Wednesday's Headlines: Trump surprises Republicans, pleases Democrats with push for health-care battle

'Undoubtedly there is collusion': Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy; Trump complains to senators that Puerto Rico is getting too much...

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Trump surprises Republicans, pleases Democrats with push for health-care battle The Trump administration's move aimed at striking down the Affordable Care Act handed Democrats a potential political gift on an issue that damaged Republicans badly in last year's midterm elections. By Toluse Olorunnipa and Seung Min Kim · Read more 'Undoubtedly there is collusion': Trump antagonist Adam Schiff doubles down after Mueller finds no conspiracy Republicans say Rep. Schiff should resign as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and the president wants him banned from cable news. But Schiff refuses to let the collusion question go until lawmakers can assess the investigative materials that informed the special counsel's findings. By Karoun Demirjian · Read more   Trump complains to senators that Puerto Rico is getting too much hurricane relief funding President Trump has asked advisers how to reduce money for the island and signaled that he won't support any more aid beyond food stamp funds.  By Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Paul Kane · Read more   Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back. Dozens of senior girls at a high school in an affluent Maryland suburb have confronted their administrators and male peers face to face, demanding a school-wide reckoning over toxic masculinity. By Samantha Schmidt · Read more   An HIV treatment cost taxpayers millions. The government patented it. But a pharma giant is making billions. An extraordinary standoff between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the private drug company Gilead raises a big question for the Trump administration: How aggressively should the government attempt to enforce its patents against an industry partner? By Christopher Rowland · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Netanyahu's AIPAC speech is a knife in the heart of the U.S.-Israel alliance By Dana Milbank · Read more Trump is guilty — of being unfit for office By George T. Conway III · Read more The Parkland and Sandy Hook tragedies inflict more than bullet wounds By Dorothy R. Novick · Read more Trump just handed Pelosi the best birthday gift she could ask for By Karen Tumulty · Read more The Trump administration has turned bigotry into policy in Puerto Rico By Editorial Board · Read more If you think Mueller's findings are bad news, you're part of the problem By Marc Thiessen · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News Mysterious group claims responsibility for brazen raid on North Korean Embassy Free Joseon, which calls for the overthrow of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said it shared information it obtained with the FBI. By John Hudson · Read more   Charges against Jussie Smollett dropped, drawing strong rebuke from Chicago's mayor and police "This is ... a whitewash of justice," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said, pointing to the "Empire" actor's "position of influence and power." Smollett had been charged with lying to Chicago police about an alleged hate-crime attack. By Elahe Izadi, Bethonie Butler and Mark Berman · Read more   Fact Checker | Analysis Did eight Democratic candidates 'boycott' the AIPAC conference? Vice President Pence said eight of the candidates "boycotted" the annual conference of the pro-Israel group. But whether that is accurate turns on definitions. By Glenn Kessler · Read more   Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max makes emergency landing in Orlando Pilots reported an engine problem shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was being flown to a storage facility with no passengers aboard. By Luz Lazo · Read more   GOP legislator prays to Jesus for forgiveness before state's first Muslim woman swears in The Pennsylvania lawmaker invoked Jesus' name 13 times in under two minutes, prompting some of her colleagues to decry her prayer as an offensive, divisive and Islamophobic display. By Reis Thebault · Read more   DeVos defends bid to cut education, Special Olympics funding to skeptical House Democrats The education secretary's plan for a federal tax credit for private-school scholarships also received a cold reception. By Laura Meckler · Read more   An unsolved murder haunted a city for decades. The killer was hiding in plain sight, officials say. Advances in DNA analysis finally allowed investigators to pinpoint a suspect in the Billings, Mont., 1973 homicide case. He had no criminal record and at one point worked at a store alongside one of the victims. By Kayla Epstein · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now With $270 million settlement, Purdue Pharma starts paying for the opioid crisis Katie Zezima details how the agreement could "set the floor" for settlements in thousands of lawsuits against drug companies over the opioid epidemic. Also, Amy Gardner reports on voting rights for felons in Florida, and Dan Zak describes how battles over immigration affect butterflies. By The Washington Post · Read more

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