Trump Cites Russian Election Meddling But Blames Others Too  —  Says intelligence community's failings on Iraq raise doubts  —  Trump makes remarks ahead of meeting with Russia's Putin  —  President Donald Trump said he believes Russia meddled in the 2016 election but maintained that the U.S …

The Network Against the Leader of the Free World  —  Jeffrey A. Zucker hasn't been getting a lot of sleep lately.  But he says that's nothing new.  —  “I don't sleep that much anyway,” Mr. Zucker, the president of CNN, said on Wednesday in his fifth-floor office, just off the network's glassy Midtown Manhattan newsroom.

Back to the Center, Democrats  —  The path back to power for the Democratic Party today, as it was in the 1990s, is unquestionably to move to the center and reject the siren calls of the left, whose policies and ideas have weakened the party.  —  In the early 1990s, the Democrats relied …

GOP tensions rise over Cruz proposal  —  Tensions between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.) and his old antagonist, Sen. Ted Cruz  —  (R-Texas), have reappeared in the high-stakes negotiation over healthcare reform.  —  Cruz is insisting on a reform to the Senate GOP bill …

Russia-born dealmaker linked to Trump assists laundering probe  —  Felix Sater, who worked on Trump Soho, turns against Kazakh former business partners  —  Read next … Donald Trump faces renewed scrutiny of the riches that flowed into his real estate empire from the former Soviet Union …

United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby  —  Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates  —  Earlier today, the United States filed …

CREW FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST JARED KUSHNER  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington, D.C.—White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Jared Kushner appears to have failed to make the required disclosure of his ownership interest in an online real estate investment company called Cadre …

Photo ‘showing Amelia Earhart’ is not the US aviator  —  A photo of a woman claimed to be missing US aviator Amelia Earhart is said today to be proof that she survived a crash into the Pacific Ocean 80 years ago - but the picture has a major flaw, it can be revealed.

Hoeven hears criticism of Senate health care overhaul  —  GRAND FORKS — The national health care debate came home Wednesday afternoon at a roundtable with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks.  —  Hoeven had been at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences earlier …

Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger  —  Michael Chertoff, U.S. homeland security secretary from 2005 to 2009, is executive chairman of the Chertoff Group, a security and risk-management advisory firm.  —  The Trump administration's Presidential Advisory Commission …

United takes seat away from 2-year-old; resells ticket  —  With tickets in hand, Shirley Yamauchi - a teacher at Kapolei Middle school and her 27-month old son were on the final leg of an 18-hour flight from Hawaii to Boston.  —  “He and I, we had both our tickets scanned, we both went on board no problem,” Yamauchi said.

The Trump administration hands a big gift to abusive nursing homes  —  Even if Trumpcare fails, the administration can still do a great deal to make our health care system meaner.  —  The Trump administration is poised to undo rules issued by the Obama administration last year to protect seniors …

Trump's Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar  —  So Neil M. Gorsuch, the aw-shucks humble servant of the law whom the country encountered during his mind-numbing confirmation hearing, turns out to be a hard-right conservative.  No real surprise there, and by now, no real news either …

The Remaking of Donald Trump  —  In the multicultural days of The Apprentice, he rose to a level of popularity with minorities that the GOP could only dream of.  Then he torched it all to prepare for a hard-right run at the presidency.  —  Donald Trump had been thinking about running …

Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.  His condition is listed as serious.  We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.

Ohio House backs off from overriding Kasich veto of Medicaid freeze  —  Medicaid expansion enrollment in Ohio will not be frozen, but the Ohio House did vote Thursday to override a handful of Gov. John Kasich's Medicaid-related budget vetoes, giving lawmakers more authority over spending for the huge health insurance program.

'There's a $3,000 bounty on your head in Philadelphia': Woman gets death threats after Facebook video of her urinating on an American flag goes viral  — She captioned the video, which she posted on Facebook and later deleted: ‘F*** your nationalism.  F*** your country.  F*** your stupid f****** flag’

We Should Cheer CNN's Ritual Suicide  —  If you ever had any doubt that Donald Trump was right that the mainstream media is the enemy of the American people, CNN corrected your inexplicable inability to comprehend this painfully obvious truth by choosing July 4th to threaten some guy for daring to make fun of Its Medianess Holiness.

18 States Sue Betsy DeVos Over Student Loan Protections  —  Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Education Department and its secretary, Betsy DeVos, challenging the department's move last month to freeze new rules …

A Graceless President, a National Betrayal  —  Unlike Trump, Reagan understood the power of humility and graciousness.  —  For leaders as well as friends, spouses and colleagues, grace is a precious characteristic.  Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump's policy choices, our nation has never had a president more lacking in grace.

How Many Jobs Does ObamaCare Kill?  —  We surveyed managers at small businesses and put the count at 250,000.

McCain won't support calls to repeal Obamacare now, replace it later  —  PHOENIX — U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday he would not support calls to repeal Obamacare now and replace it at a later date.  —  “I fear we may fall under the trap of repealing and not replacing and that would be bad for America,” he said.

Oregon To Health Insurers: You Must Cover Abortions Now  —  The Oregon state legislature has a bill heading for the governor's desk, which tells health insurers operating in the state one thing: you must cover abortions.  The bill split along party lines, but the Democratic legislature …