Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.  His condition is listed as serious.  We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.

Voter fraud commission may have violated law  —  President Trump's voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states.  —  The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states …

The Network Against the Leader of the Free World  —  Jeffrey A. Zucker hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately.  But he says that's nothing new.  —  “I don't sleep that much anyway,” Mr. Zucker, the president of CNN, said on Wednesday in his fifth-floor office, just off the network's glassy Midtown Manhattan newsroom.

United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby  —  Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates  —  Earlier today, the United States filed …

Trump's tweets have suddenly grown a lot more dangerous  —  The Los Angeles Times reports Wednesday morning that foreign policy experts are worried that President Trump could be caught flat-footed at his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg on Friday.

Trump Aides Want Kremlin Critic in Putin Meeting … The White House's best-known Russia hawk is already in Germany, in advance of Donald Trump's high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the G-20 summit.  But whether Fiona Hill will be allowed in the room when the two presidents …

Right threatens McConnell's Obamacare repeal  —  Conservative groups are aggressively backing Sens. Mike Lee and Ted Cruz in their bid to move the Senate Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill further to the right, setting up a major confrontation between the party's warring factions next week.

Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests  —  A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands.

CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story  —  CNN executives thought they were showing restraint by not identifying Reddit user HanAssholeSolo.  But a strange contingency line has set off the pro-Trump social internet.  —  When a CNN reporter tracked down the Reddit user …

Kids in pro-Trump rural areas have a lot to lose if GOP rolls back Medicaid  —  Dr. Traci Acklin, a pediatrician in Montgomery, W.Va., peers into Connor Prather's ear.  The 1-year-old, who is covered by Medicaid, has had persistent ear infections, which will require surgery.  (Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times)

Dems try new slogan: ‘Have you seen the other guys?’ … The campaign arm for House Democrats on Wednesday tried out a new slogan: “I mean, have you seen the other guys?”  —  The sticker slogan, one of several floated as part of a fundraising effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …

Chelsea Handler to Debate Tomi Lahren Live at Politicon  —  Comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler will take on controversial conservative pundit Tomi Lahren in a live conversation later this month at Politicon, The Daily Beast has learned.  The third annual political convention …

DNC email server most wanted evidence for Russia investigations  —  It is perhaps the key piece of forensic evidence in Russia's suspected efforts to sway the November presidential election, but federal investigators have yet to get their hands on the hacked computer server that handled email from the Democratic National Committee.

A Graceless President, a National Betrayal  —  Unlike Trump, Reagan understood the power of humility and graciousness.  —  For leaders as well as friends, spouses and colleagues, grace is a precious characteristic.  Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump's policy choices, our nation has never had a president more lacking in grace.

Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar  —  So Neil M. Gorsuch, the aw-shucks humble servant of the law whom the country encountered during his mind-numbing confirmation hearing, turns out to be a hard-right conservative.  No real surprise there, and by now, no real news either …