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.

Top Democrat sent letter to Mike Pence in November warning of Michael Flynn's Turkey lobbying  —  President Donald Trump was not aware that his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was being paid to lobby for Turkish interests in the months before the US election, the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said Thursday.

Trump Points to Drudge's ‘Great Again’ Praise of New Jobs Report  —  President has primed his supporters for a huge jobs report  —  Donald Trump used the first federal jobs report reflecting a full month of his presidency to send a message: He's already making America great again.

House Republicans would let employers demand workers' genetic test results  —  little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and other health information.

Mexican foreign secretary goes straight to the White House, skips usual channels  —  Mexico's top diplomat came to Washington Thursday for meetings with the U.S. government, sidestepping the normal channels and heading straight for the White House.  —  Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray met …

There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble  —  This is the ninth article in a series that reviews news coverage of the 2016 general election, explores how Donald Trump won and why his chances were underrated by most of the American media.  —  Last summer, the United Kingdom voted to leave …

Pelosi: Trump is ‘making fools’ out of GOP  —  Don't expect Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to accept any bowling invitations from the White House.  —  The House minority leader said Friday that President Trump is making a mockery of Republicans by bringing conservative skeptics …

The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)Somewhere in the halls of the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, a closely held number of FBI agents face the daunting task of determining how the Russian government sought to manipulate the US presidential election.

Conservatives want to blow up Senate rules to kill Obamacare  —  House Republican leaders narrowly tailored their Obamacare repeal bill to avoid violating Senate rules, but conservatives are pushing back with advice of their own: tear up the rulebook.  —  A growing number of conservative lawmakers …

Trump supporters call for ‘liberal genocide’ and deportation of Jews at Arizona Rally  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Maricopa County burnished its reputation as the Trumpiest in America last weekend as hundreds of locals, including heavily armed militiamen …

Amash cries after missing first vote in Congress  —  Rep. Justin Amash has long boasted about not missing a single vote since he arrived in Congress in 2011 — 4,289 in a row, give or take a vote, if you're counting.  —  But on Friday, as he was railing against the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill off …

South Korea's Ex-President Refuses To Vacate Residence After Impeachment, Two Dead During Protests  —  As discussed last night, in a historic ruling, the South Korean Constitutional Court upheld an impeachment decision against President Park Geun-hye, removing her from office on Friday …

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.

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 …

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 …

State Dept. seeks to keep Russian diplomat's cause of death private  —  The State Department asked the New York Medical Examiner not to publicly release information about the cause of death of Russia's ambassador to the United Nations.  —  Vitaly Churkin died unexpectedly in New York last month, one day before his 65th birthday.

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 …

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,” …

‘Innocent until proven guilty’ should mean what it says: Column  —  Every state should join Nebraska and New Mexico in repealing civil forfeiture.  —  CONNECT  —  Gerald and Royetta Ostipow had no idea what civil asset forfeiture was until sheriff's deputies arrived at their farm …

Trans Pastor To Texas Bathroom Bill Supporters: ‘Stop Using God As An Excuse To Hate People’  —  “In the beginning, God created humankind in God's image. ...  So God is transgender.”  —  A transgender pastor is lashing out against people who cite God as their reason for supporting …

Male Illinois rep asks why men should have to pay for prenatal coverage  —  Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., in 2014.  —  In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans' Affordable Care Act revision plan, a handful of moments stand out.  —  This is one of them.

Bar association gives Gorsuch its best rating  —  The American Bar Association declared Judge Neil Gorsuch “well-qualified” to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, giving President Donald Trump's pick to succeed the late Antonin Scalia the group's highest rating.