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John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
By Max Greenwood
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix said Wednesday.

The tumor was discovered after the senior Arizona senator underwent a minor procedure last week to remove a blood clot from above his left eye.

“Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot,” the hospital said in a statement.
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The Memo: Trump tries to bend Congress to his will
By Niall Stanage
President Trump sought to strong-arm Senate Republicans into passing ObamaCare repeal-and-replace legislation on Wednesday in an attempt to turn the weight of his office into impetus for action.
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GOP reverses course on healthcare
By Rachel Roubein
Senate Republican leaders are desperately searching for the 50 votes they need to open a debate on ObamaCare repeal-and-replace legislation after a Wednesday scolding at the White House from President Trump.
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Dems see huge field emerging to take on Trump
By Amie Parnes
Democrats are expecting one of their party’s biggest fields in history will battle to take on President Trump in the 2020 election.
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Compounds’ fate raised after Trump-Putin talk
By Katie Bo Williams
An hourlong chat between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has reignited speculation that the U.S. could return two Russian diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland.
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Voter fraud commission starts amid controversy
By Ben Kamisar and Lydia Wheeler
President Trump’s voter fraud commission met for the first time Wednesday to carve out a path forward amid a firestorm of controversy.
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Cyber shakeup feared at State Department
By Morgan Chalfant
Evidence of a shakeup of cybersecurity authorities at the State Department has some concerned about the future of the U.S. government’s international engagement on internet security and policy.
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Bipartisan beer caucus hops into debate over tax reform
By Alicia Cohn
A surprising cause might play a role in bipartisan tax reform later this year: beer.
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GOP signals infrastructure bill must wait
By Melanie Zanona
The timing and fate of President Trump’s infrastructure plan may depend on whether the GOP enacts major tax reform — a task that could prove challenging amid the struggle to pass a healthcare bill.
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Oil concerns hold up Russia sanctions push
By Devin Henry
American oil and natural gas companies are pushing for changes to a massive expansion of economic sanctions on Russia, warning lawmakers that the new regulations would harm them, too.
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The New York Times: Citing recusal, Trump says he wouldn’t have hired Sessions
By Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman
The president also said in an interview that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, would cross a red line if he delved into Trump family finances unrelated to Russia.
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The Associated Press: Trump’s critique of Sessions reflects long-held frustrations
By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary public denouncement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions reflected a long-simmering frustration with one of his staunchest allies, but was not a calculated attempt to force Sessions from the Cabinet, according to two Trump advisers.
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The Wall Street Journal: Trump Jr., Kushner and Manafort to speak to Senate panels
By Rebecca Ballhaus
Three top Trump campaign figures to meet next week with committees probing Russian election meddling.
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Reuters: Inside Trump’s last-gasp effort to save Senate healthcare overhaul
By Steve Holland
Dining on rib-eye steak and peach cobbler with a group of senators, President Donald Trump was cautiously optimistic that Republican efforts to overhaul Obamacare were in good shape.
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The Washington Post: Trump sees electoral consequences for senators who oppose ObamaCare repeal
By Sean Sullivan, Kelsey Snell and David Nakamura
But there was no new evidence of additional support for the recently abandoned repeal-and-replace measure or a repeal-only approach, which the Congressional Budget Office now estimates would result in 32 million more uninsured people within 10 years.
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