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WASHINGTON (AP) — One retired U.S. intelligence official says the latest release of documents by WikiLeaks is "real bad" for the CIA. The dump includes more than 8,000 documents that are said to have been taken from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence. Experts say they appear to be legitimate, and that the release is almost certain to shake the CIA. The documents cover a range of topics, including what appeared to be a discussion about how to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices.
WASHINGTON (AP) — One Republican senator is already rallying opposition to the House GOP's new plan to replace President Barack Obama's health law. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky calls the plan "Obamacare Lite." In an email to supporters, he asks them to sign a petition calling for a full repeal and replacement of Obamacare. But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor that the legislation is backed by the one person who can sign it into law — President Donald Trump. The bill would limit future federal funding for Medicaid, which covers low-income people. And it would loosen rules that former President Barack Obama's law imposed for health plans directly purchased by individuals, while also scaling back insurance subsidies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is telling Speaker Paul Ryan that lawmakers "must not be asked to vote" on new GOP health care legislation without details on cost and how many people would be covered. In a letter to Ryan, Pelosi says that "the American people and members have the right to know the full impact of this legislation." Two committees plan to start voting on the House Republicans' new bill tomorrow. But thus far there is not an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office of how much the bill will cost and how many people will have health coverage. Fewer people are expected to be covered under the House GOP bill than under the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has greeted the first wave of tourists to come through the White House since he assumed office. Trump welcomed a small crowd of visitors in the East Wing today, waving from behind a velvet rope as the crowd screamed, cheered and took photos. The president then pulled a ten-year-old Alabama boy from the crowd and hugged him as the visitors and journalists looked on. The White House had been closed for tours since inauguration day.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire killed three ranch hands in the Texas Panhandle who were trying to usher cattle away from the flames. Gray County Judge Richard Peet says the two men and the woman were killed by a wildfire that flared yesterday afternoon. He says winds of more than 55 mph fanned the flames. In Kansas, meanwhile, authorities say wildfires have burned about 625 square miles, damaging dozens of structures and forcing thousands to evacuate.
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