UK EU, then in its statement that it would not veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the EU?

This week we're borrowing HallR's concept of a mini theme with A Tough Weekend for the Continent. What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw more than 200 killed in a flood and mudslide centered on the city of Mocoa?

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw protestors set fire to its Congress after it was learned that its Senate voted in secret to approve a constitutional amendment allowing the president to run for re-election?

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw its supreme court reverse parts of a decision made earlier in the week that stripped the national assembly of most of its power, which would have given almost unchecked power to its president, Nicolas Maduro?