A Bill So Bad It's Awesome  —  It has long been obvious to anyone following health policy that Republicans would never devise a workable replacement for Obamacare.  But the bill unveiled this week is worse than even the cynics expected; its awfulness is almost surreal.

Sources: FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization  —  (CNN)Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN.

In major shift, White House privately backing earlier rollback of Medicaid expansion  — Such a move, however, could blow up the already fragile efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act  —  Washington (CNN)The White House is privately lining up behind conservative calls to roll …

Chris Hayes to GOP Rep.: ‘Why Are You Rushing So Fast’ on Obamacare Replacement?  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes faced off with a Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee tonight over why they're “rushing so fast” on the Obamacare repeal-and-replace plan.

AG SUGGESTS OPENNESS TO REVIEW OF PREDECESSORS' ACTIONS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested Thursday that he would be open to the appointment of an outside counsel to review actions taken by the Justice Department during the Obama administration.

Malik Obama shares photo of brother Barack's Kenya ‘certificate of birth’  —  An Obama has joined the birther movement.  —  Malik Obama, Barack Obama's half-brother, tweeted image of what appears to be Barack's birth certificate.  —  Except it's not from Hawaii, but rather Kenya.

Pope signals he's open to married Catholic men becoming priests  —  Rome (CNN)Pope Francis has said he is open to married men becoming priests to combat the Roman Catholic Church's shortage of clergy.  —  In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis said the lack of Catholic priests was an …

Samantha Bee Show Apologizes to Writer for ‘Nazi Hair’ Mockery  —  The TBS comedy program “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” apologized on Thursday for broadcasting a segment in which a writer who has talked about his cancer diagnosis was mocked for having what the program called “Nazi hair.”

Inside The Investigation To Get To The Bottom Of Russia's Role In The Election  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee has been given sweeping powers, unseen since the Watergate era, to investigate Russian meddling in the US election.  As its scope grows to include suspected ties between …

With Trump in White House, His Golf Properties Prosper  —  WASHINGTON — It is a golden age for golf — at least as far as the Trump Organization is concerned.  —  On Memorial Day weekend, the Senior P.G.A. Championship will be held at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington.

Why Is Mr. Tillerson in a Perpetual State of Duck and Cover?  —  For a guy who has spent his life delivering messages — as a businessman, reality TV star, presidential candidate and now president — President Trump is doing an abysmal job explaining his view of the world and America's place in it.

U.S. Spies Live in Fear of Trump's Next Tweet  —  As Friday evening draws to a close around Washington, D.C., the city's tight-knit and secretive national security clan goes to sleep with a new unease.  It's not Syria or Iran or even North Korea they're most worried about.

South Korea Removes President Park Geun-hye  —  SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court ousted the president on Friday, a first in the nation's history, rattling the delicate balance of relationships across Asia at a particularly tense time.  —  Her removal capped months of turmoil …

The Truth About the WikiLeaks C.I.A. Cache  —  On Tuesday morning, WikiLeaks released an enormous cache of documents that it claimed detailed “C.I.A. hacking tools.”  Immediately afterward, it posted two startling tweets asserting that “C.I.A. hacker malware” posed a threat to journalists …

NFL abuse of painkillers and other drugs described in court filings  —  National Football League teams violated federal laws governing prescription drugs, disregarded guidance from the Drug Enforcement Administration on how to store, track, transport and distribute controlled substances …

Bill Clinton: Resurgent nationalism ‘taking us to the edge of our destruction’  —  Don't buy what purports to be nationalism that's engulfed politics in America and all over the world, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday; what's actually at play, he argued, is more insidious and interconnected than that.

Trump's in the White House bubble, and he loves it  —  President Donald Trump is sticking to his comfort zone.  —  Trump has spent each of the 48 nights of his presidency either at the White House or at his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.  He has dined out in the nation's capital just once …

Starbucks CEO's refugee comments sour customer views of chain - survey  —  Starbucks Corp's vow to hire thousands of refugees after President Donald Trump's first executive order that temporarily banned travel from seven mostly-Muslim nations appears to be hurting customer sentiment of the coffee chain.

Meet Silicon Valley's Secretive Alt-Right Followers  —  Readers of The Right Stuff long knew that founder “Mike Enoch” had two main interests: technology and white supremacy.  Posts on the neo-Nazi site have included discussion of “a new blogging platform built on node.js,” …

Schwarzenegger for Senate?  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — the “Terminator” action hero who made “I'll be back” one of filmdom's most iconic phrases — may be mulling a political comeback, according to several GOP political insiders in California.

The political lexicon of a billionaire populist  —  From the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged “total change,” delivering his promises with a scorched-earth political vocabulary — “Lyin' Ted,” “Crooked Hillary,” “drain the swamp,” “lock her up.”

Sam Brownback Might Not Be Governing Kansas Much Longer  —  Donald Trump won Kansas last November by just over 20 points, and in the coming days he's expected to give the Jayhawk State's voters their reward: a new governor.  —  The president reportedly will name Governor Sam Brownback …