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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

The Antithesis of Obstruction  —  Trump did not obstruct a valid FBI investigation; he demanded the exposure of a false one.  —  The “collusion” narrative was a fraud, plain and simple.  We know that now.  Hopefully, it won't take another six months to grasp a second plain and simple truth …

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 …

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” …

Freedom Caucus holds fire on Senate Obamacare repeal bill  —  The most hard-line conservatives in the House are taking an unusually cautious approach to the Senate's Obamacare replacement, promising to keep an open mind about whatever their colleagues across the Capitol send back.

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.