Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly  —  President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.

The Latest: McConnell calls for GOP dissenters to back bill  —  https://www.apnews.com/aa59b766a4294989 a62c922112580af7  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the ongoing effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local):

Pressure on Trump grows as Kushner is questioned  —  President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, said Monday he did not collude with Moscow in the 2016 presidential election, delivering a pair of statements that underlined the mounting pressure on the White House over Russia.

Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare  —  Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace Obamacare” …

New communications director moves toward possible staff purge at White House … Anthony Scaramucci, the flashy financier President Trump hired to overhaul the White House communications operation, is exercising a broad mandate from the president and intends to follow through on threats …

Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump's mental health  —  leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.

Stripping Health Insurance From 23 Million People to Pay For Upper-Class Tax Cuts Is So Mavericky  —  I'm sure you'll be surprised by how the story turns out! … He wouldn't be flying in for a vote that was a lost cause.  I'd put the odds of BCRA passing at over 50% now, perhaps well above.

Trump White House Tests a Nation's Capacity for Outrage  —  GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Remember that time President George W. Bush told his attorney general to investigate Al Gore for his “crimes”?  Or President Barack Obama called for a Justice Department prosecution of John McCain?

Videos suggest Russian government may be arming Taliban  — Two videos obtained by CNN suggest the Taliban have received improved weaponry supplied by the Russian government  — Russia's Foreign Ministry declined to comment but has previously called claims they are arming the Taliban “utterly false”

Boos for Obama as Trump speaks at Boy Scout jamboree  —  The crowd attending President Trump's Monday evening speech to the Boy Scouts of America's National Jamboree appeared to boo former President Barack Obama  —  at one point.  —  “By the way, just a question.  Did President Obama ever come to a jamboree?”

The Agony and the Anxiety of The New York Times  —  Despite a historic run, unease is now gripping the paper as a large-scale reorganization (physical, personnel, and psychic) looms.  “The mood at the paper is poisonous in a way I've never seen it in the past 15 years,” as one editor put it.

A pro-Putin California congressman has been accused of violating US sanctions on Russia  —  A new complaint filed with the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control alleges that California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and his staff director, Paul Behrends, violated the Magnitsky Act when they tried …

Trump Has Averaged 50% or Higher Job Approval in 17 States  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, who has averaged 40% job approval since his inauguration, received approval ratings of 50% or higher in 17 states in the first half of 2017.  Residents in an equal number of states gave him approval ratings below 40%.

Alt-right activists say Trump and Bannon are giving them “space to destroy” by keeping FBI away  —  Top alt-right podcasters say the Trump administration is deliberately backing off investigating domestic extremists  —  While the neo-fascist alt-right is not entirely happy with President Donald Trump's …