Trump tweets shocking assault on Brzezinski, Scarborough  —  Trump attacks ‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Twitter  —  Even by President Trump's standards, these tweets were shocking.  —  On Thursday morning, while MSNBC's “Morning Joe” was on the air, Trump posted a pair of hateful tweets about co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

Portman and McConnell clash over health bill  —  Senate Republicans' health care fight is getting personal.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rob Portman, close allies and typically mild-mannered men, got into a heated exchange over Medicaid at a meeting earlier this week.

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 …

Health care state-of-play: More meetings, but only among Republicans  —  Medicaid cuts could cost opioid addicts  —  Washington (CNN)There was more optimism than progress for the Senate health care bill Wednesday as Republicans regrouped after kicking a health care vote until after the July 4 recess.

A Stunt Turns Deadly for a Couple Seeking YouTube Fame  —  Over the past several weeks, Monalisa Perez of Halstad, Minn., and her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, began their quest for YouTube fame by creating and posting videos of mostly harmless pranks: Mr. Ruiz climbing onto a tenuous tree branch …

Trump rips media, mocks Pelosi at closed-door fundraiser  —  President Donald Trump, facing dimming approval ratings and a stalled legislative agenda, rolled out his greatest hits on Wednesday evening - ripping into CNN, assailing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and hailing his party's string of special election wins.

EVEN TRUMP CAN'T MAKE GOLDMAN SACHS POPULAR  —  Having pulled off the monumental achievement of getting elected with zero help from Wall Street, President Trump is at risk of throwing it all away.  He seems to be turning his White House over not only to liberal Democrats …

San Francisco To Pay Undocumented Immigrant $190K For Violating Sanctuary Policy  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — San Francisco taxpayers could soon pay $190,000 in a lawsuit settlement with an undocumented immigrant who claimed he was reported to federal immigration authorities in violation …

House Russia probe eyes longtime Trump bodyguard-turned-White House aide Keith Schiller  —  Congressional investigators now want to interview Keith Schiller, President Donald Trump's longtime bodyguard-turned-White House aide, as part of their investigation into Russian interference …

Trump's Obama Obsession  —  Donald Trump has a thing about Barack Obama.  Trump is obsessed with Obama.  Obama haunts Trump's dreams.  One of Trump's primary motivators is the absolute erasure of Obama — were it possible — not only from the political landscape but also from the history books.

Trump Travel Ban to Allow Step Family, Not Grandparents, Cable Says  —  Embassies given guidance as ban to take effect Thursday  —  Defining who has ‘bona fide’ U.S. connections a challenge  —  The Trump administration issued guidelines to U.S. embassies and consulates on how to enforce …

Spurned by Trump, Senate Democrats Take a Harder Line  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Trump won the White House, a cluster of Senate Democrats began the search for common cause with the unlikely new president, scouring the populist policy agenda that dominated his campaign.

Bridges takes chilled approach in heated political rhetoric … Jeff Bridges played a president in “The Contender,” a political flick released nearly two decades ago in the wake of President Bill Clinton's White House scandals.  —  But when it comes to critiquing the role of today's real-life president …

U.S. says its warning appears to have averted Syrian chemical attack  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad appeared so far to have heeded a warning this week from Washington not to carry out a chemical weapons attack.

Stop going to the White House press briefings  —  With all the legitimate gripes reporters have with this White House, perhaps the least worthy of your (or their) time and attention is the WWE-style smackdown over briefings.  Every day, the White House hides or dodges.  Every day, reporters protest and whine.

Anthem's Exit Creates Obamacare ‘Crisis’ for Rural Nevadans  —  Once an ACA stalwart, insurer is now reducing plans for 2018  —  Nevada governor, senator major voices in health bill debate  —  Anthem Inc.'s decision to quit offering Obamacare plans in much of Nevada will leave large parts …

CNN's Month-Long Nightmare  —  The last 30 days have been nothing short of a public relations nightmare for CNN.  —  The network is reeling after a brutal stretch that has seen two hosts taken off-air, one story retracted and another rewritten, accusations of staged protests …