6 months in, a record low for Trump, with troubles from Russia to health care (POLL)  —  Americans give President Donald Trump the lowest six-month approval rating of any president in polls dating back 70 years, punctuated by questions about his competence on the world stage, his effectiveness …

8 to 10 Republican senators concerned about GOP bill: Collins  —  Republican Sen. Susan Collins Maine says the Senate health care bill would “jeopardize the very existence of our rural hospitals and our nursing homes.”  —  Collins, R-Maine, told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on …

Trump campaign paid Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyer weeks before Russian meeting was revealed  —  Almost two weeks before Donald Trump Jr. published screengrabs of purported emails indicating that he arranged to meet with a Russian lawyer, President Trump's re-election campaign paid $50,000 …

White House unveils ‘Made in America’ week, though many Trump products are made overseas  —  PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — President Trump, whose company outsources the manufacturing of many of its products to overseas factories, is unveiling “Made in America” week at the White House to promote products made in the United States.

TRUMP COWER Donald Trump begs Theresa May to fix a ‘warm welcome’ for his state visit - and says he won't set a date for it until he knows he's going to get ‘a better reception’  —  US President warns he will not visit until he can guarantee a good reception and pleas with Theresa May to help influence public

Soviet Veteran Who Met With Trump Jr. Is a Master of the Dark Arts  —  MOSCOW — Rinat Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist who met with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower in June 2016, had one consistent message for the journalists who met him over the years at the luxury hotels where he stayed in Moscow …

South Carolina May Prove a Microcosm of U.S. Election Hacking Efforts  —  There were nearly 150,000 attempts to penetrate the voter-registration system on Election Day 2016, State Election Commission says  —  To understand the scale of the hacking attempts against election systems …

Caitlyn Jenner weighs run for Senate  —  Olympic gold medalist and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner is the latest celebrity to reveal she has considered lanching a run for Senate, telling radio host John Catsimatidis she is in the process of determining her future in activism and politics.

Fate of Kushner's security clearance could ultimately lie with Trump  —  The decision over whether Jared Kushner will be stripped of his security clearance could ultimately be made by one man — his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.  —  Kushner's actions — including initially failing …

Goodbye Joe Scarborough . . . Hello, Kid Rock  —  Joe Scarborough is out and Kid Rock is in.  —  Joe made official his departure from the Republican Party this week, following in the footsteps of other pundits such as George Will and Bret Stephens.  Good riddance.

As opioid overdoses exact a higher price, communities ponder who should be saved  —  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — The coroner here in the outer suburbs of Cincinnati gets the call almost every day.  —  Man “slumped over the dining room table.”  Woman “found in the garage.”

Trump's Re-Election Campaign Doubles Its Spending on Legal Fees  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's re-election campaign more than doubled its spending on legal fees over the past few months as its lawyers assisted the campaign in its handling of investigations into interactions between the president's associates and Russia.