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 …

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 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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Politico Reporter Drunkenly Unloads On Trump Allies At Four Seasons  —  Politico Playbook writer Anna Palmer pulled a Mel Gibson last Thursday night at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood when she approached a civilized gathering of President Trump allies …

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.

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.

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 …

Gingrich: Trump's sales pitch needs healthcare ‘translator’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said President Trump will be able to push the Republican healthcare bill message after “somebody translates it,” according to a Wednesday Associated Press report.

Is there a bully in your workplace?  Chances are, the answer is ‘yes’  —  Some 60 million people are affected by workplace bullying.  Here's how it happens.  Wochit  —  CONNECT  —  Genevieve was working on her doctoral thesis with an adviser with a reputation for being heavy-handed.

Does Trump Know the First Thing About Health Care?  Aide: ‘He Understands Winning.’ … On Wednesday morning, the president woke up and then began angrily tweetstorming about his allegedly deep knowledge of the American health care system.  —  “Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am …

As GOP buckles down on health care, conservative media loses interest  —  On Tuesday, the fate of the Republicans' attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act dominated news out of Washington.  Phones rattled with alerts about the decision to delay a vote until mid-July.

The Late, Great Russian Collusion Myth  —  Incoming elected administrations, especially the Obama transition team of 2008 in the case of Russia and Iran, seek contacts with foreign diplomats before formally entering office.  —  Most presidential campaigns are staffed by at least …

Trump Interrupts Call to Compliment Female Reporter's ‘Nice Smile’  —  President Trump was at his desk in the Oval Office and on the phone with the new prime minister of Ireland on Tuesday when a journalist for an Irish news organization caught his eye.  —  “Well, we have a lot …

Beleaguered health care bill gets new terms in effort to secure votes  —  White House, Senate GOP agree to add $45 billion to address opioid crisis, near agreement on Health Savings Account money.  —  Senate Republicans and the White House have agreed to add at least $45 billion …

Stepsister, Yes; Grandma, No: U.S. Sets Guidelines for Revised Travel Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Stepsiblings and half-siblings are allowed, but not nieces or nephews.  Sons- and daughters-in-law are in, but parents- and siblings-in-law are not.  Parents are considered “close family,” but grandparents are not.

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 …