Trump asks about firing Sessions, calls his position ‘weak’

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Trump’s closing healthcare pitch leaves Republicans wanting more
Trump's closing healthcare pitch leaves Republicans wanting moreSome wonder why President Trump didn’t take to the campaign trail in friendly states to help pass a Republican healthcare bill and noted that Obamacare might not have passed in the first place without former President Barack Obama applying similar pressure on recalcitrant Democrats.

John McCain will return to the Senate Tuesday for dramatic healthcare vote
John McCain will return to the Senate Tuesday for dramatic healthcare voteSen. John McCain, R-Ariz., announced Monday that he will return to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer, just in time for a key vote on healthcare reform.

Trump floating Ted Cruz as potential replacement for Jeff Sessions: Report
Trump floating Ted Cruz as potential replacement for Jeff Sessions: ReportPresident Trump and his advisers are privately discussing replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and are floating possibilities to replace him, including Sen. Ted Cruz, according to a report Monday night.

Newt Gingrich says Trump would commit ‘big mistake’ if he fired Sessions: ‘Loyalty is a two-way street’
Newt Gingrich says Trump would commit 'big mistake' if he fired Sessions: 'Loyalty is a two-way street'Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday night President Trump would be making a “big mistake” if he fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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Trump Interior Department to eliminate Obama fracking rule
The Interior Department is formally proposing to eliminate regulations targeting the use of fracking to produce crude oil and natural gas on federal land, which were set into motion under the Obama administration more than two years ago.

House rejects $2 billion in new funding for VA’s healthcare Choice Program
The House on Monday rejected legislation that would have given the Department of Veterans Affairs another $2 billion to fund the Veterans Choice Program, which gives veterans the option of seeking care outside the VA in certain circumstances.

Judge allows Trump’s voter fraud commission to continue collecting state data
Judge allows Trump's voter fraud commission to continue collecting state dataA federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump’s voter fraud commission may continue collecting state voter information.

Trump jokes in speech to Boy Scouts he’ll fire Tom Price if Obamacare isn’t repealed
Trump jokes in speech to Boy Scouts he'll fire Tom Price if Obamacare isn't repealedPresident Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and jokingly threatened to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if Republican senators fail to pass a health care bill in a speech to 40,000 Boy Scouts Monday night.
 

Before Democrats copied Papa John’s branding, Republicans adopted a Dominos strategy and it worked
Recently Democrats have been mocked mercilessly for borrowing their new slogan from Papa John’s. But Republicans were the first to look to pizzerias to fix their problems. After losing a second presidential election to Barack Obama, it was the Grand Old Party who openly copied Dominos.

Iraq’s great victory in Mosul is being undermined
The Mosul offensive has come to an end. The Islamic State has been militarily defeated and its remnants destroyed within the city. But the Iraqi state’s victory has been marred and diminished.

Grim defeat for one child, his parents, and every family
Bureaucracy won a major battle this week. The battleground was Britain rather than America, but the issue is a universal one, for the battle was over the central government’s right to deprive a patient, in this case a baby, of medical treatment.

Federal agencies can scale down by buying out their youngest employees
At a time of burgeoning federal deficits, lawmakers are increasingly turning to agencies to tighten their belts and cut down on red ink. Agencies, in response, target bloated payrolls, seeking staff reductions to achieve cost reductions.
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