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 …

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 …

Cardinal George Pell charged with at least three serious sex offences  —  Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest ranking Catholic will face at least three serious sex assault charges, including at least one count of rape.  —  Victoria Police has confirmed Cardinal Pell has been charged …

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 …

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.

Gov. Matt Bevin publicly signs bill allowing Kentucky's public schools to teach the Bible  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — Public schools in Kentucky can soon teach reading, writing and the book of Revelation.  —  At the Capitol on Tuesday, Gov. Matt Bevin gave his public “Amen” to a bill allowing Bible courses in public schools.

New ransomware, old techniques: Petya adds worm capabilities  —  ★★★★ ★  —  On June 27, 2017 reports of a ransomware infection began spreading across Europe.  We saw the first infections in Ukraine, where more than 12,500 machines encountered the threat.

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.

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.

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.

Tillerson blows up at top White House aide  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's frustrations with the White House have been building for months.  Last Friday, they exploded.  —  The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office …

The Case Of The Mysterious Trump Portraits On The Hill  —  On Wednesday afternoon, a painting of President Donald Trump was spotted being carried around Capitol Hill.  —  This just came into the Capitol with its creator, Barry Wingard of western PA. He painted it....  Reply Retweet Favorite

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.

Gorsuch's First Anti-Gay Dissent Has a Huge Factual Error—and Terrible, Dishonest Logic  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled the Constitution requires states to list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificates.  The decision was predictable: In Obergefell v. Hodges …

Deposed Saudi Prince Is Said to Be Confined to Palace  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — The recently deposed crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, has been barred from leaving the kingdom and confined to his palace in the coastal city of Jidda, according to four current and former American officials …

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 …

Video Feed of Commerce Chief Wilbur Ross Cut Off Mid-Speech in Berlin  —  Organizers fade out Wilbur Ross video feed to cheers, applause  —  Episode hints at German frustration ahead of G-20 summit  —  The U.S. commerce secretary was cut off in mid-speech during a video feed to an event hosted …

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” …

Authorities to investigate Jay Sekulow nonprofit after ‘troubling’ revelations  —  Authorities in two states are looking into a nonprofit led by an attorney to Donald Trump, after the Guardian reported it had steered tens of millions of dollars to the attorney, his family and their businesses.

Newt Gingrich misleads with point that House health care bill grows Medicaid spending  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said all the media coverage that declares the Republican health care bills would cut Medicaid is wrong, because he claimed the program actually gets a significant boost over the years.

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.

Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion  —  This article appears in the Summer 2017 issue of The American Prospect magazine.  Subscribe here.  —  Near midnight on Tuesday, June 6, a number of Republicans in the Kansas legislature did something that few other elected Republicans had done in years: They acted responsibly.

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 …