Steve Scalise shot in Virginia, aide also hit  —  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and at least one other aide was also hit in the chest by a gunman with a rifle who opened fire at a baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning, Fox News confirmed.

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.

London fire: Six killed as Grenfell Tower engulfed  —  Six people have been confirmed dead after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, and police expect that number to rise.  —  Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington …

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.

The Mortification of Jeff Sessions  —  The appearance of Jeff Sessions before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday didn't bring us much closer to understanding what did or didn't happen between Donald Trump and the Russians, or what the president has or hasn't done to cover it up.

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.

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 …

Shooter identified by law enforcement officials as James T. Hodgkinson  —  The shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice this morning is James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., according to law enforcement officials.  Hodgkinson, 66, owns a home inspection business.

Congressional Democrats to file emoluments lawsuit against Trump  —  Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress agreed to file a lawsuit Wednesday against President Trump alleging that by retaining interests in a global business empire he has violated constitutional restrictions on taking gifts and benefits from foreign leaders.

Sessions could earn a ticket to the grand jury  —  Dems smell blood, but it's not necessarily Jeff Sessions'.  The attorney general held his own at his high-stakes Senate hearing, at one point raising his voice to declare he was “not stonewalling,” and resented the “secret innuendo being leaked out there about me.”

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.

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.