The Kabuki Theater of the AHCA  —  The United States has never had a Senate leader as ruthless, as willing to bend, distort and break the rules, traditions and precedents of the Senate as Mitch McConnell.  And the Senate has probably never had a majority leader as effective at accomplishing …

Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes  —  ORANGE, Va. — Alice Jacobs, 90, once owned a factory and horses.  She has raised four children and buried two husbands.  —  But years in an assisted living center drained her savings, and now she relies on Medicaid to pay for her care …

TwitLonger  —  Why the Democratic party is doomed:  —  1. The Democratic establishment has vortexed the party's narrative energy into hysteria about Russia (a state with a lower GDP than South Korea).  It is starkly obvious that were it not for this hysteria insurgent narratives …

Koch political leader says GOP healthcare bill not conservative enough  —  Leaders in the Koch brothers' influential political network bashed the new Senate Republican health care legislation attempting to replace the ObamaCare for not being conservative enough, The Associated Press reports.

‘This Week’ Transcript 6-25-17: Kellyanne Conway, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Susan Collins, and Sen. Rand Paul  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on June 25, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC HOST: Now for the Democratic response, we're joined by the Senate Democratic Leader, Chuck Schumer.

Sketchy firm behind Trump dossier is stalling investigators  —  A secretive Washington firm that commissioned the dubious intelligence dossier on Donald Trump is stonewalling congressional investigators trying to learn more about its connections to the Democratic Party.

I Found Trump's Diary—Hiding in Plain Sight  —  Lots of people want President Donald Trump to stop tweeting.  Mitch McConnell wants him to stop tweeting.  Carly Fiorina wants him to stop tweeting.  Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins and other Republican members of Congress and some Democrats …

Woman suspected of setting Iowa mosque on fire … Police in Iowa arrested a 22-year-old woman suspected of starting a small fire at an Iowa mosque Thursday morning.  —  Des Moines firefighters and police were called to the Islamic Center of Des Moines about 10 a.m. There had been a small fire …

Donald Skunks the Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — YOU know who is really sick and tired of Donald Trump winning, to the point where they beg, “Please, Mr. President, sir, it's too much”?  —  Democrats.  —  The Democrats just got skunked four to nothing in races they excitedly thought …

Restaurant owner says nearby Confederate flag is hurting his business  —  ORANGEBURG, S. C.  — A Confederate flag flies high above a South Carolina restaurant.  —  Some customers hate it, including the restaurant's owner, but he says he can't do anything about it.