Trump publicly backs healthcare effort, privately harbors doubts  —  While the president appears all in some in the White House wonder about Graham-Cassidy's contents and its chances.  —  In public, President Donald Trump is all-in on the Senate's final chance to repeal Obamacare.

Sandoval doubles down on criticism of Heller-sponsored measure; state analysis highlights up to $2 billion loss  —  Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, left, and Senator Dean Heller speak with media inside the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas on Friday, June 23, 2017.  Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent

How Tom Price decided chartered, private jets were a good use of taxpayer money  —  After Tom Price was sworn in as health and human services secretary, the Georgia Republican faced an inconvenience known to millions of Americans: His flight was delayed, an aide said, and he was forced to spend hours at an airport.

Amid new sanctions, Trump calls North Korea's leader ‘madman’ whose regime will face new tests  —  NEW YORK — President Trump lashed back Friday at North Korea's leader, calling Kim Jong Un a “madman” whose regime will be “tested like never before” amid new U. S-imposed financial sanctions.

Trump aides begin looking for the exits  —  A fast-growing number of White House staffers are starting to look for the exits, even though the one-year mark of President Donald Trump's first term is still months away.  —  Many who joined the administration in January did so with the explicit idea …

5 moments that mattered in the Alabama US Senate debate  —  Senator Luther Strange and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore faced off tonight in the only debate before the runoff election for the GOP nomination next Tuesday to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the U.S. Senate.

Steve Bannon held secret meeting in Beijing  —  Steve Bannon flew to Beijing last week for a secret meeting with the second most powerful Chinese Communist party official, less than a month after the former chief White House strategist declared that America was at “economic war with China”.

U.S. Monitored Manafort After He Left Trump Campaign  —  The surveillance came as part of a counterintelligence probe into Russian interference with presidential election  —  U.S. authorities placed Paul Manafort under surveillance after he was ousted as Donald Trump's campaign manager …

I just went live a minute ago.  Here's what I said:  —  Today is my first day back in the office after taking parental leave.  It was really special to be with Priscilla and August after she was born, and to get to spend some more time with Max.  —  While I was out on leave …

The Left catapulted Valerie Plame to stardom without figuring out what she thinks  —  CIA Agent.  Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton.  Apparent anti-Semite.  Valerie Plame is many things.  —  The left-wing darling just tweeted an article accusing Jews of starting American wars.

Fighting Breaks Out at Turkish President's Speech in New York  —  Violence broke out at a New York hotel Thursday afternoon when protesters disrupted a speech by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.  —  In the middle of Mr. Erdogan's speech, delivered in Turkish, a man …

There and Back Again  —  “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”  So began the legendarium that dominated a genre, changed Western literature and the field of linguistics, created a tapestry of characters and mythology that endured four generations, built an anti-war ethos that endured …

Trump Poised to Drop Some Limits on Drone Strikes and Commando Raids  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to dismantle key Obama-era limits on drone strikes and commando raids outside conventional battlefields, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations.

Sorry I can't go to your thing.  I must call my senator to plead for my life.  —  An email template from the near future.  —  I am sorry I cannot make it to your event, but I have to call Congress every eight minutes to plead for my life.  —  Would I like to go to your wedding/bar mitzvah …

Flint's lead-poisoned water had a ‘horrifyingly large’ effect on fetal deaths, study finds  —  The fertility rate in Flint, Mich., dropped precipitously after the city decided to switch to lead-poisoned Flint River water in 2014, according to a new working paper.

White House plan for tax cuts moves forward  —  The White House plan for a massive package of tax cuts is gaining new momentum as Republicans attempt to set aside months of intraparty squabbling and unify behind a key part of President Trump's agenda.  —  Two developments are accelerating the effort …