GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.

Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow  —  President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.

Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess  —  President Trump told GOP senators at the White House on Wednesday that they should cancel their August recess and not leave town until acting to repeal ObamaCare.  —  “We shouldn't leave town until this is complete,” he said during a lunch at the White House.

This poll should be a warning sign for Democrats  —  History suggests the 2018 election will almost surely be a bad one for Republicans.  Midterms are generally considered a referendum on the president, and the results are almost always bad for said president.

Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its refu­gee ban for now, but said it must allow broader exemptions to the president's travel ban for family members, including grandparents.

Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care  —  Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result.  —  The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …

USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says  —  The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …

Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates.  Just ask Kim Guadagno.  —  Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …

This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene  —  The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week.  The case has been dropped.  —  Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …

U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel  —  The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west.  In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.

A new poll finds even Trump supporters are wavering on his scandals  —  In counties that supported Trump heavily in 2016, voters are souring on the scandals surrounding Trump's presidency.  —  According to a new NBC News/WSJ poll of 439 key Trump counties in 16 states …

HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment  —  Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs …

Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much'  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …

Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency  —  President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another.  So which is it?  Nate Chute/IndyStar  —  CONNECT

Charlie Gard is given legal permanent residence in US by Congress so ‘he can fly to the States for world class treatment’  —  Charlie Gard is being given legal and permanent residence in the US by Congress in order to allow him to fly to America for treatment.

It Has Only Been Six Months Since Trump Became President.  Feels Like an Eternity.  —  Editor's Note: You know, I had it originally as six months, but then as I was clicking “publish” the first time, I thought it had to be seven since it is July.  But it really has only been six months.  Good grief.

NRA's media outlet fearmongers about Black Lives Matter committing mass violence against whites  —  GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): Our race relations are strained here in American after eight years of Barack Obama, but nowhere is near as bad as it is in South Africa where white families …

Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror  —  The producers of children's television know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity.  —  Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!").  Mister Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.