President Donald Trump continued his barrage of attacks on the news media Wednesday morning, singling out The New York Times for its coverage of his involvement on the Senate Republicans' faltering efforts to push through their health care plan.

"The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me," he said on Twitter. "They don't even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!"

"Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare," he added. "Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S."

The story that seemed to have angered him was published online Tuesday night and on the Times' front page Wednesday morning, saying "if Republicans do manage to broker a deal … it is not likely to be because of Mr. Trump's involvement."

"Until Tuesday afternoon, the president was largely on the sidelines as the fate of one of his most important campaign pledges played out," the Times reported.

The story presents a counter-narrative to the one outlined by both the White House and Senate leaders, who have said Trump and his team have been very involved with the negotiations over the troubled bill, which GOP leaders unveiled last week and, as recently as Tuesday afternoon, expected to begin considering Wednesday. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday announced the votes would be delayed until after the July 4th holiday, acknowledging that he did not have the support of the at least 50 members of his conference he would need to pass the legislation. More than a half dozen senators have expressed opposition to the bill, for varying reasons.

"The White House has been very involved in these discussions," McConnell told reporters.

"Both the President and the Vice President are fully engaged with the Senate and are helping to create a consensus that will push this bill over the finish line," White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders added later.

But the Times reported that Senate leaders had "kept the president at a polite arm's length" during negotiations, and later urged Trump to invite the whole Republican conference to the White House for a meeting Tuesday afternoon. It described the White House's efforts to get involved as "clearly … counterproductive," particularly attacks on senators wavering or leaning against supporting the bill.

And one senator told the Times that Trump seemed not to "have a grasp of some basic elements of the Senate plan," particularly when some among their ranks brought up concerns that the bill was being attacked as handing a large tax cut for the wealthiest Americans at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients.

The president, the senator told the Times, responded by referring to future plans for tax reform legislation.

Responding to the president's tweet, Glenn Thrush, one of two Times reporters whose bylines appears on the story, fired back.

"Call your office, sir. @nytimes spoke to many, many, many members of your staff yesterday - & ran everything by your team," Thrush tweeted.

Call your office, sir. @nytimes spoke to many, many, many members of your staff yesterday - & ran everything by your team. https://t.co/wXz9cmb3hZ — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 28, 2017

In other tweets, Trump seemed eager to move on from the negative news cycle, pointing supporters to a "Fox & Friends" segment highlighting upcoming votes in the House on immigration bills, including one that requires states to collect the DNA of anyone arrested on violent felony charges and another that would strip federal funding from sanctuary cities.

He also attacked The Washington Post, and its owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

"The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!," he said.

The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017