Senate Republicans are Considering Alternative Scoring for Cruz Amendment Instead of Waiting for CBO  —  Republicans are considering using alternative scoring methods for a version of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) Consumer Freedom Option in order to proceed with their health care push next week rather …

Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars  —  By now, we know that Republicans in the Senate are having a tough time coming to agreement on a health care bill.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the drastic step this week of cancelling at least the first two weeks …

Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans  —  It will also keep some — but not all — of the Affordable Care Act taxes on the rich.  —  The Senate Republicans' revised health care bill will keep Obamacare's taxes on high-income Americans in place and allow the sales …

Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision  —  A controversial idea championed by Sen. Ted Cruz will be included in today's draft of the GOP health care bill, according to three sources familiar with the bill.  It's similar to the provision Cruz worked on with Sen. Mike Lee …

Senate Republicans release new Obamacare repeal bill  —  Senate Republicans released a new draft of their bill to repeal Obamacare Thursday, which tentatively includes a controversial amendment from Ted Cruz.  The change is aimed at building enough GOP support to open debate on the bill next week …

Team Trump Hunts for ‘Traitors’ While the President ‘Growls’ at the TV … Three days after the Donald Trump Jr. email revelations broke, the White House seems stuck in purgatory, with aides still deeply unsure about who leaked the damaging information, and the president still yelling at the TV.

Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House  —  A Republican U.S. Representative from the Brazos Valley believes the President's children should be removed from the White House.  —  Rep. Bill Flores, District 17, made the remarks on Wednesday …

Conspiracy or Coincidence?  A Timeline Open to Interpretation  —  WASHINGTON — At 6:14 p.m. on June 7, 2016, Donald Trump Jr. clicked the send button on an email to confirm a meeting with a woman described as a “Russian government attorney” who would give him “information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia.”

The Note: Dark cloud hangs over Trump's visit to City of Lights  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — Bonjour!  President Trump is in Paris today and Friday at the invitation of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for the Bastille Day celebrations and to hold a one-on-one meeting.

Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team  —  The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump  —  's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …