Tipsheet: McCain decision leaves GOP, ObamaCare and repeal at crossroads

View in your browser     McCain decision leaves GOP, ObamaCare and repeal at crossroads By Peter Sullivan   Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) announcement that he will oppose the latest GOP ObamaCare repeal bill has left both parties wondering about the health law’s future. Read the full story here     Trump swipes at McCain, says GOP will repeal ObamaCare 'eventually' By Jesse Byrnes President Trump chided Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) late Friday for opposing a last-ditch plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, insisting the GOP would "eventually" roll back his predecessor's signature health-care law. Read the full story here     Why John McCain opposed the GOP’s latest repeal attempt By Jessie Hellmann Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) decision to oppose his party’s latest ObamaCare repeal bill is in line with his steady calls for bipartisanship and regular order since his return to the Senate in July following a cancer diagnosis. Read the full story here       Trump vows to back winner of Alabama GOP Senate runoff By Julia Manchester President Trump pledged Friday to support the winner of Alabama's GOP Senate primary runoff while questioning the general election prospects of Sen. Luther Strange's (R-Ala.) opponent. "I told Luther, I have to say this, if his opponent wins, I'm going to be here campaigning like hell for him," Trump said. Read the full story here     Trump weighs more targeted travel ban By Jordan Fabian and Melanie Zanona President Trump may replace his controversial travel ban with a more targeted list of restrictions on visitors to the U.S., administration officials said Friday. Trump’s 90-day ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority nations is set to expire on Sunday. Read the full story here     DHS tells 21 states they were Russia hacking targets before 2016 election By Joe Uchill   The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified 21 states Friday that Russia attempted to hack their election systems before the 2016 election. Read the full story here     Trump: NFL owners should fire players who kneel during national anthem By Julia Manchester President Trump told a crowd at a rally for Alabama Senate candidate Luther Strange (R) on Friday night that they should "pick up and leave" NFL games if they see players kneeling during the national anthem. Read the full story here     Trump: North Korea's 'Little Rocket Man' should have been handled long ago By Julia Manchester President Trump ripped past U.S. administrations' handling of North Korea on Friday, escalating his verbal feud with the country's leader Kim Jong Un by continuing to call him "Rocket Man" and "Little Rocket Man." Read the full story here     DeVos rescinds Obama-era school sexual assault policy By Lydia Wheeler   Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released interim guidance Friday on how colleges should handle sexual assaults on college campuses, the latest step in the Trump administration's controversial rollback of Obama-era guidelines, in an effort to better protect both victims and students who are accused. Read the full story here     Price faces probe over private chartered flights By Nathaniel Weixel A government watchdog will investigate Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price for his use of private charter jets instead of commercial aircraft. Read the full story here     Gregg Roman: NATO needs to admit Turkey is shredding democratic values By Gregg Roman OPINION | If NATO’s legislative partners are afraid to stand up when one of its own members violates key principles, then what’s the point of the alliance? Read the full story here     Jeanne Lambrew: Graham-Cassidy and 50 states of chaos By Jeanne Lambrew OPINION | Sponsors of the latest bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have not road-tested their talking points against reality. Read the full story here     CNN: From dotard to Goliath, world reacts to Trump By Nicole Gaouette, Richard Roth and Michelle Kosinski World leaders pulled out the stops, and perhaps a thesaurus or two, to review President Donald Trump's first appearance at the UN General Assembly, the multi-day pageant of meetings known as the Super Bowl of Diplomacy. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: First lady set to embark on first solo trip outside US By Darlene Superville Melania Trump is set to take her biggest step yet as first lady. She’s leading the U.S. delegation to an international sporting event for wounded service members, her first solo trip outside of the U.S. to represent her adopted country without President Donald Trump at her side. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘Regular order’ may have just killed GOP’s Obamacare repeal. So what is it? By Amber Phillips Republicans' last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare is thisclose to being doomed, thanks to two rather vague words: regular order. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Iran deal’s fate hovers over North Korea crisis By Paul Sonne and  Farnaz Fassihi The burgeoning crisis confronting the Trump administration in North Korea was compounded this week by another top foreign policy dilemma: the Iran nuclear agreement. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: World wonders could NKorea fire nuclear missile over Japan By Kim Tong-Hyung Will North Korea’s next nuclear test involve a thermonuclear missile screaming over Japan? That’s a question being asked after North Korea’s foreign minister said his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.