People are hurting and, frankly, inaction is not an option", Mr Trump told his fellow Republicans. Much of the Republican base still loves Trump , and few Republicans in Congress can afford to alienate these voters by defying him too forcefully, even though many of them, particularly senators, plainly hold the president in low regard.

Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United Nations, told a group of UN correspondents that their foreign ministers had agreed to the six principles at a meeting in Cairo on July 5, which, he said, should be easy for the Qataris to accept.

With Capito and Collins' objections, he can't afford another defection. Still, it seems improbable that the White House lunch will change the calculus in the Senate , where McConnell has failed repeatedly to come up with a bill that can satisfy both conservatives and moderates in his party.

Trump tweeted ahead of the session, "The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is, & it will get even better at lunchtime". 'We'll let Obamacare fail and then the Democrats are going to come to us and they are going to say, "How do we fix it? how do we fix it?" or "How do we come up with a new plan?"' McConnell said that the events of Tuesday "have demonstrated that Republicans by themselves are not prepared at this particular point to do a replacement".

That whole "do unto others thing", doesn't extend to government officials, I guess. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told MSNBC he would examine the proposal, but indicated he was leaning against it. Murkowski said the facts on the ground are different now. In the meantime, now would be an excellent moment for a fresh idea about healthcare to fill this brief vacuum.

But they should not included a provision that was added to the latest version of the Senate reform bill , which would allow insurance companies to offer "junk plans", stripped-down policies that don't cover many essentials, she added. "I'm going to oppose the motion to proceed", Collins told reporters. That's what makes young, healthy people buy insurance, because there's a threat of a fine.

This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. "Inaction is not an option", added a White House spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2017As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan. Analysts said, though, that perhaps Trump's biggest mistake was attempting to do healthcare first at all.

Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content - we have daily uploads covering the latest and breaking news in the world of politics, sport and entertainment. Harry Reid slammed McConnell for his leadership style. And other moderates were wavering and could have been difficult for McConnell and Trump to win over because of the bill's Medicaid cuts: Alaska's Lisa Murkowski , Cory Gardner of Colorado, Rob Portman of Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito of West ...

There can be no appropriate amount of discrimination. "Although there are some bills that died, the House passed a sunset bill and sent it to the Senate, and the Senate wouldn't take it up". The call for the special session also includes a measure to improve reporting requirements for the incidences of complications from abortions and provisions to improve reporting requirements of minors who undergo elective abortions to ensure that pregnant minors are afforded the appropriate parental or ...

Grassley, a Republican , was asked if he'd support taking up the House bill. " We can't just hope that we will pass a replacement within the next two years". Obamacare was designed to increase health insurance quality and affordability, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage and reduce the costs of healthcare.

There were, of course, other factors in her eventual defeat that are identified by the authors of this gripping account of the presidential race. The tweet referred to a primary debate question that had been provided to the Clinton campaign and not to her then-rival, Sen.

It was reported that Trump told Putin: "it's an honour to be with you". I tried to stick to the issues, but he kept interrupting me with smirky sarcasm, obnoxious laughter, and ad hominem insults. In a subsequently released email, Goldstone was quoted telling the president's son that the information had been passed on to Aras Agalarov from Russian prosecutor-general Yuri Chaika.

Veselnitskaya indicated the Trump campaign would have to do more research and it was then that Trump Jr . lost interest. US News wrote that he told reporters that he was in the service of the Soviet Army in the counter-intelligence unit, but was never officially trained as a spy.

In this case, he added, "nothing happened from the meeting, zero happened from the meeting". "If it happens, that'll be wonderful, if it doesn't, that'll be OK too", he said. The July 1942 incident is named after the stadium in which Nazi-led forces held the majority of those arrested ahead of their deportation to Auschwitz.

And on Friday morning, Bakayoko added fuel to the flames by tweeting a good morning message to fans with his location set to Manchester. But, according to L'Equipe, the 22-year-old will not be present with a transfer to Stamford Bridge now said to be close to completion.

The lobbyist , Rinat Akhmetshin , who denies any connection to the Russian government, reportedly accompanied the lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya to the meeting with president's eldest son in June of 2016 at Trump Tower. "Nothing happened from the meeting", the president said. In Hamburg, Putin said he believed he had already established a personal relationship with Trump, adding that "the TV Trump is very different from the person in reality".

The last two decades, email's high-water era, have thus been a bounty for anyone wishing to understand exactly what was happening in the inner circles of powerful organizations - for journalists, historians and prosecutors of white-collar crime, among others.

John Culberson, R-Texas, . She was asked why the president had not had any public appearances in three days, and said he will appear at a news conference in France on Thursday. Email records show he presented the meeting as an opportunity to get information collected by the Russian government. In the overture his son had received for the meeting last summer, Trump Jr was told that Putin supported his father's candidacy.

Nate Silver, statistician, writer, and founder and editor-in-chief of the website FiveThirtyEight , published a painstakingly detailed article at the end of May about the likelihood that Trump will be impeached . I stand for impeachment of the President . If the House passes an article or articles, the president is impeached , as Bill Clinton was in 1998 .

In 2000, when an anonymous source sent confidential Republican materials to Democratic nominee Al Gore, he quickly notified the FBI . For it appears his son was eager to see if the Russians might have dirt on Clinton, and Trump Jr .

Mesut Ozil is keen to team up with Alexandre Lacazette at Arsenal . Instead, a tough-headed striker who will bring with him some status and inspire the team through goals and leadership. After the two clashes here, the Arsenal squad will make their way to Shanghai to face German powerhouse Bayern Munich on July 19, before travelling to Beijing on July 22 where they will battle London rivals Chelsea.

