Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes  —  ORANGE, Va. — Alice Jacobs, 90, once owned a factory and horses.  She has raised four children and buried two husbands.  —  But years in an assisted living center drained her savings, and now she relies on Medicaid to pay for her care …

Koch political leader says GOP healthcare bill not conservative enough  —  Leaders in the Koch brothers' influential political network bashed the new Senate Republican health care legislation attempting to replace the ObamaCare for not being conservative enough, The Associated Press reports.

Koch network withholding support of Senate health-care bill, pushing for changes  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — The Koch network is working with conservative allies behind the scenes to make changes to the Senate health-care bill that was unveiled this week, declining to endorse the measure as it stands.

Sketchy firm behind Trump dossier is stalling investigators  —  A secretive Washington firm that commissioned the dubious intelligence dossier on Donald Trump is stonewalling congressional investigators trying to learn more about its connections to the Democratic Party.

Woman suspected of setting Iowa mosque on fire … Police in Iowa arrested a 22-year-old woman suspected of starting a small fire at an Iowa mosque Thursday morning.  —  Des Moines firefighters and police were called to the Islamic Center of Des Moines about 10 a.m. There had been a small fire …

Congress Needs to Forget Trump and His Tweets and Pass the Big Bills  —  Democrats want to derail any positive activity by the Republican Congress by investigating a phantom Russian crime.  But why do people like Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) step in front of a microphone and say, “I'm not a fan of the daily tweets.”

Grassley: Schumer Knew Trump Was Not Under Investigation When He Publicly Claimed Otherwise [VIDEO]  —  Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley called out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday for lying when the New York Democrat claimed that President Donald Trump was under investigation and Schumer knew otherwise.

I Found Trump's Diary—Hiding in Plain Sight  —  Lots of people want President Trump to stop tweeting.  Mitch McConnell wants him to stop tweeting.  Carly Fiorina wants him to stop tweeting.  Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins and other Republican members of Congress and some Democrats …

TwitLonger  —  Why the Democratic party is doomed:  —  1. The Democratic establishment has vortexed the party's narrative energy into hysteria about Russia (a state with a lower GDP than South Korea).  It is starkly obvious that were it not for this hysteria insurgent narratives …

100-year-old crime boss beats the odds, is released from prison  —  John “Sonny” Franzese in 1966 (left) and 2010 (right). … Geriatric gangster John “Sonny” Franzese — the oldest guest of the federal prison system — is a free man at the age of 100.  —  The Colombo family underboss …

The Untold Story of How Gary Cohn Fell for Donald Trump  —  As Goldman Sachs's long-suffering No 2., Cohn approached his board about his future.  He didn't get the answer he wanted.  And then Jared Kushner swooped in.  This is how Goldman Sachs took over the White House.

The Missing Ingredient in BCRA: Humility  —  No, the Senate healthcare bill released yesterday does not repeal Obamacare.  It doesn't even significantly reform American healthcare.  —  It cuts taxes.  It bails out insurance companies.  It props up Obamacare through the next election.

Some U.S. States Relax Restrictions On Cladding Suspected In Grenfell Tower Fire  —  The type of siding or “cladding” used on the Grenfell Tower in London — and suspected in the massive fire that killed dozens of residents — is not allowed on the exterior of tall buildings across most of the U.S.