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The Daily 202: Trump's hardball tactics backfire as 'skinny repeal' goes down; The night John McCain killed the GOP's health-care fight; Now that Trumpcare has failed, it’s time to drop all the lies; North Korea fires another missile, its latest step toward putting the U.S. within reach; White House tensions flare in the open as Scaramucci rips Priebus in vulgar tirade; A trifecta of criticism for President Trump with this message: Change your behavior; Indiana police officer, nicknamed Teddy Bear, fatally shot while helping car-crash victims; 'We’ll never be the same': How a hydroponic tomato garden inspired cops to raid a family’s home; The worst is yet to come; Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Affordable Care Act, dealing Trump and GOP leaders a major setback; GOP lawmakers openly defy president as frustration mounts; Say hello to a post-America world; The Health 202: Murkowski, Collins and ... McCain sink Obamacare repeal effort; It's time to start thinking about the unthinkable; In the Mooch's debut screw-up, the language was bad. The cluelessness was worse.; 'Wait for the show': High drama and low voices in a long, weird night at the Capitol.   Democracy Dies in Darkness     Most popular right now   Most Read PowerPost •  Analysis The Daily 202: Trump's hardball tactics backfire as 'skinny repeal' goes down Murkowski's decisive 'no' vote followed threat by interior secretary. By James Hohmann  •  Read more » The night John McCain killed the GOP's health-care fight "Wait for the show," he told reporters just an hour before shocking the Senate. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   The Plum Line •  Opinion Now that Trumpcare has failed, it’s time to drop all the lies Let's hope we can now proceed from agreement that the ACA has effected positive change in the lives of millions. By Greg Sargent  •  Read more »   North Korea fires another missile, its latest step toward putting the U.S. within reach But it was not immediately clear whether the ballistic missile was an intercontinental one. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   White House tensions flare in the open as Scaramucci rips Priebus in vulgar tirade The level of candor and raging frustration Scaramucci expressed yet again stunned a Washington political class that has become increasingly inured to the unorthodoxy of this White House. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Politics •  Analysis A trifecta of criticism for President Trump with this message: Change your behavior Trump gets an earful on his Sessions attacks, transgender ban and Boy Scouts speech. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Indiana police officer, nicknamed Teddy Bear, fatally shot while helping car-crash victims "His death is a shocking and tragic reminder of the difficult, often dangerous work of police officers across Marion County," said Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   'We’ll never be the same': How a hydroponic tomato garden inspired cops to raid a family’s home An appeals court decision gives a shellshocked family its day in court. By Kyle Swenson  •  Read more »   Opinion The worst is yet to come Trump's reign is not a presidency. It is an affliction that must be fiercely resisted. By Eugene Robinson  •  Read more »   Senate rejects measure to partly repeal Affordable Care Act, dealing Trump and GOP leaders a major setback The outcome threw into doubt the GOP's ability to overturn the 2010 law. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Also Popular in Politics   Politics •  Analysis Enough about McCain. 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