• GOP Health Bill Offers Provisions Aimed at Helping 2 States
  Provisions shoehorned into the Republican healthcare bill dangle extra money for Alaska and Wisconsin, home states of one GOP senator whose vote party leaders desperately need and another who co-sponsored the legislation, according to analysts who've studied the...
• Sens. Graham, Cassidy Working OT to Woo Murkowski's Healthcare Vote
  Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy are working overtime to sway Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski into voting for the healthcare bill that bears their names, The Hill reported.
• Trump Tweets Complaints on 'Russia Hoax,' Facebook, 'Crooked Hillary'
  President Donald Trump Friday took to Twitter to complain that the "Russia hoax continues," about Facebook's ad policies, and then took a swipe at the media over its coverage of "Crooked Hillary" Clinton.
• Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval Rips New Obamacare Repeal Plan
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval slammed the new Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, saying it would "pit Nevadans against each other."
• NAMD Denounces GOP's Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Bill
  The Senate's latest Obamacare repeal bill "poses serious challenges" for states, and deserves "additional deliberation by policymakers," the National Association of Medicaid Directors warned Thursday.
• Hayden: Facebook Move on Russia 'Very Positive Step'
  Facebook's announcement Thursday that it would provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators is "a very positive step," former CIA Director Michael Hayden said.
• Sessions: Border Crossers Are Minors, 'Wolves in Sheep's Clothing'
  Some unaccompanied minors trying to sneak across America's southern border are gang members who are "wolves in sheep's clothing," Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Thursday.
• GOP Rep on Flood Payments: 'God Is Telling You To Move'
  Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for at-risk homes that are repeatedly flooded, because "at some point, God is telling you to move," Rep. Jeb Hensarling bluntly declared Thursday.
• Poll: Americans Want Lower Drug Costs Over Tax Reform, Healthcare
  More Americans would like to see Congress tackle lowering the cost of prescription drugs this fall than they would like to see reductions in the budget, repealing and replacing Obamacare, and tax reform accomplished, a new survey shows.
• Air Force Runs Low on Bombs as Congress Fights Over Budget
  The U.S. Air Force's weapons stockpile is getting low on bombs and missiles, so its leading civilian official is asking Congress to agree on new defense spending, Fox Business reported.
• Ben Carson Unveils His '3 Rs' to Reform, Improve HUD
  Ben Carson on Wednesday unveiled his "solid plan for institutional reform and improvement" of Housing and Urban Development - the three Rs that will "flip the script," the agency secretary wrote in a column for The Hill.
• Luther Strange: Trump Support Will Prove Key in Alabama Runoff
  Acting Sen. Luther Strange said Thursday he believes President Donald Trump's support of him over his challenger, former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, will be key in his winning the race to replace now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
• Trump Working to Speed Up Deportation of Central American Teens
  President Donald Trump's administration is at work on a policy to speed up the deportation of Central American teenagers who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border not accompanied by adults.
• Unclear If De Blasio Taking Own Advice on Home Energy Efficiency
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing a new law that would require owners of medium and large buildings to be more energy efficient, but his own homes may not be, The New York Times reports.
• Sen. Kennedy: Graham-Cassidy Not Perfect, But It's Good
  The Graham-Cassidy legislation is not a perfect bill, but it's a good one to use when repealing and replacing Obamacare, Sen. John Kennedy said of the measure proposed in part by his fellow Louisiana lawmaker, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy.
• Rep. Waters: I 'Can Guarantee You' Trump Colluded With Russia
  Rep. Maxine Waters said Thursday that she is sure that President Donald Trump worked with Russia, and addressed the possible impeachment of the commander-in-chief.
• Ron Johnson: Like Obamacare, No Guarantees in GOP Health Bill
  There are no guarantees in the Republican healthcare bill that's currently being circulated, just as there aren't any under Obamacare, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Thursday.
• Huckabee: Imperfect Graham-Cassidy Bill Better Than Obamacare
  Washington is often "paralyzed" by seeking perfection rather than looking for solutions that are better, and the replace/reform bill presented by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and Bill Cassidy, R-La., is better than the Obamacare alternative now in place, former Gov. Mike...
• AARP: GOP Bill Will Make Healthcare Cost $16K for Older Americans
  A new report from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) shows that older Americans could pay upwards of $16,000 per year for healthcare coverage under the bill proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La.
• Pence: Russia Probes Are Not a Distraction
  Vice President Mike Pence says the Trump administration is focused on issues "the American people are focused on" and isn't getting distracted by investigations into Russian interference in last year's U.S. election.
• House Republicans Plan Retreat Next Week to Discuss Tax Plan
  House Republicans plan a retreat away from the Capitol next week to discuss a tax overhaul that congressional leaders have been working on for month.The retreat is set for Wednesday, but Republicans aren't disclosing details.
• Murphy Blasts GOP Health Bill, Says Trump Wrong About It
  A junior Democratic senator said President Donald Trump is wrong to say that a Republican healthcare bill covers preexisting conditions.
• Senate GOP Scrambles Against Time, Discord to Pass Healthcare
  Senate Republicans are moving full throttle to muster enough support to hold a vote next week on their last-ditch effort to replace Obamacare, but their thin majority in the chamber is, once again, proving tenuous.
• Richard Painter: Obstruction May Be What Ends 'This WH'
  Richard Painter, who served as George W. Bush's White House ethics lawyer, said the key to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe will be deciding why President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
• Flake: 'I've Been a Lifelong Republican, and I Think I'll Stay One'
  Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said Thursday that he's not planning on leaving the Republican Party, dismissing his low poll numbers as "not very relevant" on MSNBC.

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