Trump Jr . released emails showing he welcomed an offer to meet the lawyer, who was allegedly linked to the Kremlin and had material damaging to Hillary Clinton . We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. "We need dialogue with everybody", the president said.

A Texas Republican is calling for President Donald Trump's adult children to step away from the White House, marking one of the strongest GOP responses yet to the intrigue surrounding the Trump campaign's activities in last year's White House race.

Nor does the Trump Jr. meeting appear to be anything more than dirt-mongering. President Trump is soon to be invited to testify about what he knew of the meeting and what information was passed along, if any. The businessman Bill Browder hired the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky to defend him against tax evasion charges. President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Pour sa part, M. Trump fils a déclaré au réseau Fox que sa décision de rencontrer l'avocate russe a été prise dans le contexte du rythme effréné d'une campagne présidentielle. "Ce n'est pas surprenant", analyse M. Jacob. "Le fait que le fils de Donald Trump soit désormais touché par le scandale montre que cette affaire se rapproche du président des Etats-Unis", analyse David Dewberry, un professeur à l'Université de Rider qui a écrit un livre sur les scandales politiques aux Etats-Unis.

Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner , who is married to daughter Ivanka Trump , also failed to disclose contacts with Russia when seeking his security clearance, the New York Times reported in April. There are a lot of caveats here. "Someone sent me an email". I don't know, but you don't care. So: was there a deal made last year? Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian interference with the US election, as are at least four ...

Sarah Kendzior: Trump family troubles: Who will protect Donald Jr.? The co-hosts also addressed the crude remarks Trump had made, saying on their show, "we're OK". The investigation is now more than just obstruction of justice in investigation. Trump Jr. responded with enthusiasm and proceeded to meet with the lawyer.

Lacazette - who is hoping his move to Arsenal can help boost his hopes of cementing a place in the France squad ahead of next year's World Cup - will make his debut against Sydney FC tomorrow. Arsene Wenger has denied claims suggesting that Alexis Sanchez has asked to leave Arsenal and is adamant that the Chilean will not the sold to Manchester City .

They also found 500 documents referring to violence and ISIS, as well as 13 issues of "Inspire", the al-Qaeda magazine. Several undercover agents and other "confidential human sources" posing Daesh operatives and sympathizers were employed by the FBI in a lengthy sting operation, according to documents filed in court.

On Sunday , Trump Jr. said in a statement that he had attended the meeting in the hope that there would be helpful information for the campaign. Yet it was widely viewed as retaliation for the Magnitsky law. He said he then e-mailed Donald Trump Jr ., outlining what the lawyer alleged to have. Any assets they may have in the United States are frozen. "Never, never ever", he said.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has reportedly taken a dig at Arsene Wenger's decision to sign France striker Alexandre Lacazette . Adding creedance to that is the fact that he is on their preseason tour, unlike Kieran Gibbs , who is in a similar boat.

S . special envoy on Ukraine as a breakthrough. Some media reports may have prematurely assumed that the creation of a joint commission on cyber security was already decided, she said . As trade expert Prof Simon Evenett points out, this pledge "has been broken every 13 hours since it was agreed" , as governments racked up 5,886 new trade restrictions.

Schiff did add that the ceasefire in Syria meant the meeting "wasn't a total loss", but that it was one on cybersecurity . "It was very clear that he made his position felt, and after a very substantive dialogue on this, they agreed to move on to other discussions".

Hamburg police refuse to clear the first lady to leave her residence, the White House confirmed to reporters on Friday, July 7. "It's not right that a few countries get to decide what happens to the rest of the world at this summit". But the dangerous scenes did not deter this brave Domino's delivery rider, who was filmed weaving his moped between protesters. The local newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt reported that Four Seasons, a multi-national hotel chain, had to turn Trump's team away as ...

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Russie était aussi présent. Quatre hélicoptères de police survolaient la ville hanséatique, et la police de Hambourg a de son côté relevé "un panache de fumée noire" s'élevant de l'ouest de la ville, alors que des voitures "ont été incendiées" dans différents quartiers.

Mr Trump is crossing the Atlantic later this month for visits to Poland, the G20 summit in Germany , and Bastille Day celebrations in France . The group is calling for residents who live within the security zone to hang flags and banners out of their windows so the world leaders will see them on the way in.

One person was arrested and a passerby, who was not involved in the demonstration, was slightly injured, according to a police message on Twitter. "It is, for example, open whether we can and should in the future rely on the U.S. investing so much as it has so far in the United Nations' work, in Middle East policy, in European security policy or in peace missions in Africa", Merkel was quoted as saying.

Si la décision revient aujourd'hui au Président de la République, la famille des grands illustres peuvent refuser l'entrée au Panthéon . A travers des discours poignants, les deux fils de Simone Veil , Jean et Pierre-François, ont tenu à rendre un dernier hommage à leur mère décédée le 30 juin dernier à l'âge de 89 ans.

The president called it a "terrorist attack" but the chief prosecutor said the country was suffering from "state terrorism". Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz has refused to appear in court and is facing imminent suspension.

If they still aren't impressed by the club's offer, Arsenal may be forced to move on to plan C to improve their squad before next season. "I don't know." He added: "It's clear [in my mind] but I can't tell you anything". The mammoth fee will heap pressure on Lacazette to perform, but he can take faith in his impressive goalscoring record for Lyon . With Bernardo Silva, David Silva, Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Stering, the Citizens are already well-stocked in attacking midfield, ...