Politics: Trump threatens electoral consequences for senators who oppose health bill

House Democrats are starting to outraise their Republican counterparts | Sponsored by SAPRAC   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The most important politics stories today   Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post Trump threatens electoral consequences for senators who oppose health bill Also Wednesday, a fresh CBO analysis showed that a straight repeal bill would increase the number of people without health coverage by 32 million at the end of a decade. By Sean Sullivan, Kelsey Snell and David Nakamura  •  PowerPost  •  Read more » House Democrats are starting to outraise their Republican counterparts The Republican and Democratic House campaign committees are running neck and neck: Both have reported raising about $60 million this year. By Mike DeBonis  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Analysis Do military veterans really win more elections? Only in 'purple' districts. An incumbent in a gerrymandered district is hard to beat. By Jeremy M. Teigen  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Analysis Is President Trump trying to beat Republican Jeff Flake next year? Flake doesn't care. The senator from Arizona has not been afraid to criticize Trump, even calling on him to drop out of the presidential race. By Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Most Republicans still say they support Trump. Who’s most likely to break ranks and speak out against him? Counterintuitively, the strongest partisans are most likely to do that and criticize the party. By Dominic Packer and Michael Wohl  •  Monkey Cage  •  Read more »   Analysis President Trump’s first six months: The fact-check tally In six months, President Trump made 836 false or misleading claims. Often, he said the same false thing over and over again. By Glenn Kessler, Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Meg Kelly  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ‘Give it hell, John': Washington reacts to Sen. McCain’s cancer diagnosis President Trump, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush and numerous members of Congress expressed shock, prayers and many appeals to McCain's tough reputation. By Alex Horton  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   John McCain, Republican senator from Arizona, diagnosed with brain tumor The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix said tests revealed a tumor known as a glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer with a poor prognosis. By Sean Sullivan, Karoun Demirjian and Paul Kane  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Trump blasts AG Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia probe Trump's public thrashing of Sessions is a remarkable criticism for one of the president's top campaign supporters. By Abby Phillip and Sari Horwitz  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   In the push to deliver on campaign promises, Interior's energy drive looms large Zinke has swiftly leveraged public lands and waters to promote oil, gas and coal development. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Police arrest 155 health care protesters at U.S. Capitol Hundreds of demonstrators flooded Senate office buildings to speak against ACA repeal By Clarence Williams  •  Public Safety  •  Read more »   Kushner to speak to Senate intelligence panel Monday as part of Russia probe Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. have also been invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 26. By Karoun Demirjian and Ashley Parker  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Conservative activists, media frame health-care battle as Trump against the world Conservative pundits and outside groups cast senators as "traitors" if they did not deliver a victory for the president. By David Weigel  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Supreme Court allows Trump refugee ban but backs broader exemptions for relatives The short order from the court means the administration must continue to accept those with grandparents, aunts and uncles and other relatives in the United States. By Robert Barnes  •  Courts & Law  •  Read more »   Trump says he exchanged ‘pleasantries,’ talked adoptions with Putin at G-20 dinner The White House said the meeting lasted less than an hour. By Abby Phillip  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   DemocracyPost Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. 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