Thursday's Headlines: McCain diagnosed with brain cancer, sending a jolt through Congress

President halts covert arming of Syria rebels, a move likely to please Russia; Trump sees electoral consequences for senators who oppose Obamacare repeal; President blasts Sessions over his recusal from the Russia investigation; Senate panel to interview Kushner; subpoenas possible for Manafort and Trump Jr.;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories McCain diagnosed with brain cancer, sending a jolt through Congress The Mayo Clinic said tests revealed an aggressive type of cancer with a poor prognosis. John McCain's significance in Congress is hard to overstate — and his absence, however long, will reverberate across the Capitol. By Sean Sullivan, Karoun Demirjian and Paul Kane  •  Read more » President halts covert arming of Syria rebels, a move likely to please Russia Officials said phasing out the CIA program reflects the president's interest in finding ways to work with Russia, which saw the anti-Assad program as an assault on its interests. By Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous  •  Read more »   Trump sees electoral consequences for senators who oppose Obamacare repeal But there was no new evidence of additional support for the recently abandoned repeal-and-replace measure or a repeal-only approach, which the Congressional Budget Office now estimates would result in 32 million more uninsured people within 10 years.  By Sean Sullivan, Kelsey Snell and David Nakamura  •  Read more »   President blasts Sessions over his recusal from the Russia investigation The president told the New York Times that if he had known Jeff Sessions would recuse himself from the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, he would not have picked him to be attorney general.  By Abby Phillip and Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   Senate panel to interview Kushner; subpoenas possible for Manafort and Trump Jr. President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner will speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. have been asked to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose leaders "have agreed to issue subpoenas, if necessary" for them. By Karoun Demirjian and Ashley Parker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   I'm a scientist. I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration. By Joel Clement  •  Read more »   Why Obamacare won and Trump lost By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   Democrats finally have an agenda. Here's what it looks like. By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   Why Trump's chat with Putin is not just a chat By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The one area where Trump has been wildly successful By Ronald A. Klain  •  Read more »   What is the future of the Air Force? By George F. Will  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Pro-Trump TV pundit's firm took undisclosed payments from Trump's reelection campaign Fox commentator Mark Serrano has been one of President Trump's most enthusiastic supporters on air, but his financial ties to Trump were only disclosed after his company was paid $30,000. By Paul Farhi and Matea Gold  •  Read more » An aging Muslim community worries about its future As memories of the Nation of Islam's glory days fade along with stories of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali — replaced by portrayals of Muslims as immigrants with foreign accents and ideologies — the remaining residents of New Medinah, Miss., realize that their community might die with its founders. By Abigail Hauslohner  •  Read more » Nearly one-third of dementia cases could be prevented by a healthier lifestyle, report says The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention and Care identified nine risk factors, including hypertension, hearing loss and obesity in middle age; and smoking, depression, physical inactivity, social isolation and diabetes in late life. By Tara Bahrampour  •  Read more » One of John Wayne Gacy's seven remaining unidentified victims finally has a name James "Jimmie" Byron Haakenson was confirmed as one of the victims the notorious serial killer buried in the crawl space of his home in the 1970s. By Alex Horton  •  Read more » Body camera captures Baltimore police officer hiding, then 'finding' drugs The video led prosecutors to drop the felony drug case against a suspect who had been jailed for nearly six months. Baltimore police said the officer may have forgotten to turn on his body camera and was reconstructing the discovery. By Peter Hermann  •  Read more » WorldViews | Analysis How a video of a woman in a skirt became a global headache for Saudi Arabia The reaction to the video points to PR problems abroad — and divisions at home. By Adam Taylor  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Reporter breaks White House rules by streaming live audio of off-camera briefing Reporters have chafed at recent restrictions on coverage of news briefings, but Ksenija Pavlovic's act of rebellion marks a significant development in White House-media relations. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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