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.

Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Bans Jewish Pride Flags: ‘They Made People Feel Unsafe’  —  Dyke March organizers removed participants waving Jewish Pride flags because they were ‘triggering’  —  Three people carrying Jewish Pride flags were asked to leave the annual Chicago Dyke March on Saturday.

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 …

CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage  —  The decision came after the network deleted and retracted a post on Friday.  —  CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions for online articles involving Russia after the network deleted a story and then issued a retraction late Friday …

Kushner firm's $285 million Deutsche Bank loan came just before Election Day  —  One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner's real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan.  —  The loan came at a critical moment.

Video shows a teen falling off a Six Flags ride — and a crowd gathering to catch her … A teenage girl escaped serious injury Saturday evening after falling 25 feet from an amusement park ride in Upstate New York — and into the arms of a crowd that had gathered below to catch her.

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.

Ohio Government Websites Hacked With Pro-Islamic State Messages  —  Ten state websites affected, including the Ohio governor's  —  Ohio treasurer blames ‘radical Islam’; New York town also hit  —  The websites of Ohio Governor John Kasich and other state government agencies were hacked …

Pilot urges prayers as ‘technical issue’ forces turnaround  —  (CNN)An AirAsia X flight to Malaysia from Perth, Australia, was forced to turn back Sunday after the twin-aisle Airbus A330-300 aircraft began shaking due to what the airline called a “technical issue.”

No, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Is Not Retiring Tomorrow  —  Based on this weekend's reunion of his law clerks, reports of AMK's retirement are greatly exaggerated.  —  [Please note the UPDATES I have added, and will continue to add, at the end of this story.]

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 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 …

Maher Likens GOP Plan to ‘Zodiac Killer’; Frets Too Many ‘Waste-Making’ Kids  —  On Friday's Real Time show on HBO, liberal comedian Bill Maher derided the Senate Republican health care plan as being like “a manifesto from the Zodiac killer,” and trashed Republican Senator Ted Cruz as someone …