Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal  —  Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.  —  House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.

Trump's Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His  —  President Trump plans to unveil a tax cut blueprint on Wednesday that would apply a vastly reduced, 15 percent business tax rate not only to corporations but also to companies that now pay taxes through the personal income tax code …

Trump attacks judiciary for blocking order on sanctuary cities  —  President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the nation's judiciary Wednesday, blaming the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the ruling by a federal district court judge that blocked Trump's move to deny federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities.

UC-Berkeley readies police as Ann Coulter plans to speak in public plaza on campus  —  The University of California at Berkeley is bracing for massive protests in a public plaza on campus after learning that conservative commentator Ann Coulter plans to give a speech there Thursday afternoon.

Will GOP Fund Planned Parenthood But Not Border Wall? … When Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower on June 16, 2015 and announced he was running for president, he told all who listened to “mark” his words.  —  “I would do various things very quickly,” Trump said.

Views on Russian influence reflect partisan finger-pointing (POLL)  —  It's a partisan cold war right here at home: A majority of Democrats think now-President Donald Trump's campaign tried to help Russia influence the 2016 election, while a majority of Republicans think former President …

Ivanka Trump contradicts her father on Syrian refugees: Admittance to U.S. ‘has to be part of the discussion’  —  Ivanka Trump stepped out publicly on the international stage for the first time this week, and she's now speaking out on one of the most controversial issues of her father's presidency: Syrian refugees.

When will Obama have made enough money?  —  Cantor Fitzgerald LP will pay former President Barack Obama $400,000 to speak at a conference in September, likely the first of many lucrative Wall Street paydays.  —  Good for him.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Obama doesn't really need the money …

Kim readies for war: North Korean leader salutes as his army fires rockets and torpedoes at mock enemy warships during country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills  — North Korea marked military anniversary with the country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday

WHO BUN IT?  Brit bunny riddle as rabbit destined to be world's biggest dies on United Airlines jet to US  —  Three foot Simon died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after leaving Heathrow  —  SCANDAL-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.

The NYT's new columnist defends his views on Arabs, Black Lives Matter, campus rape  —  On April 12, the New York Times's vaunted editorial page got a new addition.  Bret Stephens, formerly a columnist at the Wall Street Journal, will join Ross Douthat and David Brooks among the stable of in-house conservatives at the Gray Lady.

Enzi's comments at Greybull High School stir controversy  —  Last Thursday, April 20, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) visited Greybull High School for a scheduled Q&A with students in grades 6-12.  During his visit Enzi called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “illegal,” …

Hanging up my spurs.  —  A couple years ago, my wife Crystal and I were cleaning out our garage in Truckee when we came across an old notebook of mine from when I lived in Ireland at age 20.  Back then, a friend had asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Ivanka Trump's new fund for female entrepreneurs  —  Ivanka Trump told me yesterday from Berlin that she has begun building a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe.  Both countries and companies will contribute to create a pool of capital to economically empower women.

Carl Bernstein: Flynn is ‘central to what FBI believes is cover-up’ … CNN commentator Carl Bernstein suggested Wednesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's is key to helping the FBI unravel a vast “cover-up” of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.