Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan  —  Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care plan, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, amid a roiling debate over whether the GOP will deliver on its signature promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Paul: ‘Weak-kneed’ GOP colleagues ‘need to get over themselves’  —  (R-Ky.) says some of his “weak-kneed” Republican colleagues need to remember what they stand for regarding the repeal of ObamaCare.  —  During a Wednesday interview on Fox News, Paul — an opponent of the Senate GOP's healthcare bill …

Trump Backs Off Plan to Attack Comey's Conduct  —  Donald Trump's lawyers will postpone filing a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department, according to a person familiar with the decision — a bid to stop antagonizing the special counsel who's investigating ties between …

10 Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol destroyed; suspect in custody for apparent repeat offense  —  The new Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol was destroyed by a car overnight less than 24 hours after installation on the Capitol grounds.  —  A suspect is in custody, Michael Reed, 32, of Van Buren.

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.

CNN Reporter Thinks Trump Admin Is Endangering Media, Compares to ‘War Zone’  —  CNN has become a self-serving propaganda mill for journalists the past few months, reaching a new level of shamelessness.  Wednesday's New Day ran the headline, “TRUMP WHITE HOUSE INTENSIFIES WAR WITH MEDIA,” …

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 …

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 …

Leftists Promising to ‘Desecrate Graves’ and Protest During 154th Anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg  —  During the first days of July, 154 years ago, a great battle was fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during our Civil War.  —  Today, as the anniversary approaches …

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 …

This is how Trumpism died  —  Donald Trump won the battle.  The Republican Party won the war.  —  Donald Trump's enthusiastic support for the Senate health care bill is proof that there is no such thing as Trumpism, and there never will be.  —  Health care was the issue on which Trump …

‘This thing needs to end right now’: CNN's Cuomo shuts down GOP senator whining about fake news  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN's Chris Cuomo has grown very tired of Republicans shooting down any facts that go against their political messaging as “fake news.”

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 …

Sarah Palin Sues New York Times, Claiming Editorial Defamed Her  —  Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate, filed a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Company on Tuesday, saying the newspaper had published a statement about her in a recent editorial that it “knew to be false.”

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 …

Why the GOP's Plan for Health Care Hit a Wall  —  One key reason Senate Republicans have been forced to retract and retool their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act is that the legislation favors one pole of the party's modern coalition so emphatically over the other.

News outlets respond to Trump's intensifying war on media  —  Instead of selling Americans on the GOP's health care bill, President Trump is selling resentment of the media.  —  The President is telling people not to believe the journalists who are reporting on the bill.

L.A.'s newest congressman still hasn't taken his oath.  Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to know why  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) wants to know why Rep.-elect Jimmy Gomez hasn't been sworn in, saying the seat's “elongated vacancy” is “an abdication” of his responsibilities.

Undoing the CFPB's Damage: The Trump Administration's Options Are Limited  —  Representation, rule of law, and separation of powers—these concepts are central to the American system of constitutional government.  Yet they have been threatened for much of the last century by the proliferation of independent government agencies.