Key Republicans Want to Scrap Health Bill's Tax Cuts for Wealthy  —  Collins, Rounds suggest eliminating repeal of investment tax  —  McConnell negotiating with Republicans to win over holdouts  —  Several Senate Republicans began to question Wednesday whether their health-care bill …

Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children  —  In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims.

Burr: Senate panel to get Comey memos  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement to receive memos written by former FBI Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told POLITICO on Wednesday.

Officials struggle to convince Trump that Russia remains a threat  —  Trump blasts Obama on Twitter, demands apology  —  Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump lashes out at former President Barack Obama for failing to take a harder line against Russia for election meddling …

Obama's jeans game gets strong(er)  —  (CNN)"The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans."  — Barack Obama, 2014.  —  While the statement wasn't one of then-President Obama's most important pronouncements during his time in office, it was one of the most questionable, from a truth perspective.

Feds give up fight against Redskins trademarks  —  The Trump administration is throwing in the towel in the fight to strip the Washington Redskins football team of its trademarks.  —  The Justice Department sent a letter to a federal appeals court Wednesday afternoon conceding …

A Teen Was Charged With Killing Her Boyfriend During A Failed YouTube Stunt  —  A 19-year-old woman in Minnesota has been charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting her boyfriend as the couple attempted to record a YouTube stunt, authorities said.  —  Monalisa Perez was arrested …

Petya.2017 is a wiper not a ransomware  —  TL;DR: The ransonware was a lure for the media, this version of Petya actually wipes the first sectors of the disk like we have seen with malwares such as Shamoon.  —  What's the difference between a wiper and a ransomware ?

Trump claims GOP has a ‘big surprise’ on healthcare  —  President Trump claimed Wednesday that Senate Republicans have a “big surprise” on their healthcare bill, while also declaring the measure is coming “along very well.”  —  “Healthcare is working along very well,” Trump said after meeting …

LaVoy Finicum shooting: FBI agent indicted for alleged false statements  —  Slow-motion video of gunshot FBI allegedly lied about in LaVoy Finicum confrontation  —  An FBI agent has been indicted on federal accusations that he lied about firing at Robert “LaVoy” Finicum last year …

Arrest made after Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol toppled, shattered  —  A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, police said.

Vice Retracts Articles About Donald Trump's Animatronic Robot at Disney World  —  NY Digital Editor @xpangler  —  Vice Media's Motherboard tech site has retracted two articles — supposedly revealing discord at Disney Parks about Donald Trump's presence in the Hall of Presidents attraction …

U.S. unveils enhanced airline security plan to avoid laptop ban  —  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday unveiled enhanced security measures for foreign flights arriving in the United States in what officials said was a move that aims to end a limited in-cabin ban on laptops …

CNN Anchor: Trump Putting Journalists In Danger; “Declaration Of War On Media” Has “Emboldened” War Zones  —  CNN's Clarissa Ward, a foreign correspondent, served as guest co-host on Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's News Day.  Ward fretted “people” in war zones have been “emboldened” …

Condoleezza Rice: Trump stands for American values and seeks to act in the best interests of the US  — President Trump may sound different than other presidents, but he puts the nation first, the former secretary of State argues.  — Russia, in the context of the election meddling …

Wrestling's new villain named himself ‘Progressive Liberal.’ Hillary's on his shirt.  —  It was a strange sight, even for the “sport” of professional wrestling.  —  A wrestler holding a microphone faced an Appalachian crowd before a match and began unleashing a torrent of insults …

What the latest James O'Keefe video leaves out  —  Conservative activist James O'Keefe caused a stir on Tuesday with the release of a secretly recorded video that purports to show a CNN producer casting doubt on his network's coverage of possible collusion between President Trump's associates and Russian officials.

FBI Interviews Employees of Russia-Linked Cyber Security Firm Kaspersky Lab  —  FBI agents on Tuesday paid visits to at least a dozen employees of Kaspersky Lab, a Russia-based cyber-security company, asking questions about that company's operations as part of a counter-intelligence inquiry …

Trump seizes the advantage in war with media  —  White House staffers were ‘elated’ when they heard that three CNN journalists had resigned over a botched story.  —  Donald Trump and his allies believe he's gained a tactical advantage in his war with the media.

The GOP health bill is doomed to toxic unpopularity, no matter how it's changed  —  The Senate Republican health bill is very unpopular.  But many people have been overthinking why it is unpopular and have therefore missed why it cannot be amended to be made popular, as Republican leaders want to do.