On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer's Role  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump began his all-hands meeting with Republican senators at the White House on Tuesday by saying they were “very close” to passing a health care bill, just as efforts to fast-track a vote this week collapsed.

A Time Magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs.  It's fake.  —  The framed copy of Time Magazine was hung up in at least four of President Trump's golf clubs, from South Florida to Scotland.  Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump.

Trump Campaign Chief's Firm Got $17 Million From Pro-Russia Party  —  Paul Manafort, who was forced out as President Trump's campaign chairman last summer after five months of infighting and criticism about his business dealings with pro-Russian interests, disclosed on Tuesday that his consulting firm …

Trump blasts media after CNN retraction: ‘They are all Fake News!’  —  President Trump on Tuesday blasted several publications after CNN retracted a story published last week tying a top Trump ally to a Russian investment bank.  —  “So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC?”

Sarah Palin Suing New York Times For Defamation  —  Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for defamation, according to documents filed on Tuesday obtained by The Daily Caller.  —  The lawsuit has to do with an editorial the NYT ran on June 14 that falsely smeared Palin as inciting …

Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show  —  Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family … More than 15,000 Americans were losing …

Obamas under fire from the left for never ending, sizzling ultra-luxury vacations  —  The Democratic base is growing increasingly frustrated with former President Barack Obama's actions after leaving office, including a seemingly endless tour of millionaire and billionaire luxury retreats …

How the Logic of Tribalism Is Driving the Health-Care Debate  —  I'm just thinking out loud here.  But it seems to me this is one of those moments in American politics where no one can simply say what they really think or want.  As Yuval noted yesterday, big chunks of the GOP-controlled Congress …

How news organizations, including this one, unintentionally misinformed the public on guns  —  Steve Doud, a subscriber from Plano, emailed me to say he'd read something in the June 21 Dallas Morning News that couldn't possibly be true.  —  An eight-paragraph Washington Post article …

Man hit by bus as he crosses road - before dusting himself down and walking into pub  —  CCTV footage shows man hit by bus in Reading  —  A man was knocked down by an out-of-control bus - before miraculously getting up and walking into a pub.  —  Simon Smith said he is lucky to be alive …

How Donald Trump is killing romance  —  In the treacherous, amusing and sometimes rewarding world of online dating, Donald Trump has become the newest way to find - or reject - a romantic match.  —  “Did you vote for or do you support Trump?  Then I'm not your man.

Statement from the Press Secretary  —  The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children.  The activities are similar to preparations the regime …

Trump praises female reporter's ‘nice smile’ on call to Irish PM … President Trump singled out a female journalist during a phone call with the new Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Tuesday, telling Varadkar, “She has a nice smile on her face.  So I bet she treats you well.”

WATCH |  Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Special Counsel for violating The Hatch Act that prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races.  —  The Office of U.S. Special Counsel, the government's main whistleblower agency …

My father is one of the vulnerable seniors most at risk from GOP's cruel Medicaid cuts  —  Tell your story and act on behalf of those you love who are unable to act for themselves.  —  More than 1.4 million Americans are receiving nursing home or other long-term care paid for by Medicaid.

Cover Story: Serena Williams's Love Match  —  A STAR IS BORN Serena Williams, photographed in Highland Beach, Florida.  —  Last January, on the eve of the Australian Open, Serena Williams handed her fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, a paper bag containing six positive pregnancy tests.