Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, says he's not worried about losing his seat in 2018 if the ObamaCare repeal plan fails.  —  “I serve at the pleasure of the people of western North Carolina …

Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you'  —  President Trump went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to sell the House GOP leadership's plan to overhaul the health-care system as the legislation races toward an expected vote on the House floor by the end of this week.

CONTROVERSY: Check Which Major Foundation FBI Director Has Connections To..  —  During his congressional hearing yesterday, Director James Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not face any heat from regarding a review which was released of his “professional history and relationships.”

The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election.’ Repeat.  The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election’  —  After FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation into potential ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, conspiracy theorists rejoiced.  Yet it's almost certain they won't get what they desire.

Palin: Comey is ‘tainted’  —  Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) says FBI Director James Comey is “tainted” by ties to the Clinton Foundation.  —  “The swamp runs deep,” she wrote on Facebook.  “Where are congressional ‘investigators’ on this conflict of interest issue?”

Nixon counsel during Watergate: Trump WH ‘in cover-up mode’  —  The former White House counsel to President Nixon who was charged for helping cover up the Watergate scandal says he thinks President Trump's White House is “in cover-up mode.”  —  “In fact [the White House] is in cover-up mode …

Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver  — Callan: He should heed Scalia's oft-quoted words: “I'm an originalist and a textualist, not a nut”  —  Paul Callan is a CNN legal analyst, a former New York City homicide prosecutor and currently is of counsel at the New York law firm of Edelman & Edelman PC …

UK flight ban on electronic devices announced  —  The British government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.  —  The ban, which also applies to tablets and DVD players, follows a similar US move affecting eight countries.