Politics: One reason the GOP health bill is a mess: No one thought Trump would win

The most popular fact checks of 2017, so far | Sponsored by American Wind Action   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Marc Levy / AP Analysis One reason the GOP health bill is a mess: No one thought Trump would win Every important Republican leader expected Democrat Hillary Clinton to win, and that left Republicans paralyzed about how to proceed when she didn't. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » Analysis The most popular fact checks of 2017, so far It has been quite a year for fact checking so far. Here's a look at our 10 most-read columns from the first six months of the year. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Meg Kelly  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Cruz calls for 'clean repeal' of ACA if Senate talks fall apart — aligning him with Trump, not McConnell Cruz's comments came the same day that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaned toward working with Democrats on a more modest bill to stabilize insurance markets. By Sean Sullivan  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   McConnell says GOP must shore up ACA insurance markets if Senate bill dies Senate GOP leader's comments suggest support for GOP health bill remains elusive, could point to bipartisan talks By Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A town hall in Kansas shows Republican struggles with health-care bill Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) tries to explain why he opposes the Republican plan. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump's nationalist warning contrasts with European leaders' optimism at G-20 In Poland before the summit, the president depicted a Western civilization facing existential threats. By Abby Phillip, John Wagner and Michael Birnbaum  •  Read more »   Two Democrats who want to challenge Comstock say they've raised big bucks Two first-time candidates raised a combined $700,000 in a signal of early competitiveness. By Jenna Portnoy  •  Virginia Politics  •  Read more »   Interior aims to speed oil and gas permitting on public lands with 30-day reviews With thousands of approved permits going unused, environmental groups fault new order as catering to the fossil-fuel industry. By Dino Grandoni and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump and Putin meet tomorrow. Here are 6 things to watch. Remember that this is a meeting between two human beings — and unpredictable things happen face to face. By Elizabeth Saunders and Joshua Tucker  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Analysis Would the Trump administration block a merger just to punish CNN? The Trump administration may have just generated another political headache for itself. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Trump voter commission to store data on White House computers under Pence staff direction Six Republicans, four Democrats on panel whose data request has sparked an uproar. By Spencer S. Hsu  •  Local  •  Read more »   On eve of G-20 meeting, Democrats demand that Trump confront Putin over hacking issue Trump has not made election meddling part of the agenda, or even accepted that Russia was behind what happened in 2016. By Karoun Demirjian  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Elizabeth Warren, back from first trip to Afghanistan, says, ‘I'm not there on a troop increase’ The overseas trip marked the most visible demonstration yet of Warren's work on defense matters. By Ed O'Keefe  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis Here’s the public evidence that supports the idea that Russia interfered in the 2016 election A recap of the argument Trump continues to reject. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Federal ethics chief who clashed with White House announces he will step down Walter Shaub said he is not being pushed out of the Office of Government Ethics. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071