INTERVIEW — A.B. STODDARD – Associate Editor and columnist at RealClearPolitics

• Trump team ultimatum: No more talks, time to vote. Washington (CNN) Top White House officials descended on Capitol Hill Thursday night to personally deliver President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to House Republicans: Negotiations on their health care bill are over, and the House will vote Friday.

• Risky House healthcare vote to test Trump’s negotiating skills.  By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON / U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday faces the first concrete test of how well the deal-making skills he honed in his real estate business will translate on Capitol Hill in a high-stakes vote on new Republican health care legislation. The House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill to replace Obamacare late on Friday afternoon.