Graphic: Where the bill's subsidy cuts will affect Americans most; Koch network won't endorse Senate GOP's health-care measure in its current form; Trump lashes out at Obama over Post report on Russian election meddling; How one band is trying to make it in a music industry turned upside down; Venezuelan prisoners allege horrific mistreatment; Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault; | | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors | | | | | Senate health-care bill faces resistance from GOP moderates | Fears that proposed cuts would fray the social safety net are creating anxiety for Republican moderates whose states have benefited from the ACA's expansion of Medicaid. Those centrists may pose just as much an obstacle to the bill's passage as their colleagues on the right. | By Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein • Read more » | | How one band is trying to make it in a music industry turned upside down | For bands such as The Orwells, breaking through today means going viral, scoring "syncs" and vying for attention in a system tilted toward the Drakes and Rihannas. But the shift to music streaming threatens almost everyone else hoping to earn enough money to sustain a musicmaking career. "It's all about getting your numbers up on the Internet," Orwells guitarist Matt O'Keefe said. | By Todd Frankel • Read more » | | | | | Venezuelan prisoners allege horrific mistreatment | Thousands have been arrested amid the chaos over the past 10 weeks of protests against the government, and some say the abuse while in custody is so abhorrent that they were "forced to eat raw pasta with human excrement." | By Rachelle Krygier and Joshua Partlow • Read more » | | | | | Hacking Democracy | Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault | In political terms, Russia's interference was the crime of the century. It was a case that took almost no time to solve and was traced to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But because of the ways President Barack Obama and President Trump handled it, the Kremlin has yet to face severe consequences. Through interviews with more than three dozen current and former U.S. officials, The Post tells the inside story of how the Obama administration handled the Kremlin's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. | By Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071 | | | | | | | |
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