Wednesday's Headlines: Senate GOP all but admits defeat in 7-year quest to overturn ACA

'It's an insane process': How Trump and Republicans failed on their health-care bill; With bill's collapse, GOP faces uncertain electoral future in 2018; A party at war with itself hits a wall on health care; Trump, Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the G-20 summit in Germany; Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia; Eighth person at meeting of Trump Jr. and Russians identified, name sent to Mueller;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Senate GOP all but admits defeat in 7-year quest to overturn ACA Hours after Republicans abandoned a bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, their fallback plan — to repeal major parts of the law without replacing them — quickly imploded. The effort's collapse marks a devastating political defeat for Republicans, and it leaves millions of consumers who receive insurance through the law known as Obamacare in a kind of administrative limbo. By Juliet Eilperin, Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more » 'It's an insane process': How Trump and Republicans failed on their health-care bill As the legislation was about to collapse Monday evening, President Trump talked about his trip to Paris as he dined with supportive lawmakers. By Robert Costa, Kelsey Snell and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   With bill's collapse, GOP faces uncertain electoral future in 2018 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 »   The Take | Analysis A party at war with itself hits a wall on health care There is no way to spin to those who were promised repeal and replacement that this failure isn't the party's fault, and it will surely affect the mood of the GOP's base heading into 2018. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump, Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the G-20 summit in Germany The second meeting, unreported at the time, took place at a dinner for Group of 20 leaders, a senior administration official said. Halfway through the meal, President Trump left his seat to occupy an empty chair next to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump was alone, and Putin was attended only by his official interpreter. By Karen DeYoung and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia Former Utah governor and ambassador to China is picked amid tense relations with Moscow. By Abby Phillip and Lisa Rein  •  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 »   Opinions   Why repeal-and-replace was doomed from the start By Kathleen Parker  •  Read more »   Republicans, ignore Trump's call to 'let Obamacare fail.' Do this instead. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Why Ryan and McConnell should go for a big deal with Democrats By Hugh Hewitt  •  Read more »   The bipartisan way to strengthen health care By Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro  •  Read more »   Callista Gingrich's nomination to the Vatican stinks to high heaven By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   How China tames dissent on the Internet By David Ignatius  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Minneapolis police 'startled' by loud noise before they fatally shot Australian woman, investigators say The officer who was driving said that right after they heard the loud noise, Justine Damond, who had called 911 to report a possible assault, approached their car and was shot by the officer in the passenger seat. By Mark Berman  •  Read more » Where are the bodies buried in North Korea? Investigators are preparing for future trials. An ambitious project aims to map the sites of mass killings and burials in North Korea so that one day evidence can be collected and the regime can be held responsible. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Hillary Clinton is less popular than Donald Trump because nobody will let the 2016 election end Few defeated candidates loom as large in our national conversation as Clinton, who has been some combination of famous and infamous since 1991. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Today's WorldView | Analysis The U.S. and Iran are heading toward crisis The White House certified Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal signed by the Obama administration in 2015, but President Trump seems eager to pull the plug on the agreement. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more » Trump's voter commission meets for the first time this week — and it's already off to a rough start The group of 12 has sparked more controversy, and more questions about its competency, than any presidential advisory commission in memory. By John Wagner and Sari Horwitz  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Breitbart's White House reporter is trying to hold Trump accountable. Seriously. Charlie Spiering is monitoring the president's follow-through on the promises he made to his base and occasionally calling him out for not delivering. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more » A sanitation charity renamed an Indian village after Donald Trump. Then things got weird. Despite not receiving permission from authorities, the charity's director renamed a village after the U.S. president and held a major unveiling ceremony to celebrate the installation of new toilets there. 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