McCain to miss week, likely delaying healthcare vote - will miss this week's votes in the Senate after undergoing surgery on Friday, depriving Republicans of a key vote on healthcare.

McCain to miss week, likely delaying healthcare vote - will miss this week's votes in the Senate after undergoing surgery on Friday, depriving Republicans of a key vote on healthcare. - McCain's absence means Senate Republicans almost certainly will not have the 50 votes they'd need to win a procedural vote.

MSNBC interview goes off the rails when Joy Reid holds Trump supporter's feet to the fire on Russia - DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! - An interview on AM Joy grew heated Saturday morning when host Joy Reid refused to let a defender of President Donald Trump duck answering questions

In the guise of a news story, the New York Times presents a screed against what it calls "junk insurance." The occasion for the screed is Senator Ted Cruz's proposal that insurers be allowed to sell plans that that don't meet Obamacare standards, if they also sell policies that meet these standards.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said late Saturday he would put off a vote on a Republican health-care bill that had been set for next week so that Sen. John McCain, who is recovering from an unexpected surgery, can participate. Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, had surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from above his left eye after a routine physical, his doctors said Saturday.

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Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell announced Saturday evening that the Senate GOP Obamacare repeal vote will be delayed until a later date. announced Saturday night that the vote on Senate Republicans ObamaCare repeal and replace bill would be delayed until a later date.

In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer.

Fans clamor to get president's attention at U.S. Women's Open in New Jersey, while sport's enthusiasts turn their backs BEDMINSTER, N.J.-A major women's golf tournament and President Donald Trump competed for the audience's attention at Mr. Trump's New Jersey golf course over the weekend. For almost four hours Saturday, fans of Mr. Trump could watch the president watch the U.S. Women's Open on a screen inside the transparent-walled box, though doing so meant turning their backs on the game itself.

A new report which analyzed key global warming metrics such as Global Average Surface Temperature , the NOAA and HADLEY, confirms President Trump was correct in pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. According to the report , which has been peer reviewed by administrators, scientists and researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , The Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and several of America's leading universities, the data is completely bunk: In this research report, the most important surface data adjustment issues are identified and past changes in the previously reported historical data are quantified.

Insurers are ramping up their opposition to a new amendment in the Senate Republican health bill that would allow them to sell plans that don't meet Affordable Care Act requirements, an effort that could add to the challenges faced by GOP leaders trying to shepherd the legislation. The provision, backed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, would authorize insurers to sell coverage that wouldn't meet ACA standards on the condition that they also sell at least some plans that did.

A Pakistani-born House IT administrator suspected of misusing access to congressional files is a charming, dishonest manipulator with an unquenchable thirst for money, a dozen people who know him personally said in interviews with The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group. Relatives said that Imran Awan had such a penchant for taking advantage of people that his stepmother called the police and accused him of extortion, while his father changed his last name so he wouldn't share it with his son.

A criminal investigation has been launched into St. Paul's School in response to child endangerment allegations surfacing from a former upperclassman's sexual assault convictions. The New York Times reports that the investigation will focus on whether the school "endangered child welfare or committed obstruction of governmental operations."

The former Texas A&M quarterback was in Dallas Saturday for the National Fantasy Football Convention, and he essentially told the media that he could be back to the NFL at anytime. He told the local media that he has already been in contact with a couple teams about a comeback.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called for electronic surveillance of potential rioters Saturday in response to violent events during last week's G20 summit in Hamburg. Around 230 police officers were injured during clashes with left-wing extremists during the summit.

Fox News host Shepard Smith bashed the Trump White House saying that it is offering up "lie after lie", but supporters of the president were quick to jump down his throat for his disdain of POTUS. Smith left colleague Chris Wallace "speechless" Friday afternoon during the live segment when he was covering a late-breaking update stating that at least eight individuals attended the June 2016 meeting between the Russian attorney and Donald Trump Jr. "Why all these lies? Why is it lie after lie after lie? If you [are] clean, come on clean .

Details of the inner workings of the Trump administration are being leaked to the press on a daily basis. The latest leak is of an alleged phone call between the President and British Prime Minister Theresa May. The Sun UK claims the President urged May to pressure the British press to give him more favorable coverage - otherwise, he won't visit the UK.

Who would have predicted that net neutrality would instigate such a heated public debate? From activists invading the personal home of the FCC Chairman, to bots flooding the FCC's comments system, to a day of action organized by Internet conglomerates, the debate over net neutrality is more acrimonious than ever. An outsider's dispassionate outlook might help cooler heads prevail.

Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! In a statement Sunday, Trump Jr. said the attorney had said she had information that people tied to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Clinton , a description that Akhmetshin backed up in his interview with the AP.

Kremlin-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said that the southern Russian province doesn't have any gays when responding to allegations that Chechnya has tortured or killed homosexuals. Kadyrov has allegedly wanted to cleanse the entire region of homosexuals "to purify the [nation's] blood," according to the Moscow Times , but denied any allegations from the media about persecuting gays.