Evening Edition: 3 GOP senators come out against McConnell’s repeal-only plan

A Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care; Trump has repeatedly broken his core campaign promise; The Fix: Trump's erratic leadership is killing the GOP's agenda; With health-bill collapse, GOP faces uncertain electoral future in 2018; House GOP budget plan ties big spending cuts to tax rewrite; Federal retirement takes a hit in budget proposal; Eighth person at meeting of Trump Jr. and Russians identified, name sent to Mueller; U.S., Russian officials meet as Kremlin accuses U.S. of 'robbery' over dachas; Is the presidency good for Trump's business? Not necessarily at this golf course.; A Chipotle restaurant is closed after yet another food-borne illness outbreak; An article called for John McCain to 'just … die already.' A GOP official responded: 'Amen.'; Sean Spicer's puzzling off-camera press briefing, annotated; Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests; Saudi woman who wore skirt in viral video has been arrested, state television reports;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   3 GOP senators come out against McConnell's repeal-only plan Centrist Republicans Susan Collins, Shelley Moore Capito and Lisa Murkowski all said they would oppose any vote to proceed with an immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act, meaning the Senate lacked the support it needed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed that idea after new opposition from GOP senators Monday effectively ended the party's revamp of the health law. By Juliet Eilperin and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » The Take | Analysis A Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care There is no way to spin to those who were promised that the Affordable Care Act would be repealed and replaced that this failure isn't the party's fault — and it will surely affect the mood of the Republican base heading into 2018. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Analysis Trump has repeatedly broken his core campaign promise Trump's central pitch, redistilled and redistributed on a near-daily basis over the course of 2016, was a simple one: I am a dealmaker, and I will make deals. But what deals has he made? By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump's erratic leadership is killing the GOP's agenda The negotiator in chief has been a highly inconsistent partner for lawmakers, with a fleeting set of priorities and apparently very little interest in policy details. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   With health-bill collapse, GOP faces uncertain electoral future in 2018 President Trump claimed that voters would blame Democrats for their health-care costs, a strategy that flies against current polling and electoral history. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   House GOP budget plan ties big spending cuts to tax rewrite The budget draft sets the stage for more than $200 billion in politically sensitive cuts — including rollbacks of financial industry regulations, federal employee benefits and welfare spending — that could derail plans for a tax overhaul before it begins. By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more »   Federal retirement takes a hit in budget proposal The House plan continues Republican efforts to cut federal employees' compensation by making them pay more for retirement benefits. By Joe Davidson and Eric Yoder  •  Read more »   Eighth person at meeting of Trump Jr. and Russians identified, name sent to Mueller Ike Kaveladze, a U.S.-based employee of a Russian real estate company, was at the June 2016 meeting during which Donald Trump Jr. believed he would get damaging information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   U.S., Russian officials meet as Kremlin accuses U.S. of 'robbery' over dachas The Kremlin stepped up its demand that the White House return two diplomatic compounds seized last year as punishment for Moscow's interference in the 2016 election. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Is the presidency good for Trump's business? Not necessarily at this golf course. Public records reveal declining revenue at Trump's Los Angeles-area club since he entered politics. By David A. Fahrenthold and Rob Kuznia  •  Read more »   A Chipotle restaurant is closed after yet another food-borne illness outbreak A Chipotle franchise in Sterling, Va., temporarily closed this morning after receiving multiple reports from customers who said they got sick after eating at the restaurant, sending the chain's stock plummeting 6 percent. By Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more »   An article called for John McCain to 'just … die already.' A GOP official responded: 'Amen.' Diana Orrock, a national committeewoman for the Nevada GOP, has apologized to the ailing senator who is recovering from eye surgery. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Sean Spicer's puzzling off-camera press briefing, annotated The White House press secretary punted on basic questions and acted like he hadn't followed news about Donald Trump Jr. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests A study found that not only were artificial sweeteners dodgy when it came to weight management, but people who drank them routinely had an increased body mass index. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Saudi woman who wore skirt in viral video has been arrested, state television reports After the video appeared on Snapchat, some Saudis called for the woman's arrest because her skirt stops above her knees and she is wearing a top that shows her midriff. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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