Senate committee wants U.S. states to publicize hacking details

The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the panel had asked election officials in 21 U.S. states to make public information about efforts to hack their systems during last year's election. Some lawmakers have expressed frustration that the information has been kept secret, saying it impedes the country's ability to prevent such hacks in the future.

Some Republicans worried Trump will do more harm than good in selling health care bill

It was a platform most politicians can only hope for: A captivated, 6,000-person crowd and more than an hour of live, prime-time television coverage to hype the Republican vision for a new health care system. But when President Donald Trump got around to talking about the Republican plan - about 15 minutes into his speech - he was wildly off message.

House panel backs bill to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., during a press conference where he announced he will vote no on the proposed GOP healthcare bill at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building on Friday, June 23, 2017 in Las Vegas. People enter the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a 2015 congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Corker: Russia sanctions fight devolves into ‘total silliness’

The House and Senate are still at odds over a Russia sanctions bill that passed in the Senate last week, in a dispute that Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker described Wednesday as "total silliness." The two chambers are quarreling over technical changes that the House Republicans say need to be made in the bill, which passed the Senate 98-2.

Trump’s Cuba policy has created doubt about an important front…

The rollback of relations with Cuba announced by President Donald Trump earlier this month has left many facets of the renewed relationship in doubt. Though the goal was to "chill" trips to the island by Americans , some features of the Obama-led thaw - like the ability to visit or send money to the island as well as many commercial deals - remain in place.

Senate Republicans Look To Strike A Deal On Health Care Bill, Find Nothing

A day after delaying a vote on their health care bill, Senate Republicans appeared no closer to a compromise Wednesday, with GOP lawmakers digging in for a protracted negotiation that may end up going nowhere. The plan in the mind of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was for Republicans to reach at least a tentative deal by the end of the week.

Olympian skier Tom Corcoran dies, founded popular ski resort

In this Dec. 31, 1966 file photo, Waterville Valley ski area developer Tom Corcoran, far left, and his wife Roberta, pose with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Paul Pfosi, far right, a Swiss skier who headed the ski school at Waterville Valley, N.H. Corcoran, an Olympic skier who founded New Hampshire's Waterville Valley ski area and built it into a destination for racers and celebrities alike, died Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

President Invents ‘Internet Taxes’ Because, Yeah, He’s *That* Smart

Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! Time magazine asked President Trump to remove fake covers featuring the commander-in-chief; if only Smithsonian Magazine would show similar courage about the . The EPA is rolling back regulations on drinking water and, in a totally unrelated development, the population of Flint, Michigan, is roughly the size of Trump's margin of victory in that state.

Transit agency: Human error caused subway train derailment

A subway train derailed near a station in Harlem on Tuesday, frightening passengers and res... . This photo provided by Jackie Faherty from her Twitter page shows subway passengers on an A train with the lights out after it halted just shy of the 125th street stop in New York's Harlem neighborhood, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, ... .

Want to know whether Senate Republicans’ health-care bill can come…

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Sen. Dean Heller at a Las Vegas news conference June 23 where he announced he will vote against the proposed GOP health-care bill When Sen. Dean Heller came out in opposition to the health-care legislation last week, it was a surprise that, in hindsight, shouldn't have been a surprise. Heller is an extreme version of the five to six senators who just politically can't vote for the bill, mostly because they fear it will yank away health care for hundreds of thousands in their respective states.

Poll measures Mass. electorate on taxes, candidates

With the election season still months away, most Massachusetts voters haven't heard of the challengers seeking to topple Gov. Charlie Baker and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, according to a WBUR poll. The survey, conducted by MassINC Polling Group, also found broad support for a 2018 ballot measure to hike income taxes on earnings over $1 million and a potential ballot question to lower the sales tax rate.