At Trump's urging, House Republicans to vote on health-care bill Friday even as they still whip for votes  —  BREAKING NEWS: After a marathon series of negotiations involving President Trump and his top aides Thursday, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) will call a vote on the proposal at Trump's behest …

Mike Lee's Obamacare Bombshell  —  Last night Phil Klein had a report that is much more significant than I think a lot of people have realized: … Lee's statement was followed by, and probably contributed to, last-minute efforts by the House leadership to tweak its health-care bill to win a vote scheduled for today.

House won't vote on health care bill Thursday  —  Washington (CNN)BREAKING: The House will not vote on the Republican health care bill Thursday, a GOP aide said.  —  The Republican health care legislation is in limbo Thursday afternoon after multiple meetings at the White House and Capitol have failed to produce a deal.

The new reality on Trump and the Freedom Caucus  —  House leadership has been hoping that President Trump would turn the screws on the Freedom Caucus.  They'd love nothing more than for Trump to threaten Freedom Caucus members like Mark Meadows with primary challenges.  In fact, they were banking on Trump doing that.

White House gets out ahead of health care blame game: 'We can't make people vote'  —  The White House continues to voice confidence that the embattled Obamacare repeal bill will pass the House — but wants to make sure you don't go blaming President Donald Trump if it doesn't.

Intel chair Devin Nunes unsure if Trump associates were directly surveilled  —  The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, R-Calif., does not know “for sure” whether President Donald Trump or members of his transition team were even on the phone calls or other communications …

Nunes apologizes to House Intel Committee, member says  — “Basically what he has done is he has scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation,” Cummings said  —  (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes apologized to committee members Thursday, a Democrat on the panel told reporters …

Bob Woodward: Obama officials possibly facing criminal charges for unmasking scheme  —  The Washington Post's Bob Woodward warned on Wednesday that there are people from the Obama administration who could be facing criminal charges for unmasking the names of Trump transition team members from surveillance of foreign officials.

Can President Trump Handle the Truth?  —  Generations of American children have learned the apocryphal tale of young George Washington, bravely admitting to his father that he chopped down the cherry tree.  The story sprang from a culture that wanted even its fables to serve the ideal of truth.