Kellyanne Conway on Senate health bill: ‘These are not cuts to Medicaid’  —  Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway asserted Sunday that the Senate health care bill does not propose cuts to Medicaid, despite projections that it would cut the federal health insurance program by $800 billion.

The Kabuki Theater of the AHCA  —  The United States has never had a Senate leader as ruthless, as willing to bend, distort and break the rules, traditions and precedents of the Senate as Mitch McConnell.  And the Senate has probably never had a majority leader as effective at accomplishing …

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 …

Moscow Is Finally Recalling Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak  —  After nearly ten years at the nexus of US-Russia relations, Washington's most radioactive diplomat is headed home … Ending one the most turbulent tenures of a Washington-based ambassador in recent memory …

Tom Price promises GOP won't pull ‘rug out’ on health care  —  Washington (CNN)Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price defended the GOP health care plan Sunday from Republicans opposing the bill.  —  Price said on CNN's “State of the Union” that Nevada Sen. Dean Heller …

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.

Democrats are fielding a glut of House candidates in 2018 but remain divided on how to win  —  DALLAS — The largest number of Democratic congressional candidates in decades are putting into play dozens of House districts across the country, raising the possibility of a bitterly contested …

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 …

Restaurant owner says nearby Confederate flag is hurting his business  —  ORANGEBURG, S. C.  — A Confederate flag flies high above a South Carolina restaurant.  —  Some customers hate it, including the restaurant's owner, but he says he can't do anything about it.

I Found Trump's Diary—Hiding in Plain Sight  —  Lots of people want President Donald 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 …

New TSA Policy May Lead to Increased Scrutiny of Reading Material  —  The TSA is testing new requirements that passengers remove books and other paper goods from their carry-on baggage when going through airline security.  Given the sensitivity of our reading choices, this raises privacy concerns.

The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence  —  BEIJING — What worries you about the coming world of artificial intelligence?  —  Too often the answer to this question resembles the plot of a sci-fi thriller.  People worry that developments in A.I. will bring about the “singularity” …