Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal  —  Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.  —  House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.

Trump's Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His  —  President Trump plans to unveil a tax cut blueprint on Wednesday that would apply a vastly reduced, 15 percent business tax rate not only to corporations but also to companies that now pay taxes through the personal income tax code …

WHO BUN IT?  Brit bunny riddle as rabbit destined to be world's biggest dies on United Airlines jet to US  —  Three foot Simon died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after leaving Heathrow  —  SCANDAL-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.

Trump attacks judiciary for blocking order on sanctuary cities  —  President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the nation's judiciary Wednesday, blaming the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the ruling by a federal district court judge that blocked Trump's move to deny federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities.

Ann Coulter On Verge of Pulling Out of Speech at Berkeley  —  Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she is likely to cancel her planned appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, because she faced threats of violence and felt she was left without the support of local law enforcement who have said it cannot guarantee her safety.

White House readies order on withdrawing from NAFTA  —  The Trump administration is considering an executive order on withdrawing the U.S. from NAFTA, according to two White House officials.  —  A draft order has been submitted for the final stages of review and could be unveiled late this week or early next week, the officials said.

Views on Russian influence reflect partisan finger-pointing (POLL)  —  It's a partisan cold war right here at home: A majority of Democrats think now-President Donald Trump's campaign tried to help Russia influence the 2016 election, while a majority of Republicans think former President …

Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law  —  We've already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous.  Now there's a new complication: It may also violate international law.  —  The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation …

When will Obama have made enough money?  —  Cantor Fitzgerald LP will pay former President Barack Obama $400,000 to speak at a conference in September, likely the first of many lucrative Wall Street paydays.  —  Good for him.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Obama doesn't really need the money …

Fox News anchor joins lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, harassment at network  —  Fox News still under grand jury probe  —  Fox News' legal troubles grew even larger Tuesday, with new plaintiffs, including an anchor, joining a suit alleging racial discrimination and harassment at the network.

Kim readies for war: North Korean leader salutes as his army fires rockets and torpedoes at mock enemy warships during country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills  — North Korea marked military anniversary with the country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday

Hanging up my spurs.  —  A couple years ago, my wife Crystal and I were cleaning out our garage in Truckee when we came across an old notebook of mine from when I lived in Ireland at age 20.  Back then, a friend had asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Donald Trump Is a Real Republican, and That's a Good Thing  —  Claremont, Calif. — What kind of conservative is President Trump?  He must be some kind of conservative, because for nearly 100 days and counting, liberals have poured on him the kind of vitriol they do not reserve for moderates or ideological nobodys.

Carl Bernstein: Flynn is ‘central to what FBI believes is cover-up’ … CNN commentator Carl Bernstein suggested Wednesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's is key to helping the FBI unravel a vast “cover-up” of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

The NYT's new columnist defends his views on Arabs, Black Lives Matter, campus rape  —  On April 12, the New York Times's vaunted editorial page got a new addition.  Bret Stephens, formerly a columnist at the Wall Street Journal, will join Ross Douthat and David Brooks among the stable of in-house conservatives at the Gray Lady.

Will GOP Fund Planned Parenthood But Not Border Wall? … When Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 and announced he was running for president, he told all who listened to “mark” his words.  —  “I would do various things very quickly,” Trump said.

Ivanka Trump's new fund for female entrepreneurs  —  Ivanka Trump told me yesterday from Berlin that she has begun building a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe.  Both countries and companies will contribute to create a pool of capital to economically empower women.