Today's Headlines: Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal

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[Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein held a news conference at the Justice Department last week.]( [In Trump's World, 'Very Weak' Sessions Twists in Wind]( By PETER BAKER, JEREMY W. PETERS and REBECCA R. RUIZ The president's unforgiving campaign against his own attorney general opens rift with the right and leaves White House at war with the Justice Department. [Above road construction near an iron ore mine near Bamiyan, Afghanistan, in 2012. The country's lack of infrastructure has hindered efforts to exploit its natural resources.]( [Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals]( By MARK LANDLER and JAMES RISEN Last week, as the White House fell into an increasingly fractious debate over Afghanistan policy, Trump aides met with a chemical executive to discuss the potential for extracting rare-earth minerals. 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[MARK KRIKORIAN]( the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies and a supporter of stricter immigration policies like those championed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. [] Today's Videos [Senator John McCain returned to the Capitol for a health care vote on Tuesday, less than two weeks after surgery for a malignant brain tumor.]( [[Video] Video: John McCain to Senate: 'We're Getting Nothing Done']( Senator John McCain, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, spoke to the Senate after casting his vote to begin debating legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. [A fence near McAllen, Tex., that runs along the United States border with Mexico.]( [[Video] Video: Drugs vs. Border: How Smugglers Get Creative]( About two million pounds of illegal drugs were seized by Customs and Border Protection in 2016. Here are some of the ways they are smuggled into the United States. [T Charles Erickson for The New York Times. 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Bitcoin Cash will have to win backing from the broader community of so-called Bitcoin miners.]( [Some Bitcoin Backers Are Defecting to Create a Rival Currency]( By NATHANIEL POPPER Bitcoin Cash, to be available Aug. 1, sprang from a feud over how to govern a decentralized, open-source technology with no one set of leaders or owners. [The Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. If a military spending bill is approved, the Air Force will be required to establish a separate Space Corps by 2019.]( [Forces Align Against a New Military Branch to 'Win Wars' in Space]( By EMILY COCHRANE The Space Corps, which would be created within the Air Force, has formidable skeptics, including the defense secretary and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [A Lyft driver mid-trip in San Francisco. This week, Lyft passengers around a Newport Beach, Calif., location can request rides that incorporate a stop at a Taco Bell drive-through.]( [It's Late and You've Got the Munchies. Lyft and Taco Bell Have an Idea.]( By SAPNA MAHESHWARI The fast-food chain is testing a program in which riders using Lyft can request a stop at a drive-through during late-night rides home. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [Third basemen Todd Frazier warming up on Tuesday before his first home game as a Yankee. ]( On Baseball [Yankees' New Look Isn't Lost on Their Fresh Faces]( By TYLER KEPNER David Robertson, one of three players the team acquired in a trade with the White Sox, marveled at the move toward youth since his last stint with the team. [Brent McLaughlin at Glen Abbey, site of the Canadian Open, in 2015. Of being a tournament director, he says, ]( [The Biker? He's a PGA Tournament Director]( By CURTIS RUSH Brent McLaughlin, a tattooed former roadie, is a different face of golf, running the Canadian Open with his own vision of the game. [Lucky Whitehead after a Dallas Cowboys victory against Washington on Sept. 18 last year.]( [Cleared of Shoplifting, Cowboys Receiver Lucky Whitehead Won't Be Reinstated]( By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN A man taken into custody in Virginia identified himself as Whitehead, but further investigation revealed it was a case of false identity. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Ms. Leibovitz in her Manhattan studio last year.]( [Canada Debates Whether Gift of Leibovitz Photos Is Also a Tax Dodge]( By SOPAN DEB and COLIN MOYNIHAN Four years after the donation of 2,070 photos created by Annie Leibovitz to a Nova Scotia museum, a government panel is balking at its $20 million valuation. Books of The Times [Russian Women Speak Up About the Front Lines and the Home Front]( By DWIGHT GARNER Svetlana Alexievich's "The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II" unearths a mostly buried aspect of Russian history. 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[Scharlette Holdman earlier this month.]( [Scharlette Holdman, a Force for the Defense on Death Row, Dies at 70]( By MAURICE CHAMMAH Ms. Holdman was a pioneer in unearthing legal reasons to spare the lives of the convicted, often working on the cases of those convicted of heinous crimes. [Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, right, with Emperor Akihito in 2006 in Tokyo. Dr. Hinohara's advice helped make Japan the world leader in longevity.]( [Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105]( By SAM ROBERTS The advice of Dr. Hinohara, who cautioned against early retirement and advocated climbing stairs regularly, helped make Japan the world leader in longevity. [Marina Ratner in 2011.]( [Marina Ratner, Émigré Mathematician Who Found Midlife Acclaim, Dies at 78]( By KENNETH CHANG Dr. Ratner defied the notion that the brightest in her field do their best work when they are young. [Barbara Blakeley Marx and Frank Sinatra in London in 1975. They married the following year.]( [Barbara Sinatra, Philanthropist and Singer's Widow, Dies at 90]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ms. Sinatra, who was married to Frank Sinatra from 1976 until his death in 1998, founded a nonprofit center in California to help abused children. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, and fellow Republicans after voting to begin debate on a health bill on Tuesday.]( Editorial [The Senate's Health Care Travesty]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Ignoring public disgust, it will now debate proposals that would leave millions more without insurance or with unaffordable care. Editorial [Fixing Blame Won't Fix the Subways]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Riders only lose when the mayor and governor place responsibility with each other. [Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain leaving 10 Downing Street in London last week.]( Editorial [Britain Sees Brexit's Threats More Clearly]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As negotiations progress, hopes for a painless divorce and new opportunities for a "global Britain" wither, but the infighting intensifies. [President Trump at the Boy Scouts of America's 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., on Monday.]( Editorial Notebook [Scout's Honor? Not for the President]( By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON Mr. Trump talks trash politics to children attending a Boy Scouts jamboree. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Contributor [Let Black Kids Just Be Kids]( By ROBIN BERNSTEIN The concept of childhood innocence itself has a deep and disturbing racial history. [Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, flanked by fellow Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, second from left. and Elizabeth Warren, far left, introduced the party's new economic message on Monday in Berryville, Va.]( Op-Ed Contributor [The Real Civil War in the Democratic Party]( By LEE DRUTMAN The divide is not left versus center but those who trust the system versus those who don't. [President Trump has continued his campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.]( Op-Ed Columnist [A Trump Tower of Absolute Folly]( By ROSS DOUTHAT The president's absurd campaign against Jeff Sessions distills his unfitness for the office. [Brian Chesky, Airbnb's chief executive.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Self-Driving People, Enabled by Airbnb]( By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The company known for room rentals now offers guided "experiences." 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