Trump Pondered Firing Mueller; His Aides Pushed Back  —  WASHINGTON — Last month's appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia enraged President Trump.  Yet, at least initially, he holstered his Twitter finger and publicly said nothing.

AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill ‘mean’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House-passed health care bill he helped revive is “mean” and urged them to craft a version that is “more generous,” congressional sources said.

Trump property buyers make clear shift to secretive LLCs  —  Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies' real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscure the buyers' identities, a USA TODAY investigation has found.

David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday …

NBC holding crisis meetings over Megyn Kelly … As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly's Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the network has been holding crisis meetings about how to handle the backlash.

London fire: 6 confirmed dead after Grenfell Tower blaze  —  A woman with six children who was attempting to escape from the 21st floor of the London tower block fire this morning got to the bottom to discover two of them were missing, it has been claimed.  —  Dozens of horrific eyewitness accounts …

Live Election Results: Virginia Primaries  —  Ralph S. Northam, the current lieutenant governor has won the Democratic primary to replace Gov. Terry McAuliffe.  He defeated Tom Perriello, a former congressman who counts Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as big-name backers.

Sessions's testimony highlights Trump's deep lack of interest in what Russia did in 2016  —  Sen. James E. Risch (R-Idaho) made a comment during the Senate Intelligence Committee's questioning of Attorney General Jeff Sessions that has an obvious exception.  —  “I don't think there's any American …

Arctic Climate Change Study Canceled Because of Climate Change  —  Isn't it ironic?  Don't you think?  —  A multi-million dollar study on the impact of climate change which was set to take place in the Hudson's Bay had to be cancelled due to, you guessed it, climate change.

America's new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn't  —  MARTINSVILLE, VA. — After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer.

A Few Thoughts on the Sessions' Hearing  —  Let me share a few quick thoughts on today's Sessions hearing.  —  The big and overriding takeaway from this hearing is that Sessions declined to answer almost all the pertinent questions - in most cases because they involved his discussions …

Mnuchin: ‘At times there could be a good shutdown’  —  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Tuesday that there could be good reasons for shutting down the government, echoing a statement President Trump made in a Tweet in May.  —  Mnuchin was asked a direct question about Trump's tweet earlier …

President Trump chats on phone with Tangier mayor  —  The President of the United States took time out of his schedule on Monday afternoon to place a telephone call to Tangier Island Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge, after viewing a CNN report about the island that aired last week.  —  “It was unreal,” said Eskridge.

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Massive fire in west London — WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: TRUMP slaps down House Republicans' health care bill — POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT POLL: Voters trust Comey over Trump — B'DAY: Brian Fallon  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT.

The Big Collusion Narrative Keeps Melting Down  —  After two days and almost six hours of high-stakes public testimony, I'm struck by the total lack of any compelling claims supporting the “big” collusion narrative, that Russia conspired with Trump or Trump officials to “hack” election.

EXCLUSIVE: NBA championship winning Warriors decide unanimously as a team they will boycott White House invitation to meet President Trump. pic.twitter.com/cTQoOKdiLw — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) June 13, 2017  —  Shaun Livingston said months ago, if the Warriors won the title, he wouldn't visit Donald Trump's White House.

Cultural appropriation: Make it illegal worldwide, Indigenous advocates say  —  Indigenous advocates from around the world are calling on a UN committee to ban the appropriation of Indigenous cultures — and to do it quickly.  —  Delegates from 189 countries, including Canada …

Why the Trump Cabinet Meeting Annoyed the Drive-Bys So Much  —  RUSH: Look, I don't want to start off here with a nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah See, I Told You So, but, man, I called it.  I predicted it.  Yesterday we had the cabinet meeting, and it was amazing.  It was the first cabinet meeting with every cabinet secretary there.