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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel. At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.
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Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Struck the Final Blow Against the GOP Health-Care Plan — After weeks of negotiations, last week House Republicans reached a compromise that they said could finally allow them to repeal and replace Obamacare. It involves letting states opt out of certain Obamacare provisions …
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New York Times:
Which Republicans Will Vote No? What 5 News Organizations Are Reporting — Potential Republican votes against the A.H.C.A., counted by each news organization. If 23 Republicans vote “no,” the bill will most likely fail. … House Republican leaders are working intensively to gather votes …
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Republican Says Obamacare Repeal Will Help People Who Have ‘Done Things The Right Way’ — Rep. Mo Brooks is saying openly what many Republicans probably think. — Most Republicans in Washington are trying furiously to convince the public that their Obamacare repeal proposal wouldn't punish people …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jimmy Kimmel's powerful, heartfelt Obamacare plea crystallizes the GOP's dilemma
Jimmy Kimmel's powerful, heartfelt Obamacare plea crystallizes the GOP's dilemma
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
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New York Times:
Ivanka Trump's West Wing Agenda — A month before Donald J. Trump was elected president, he and his aides watched his daughter's coolly composed surface crack open. — Inside Trump Tower, the candidate was preparing for a debate when an aide rushed in with news that The Washington Post …
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Having Trouble Having It All? Ivanka Alone Can Fix It
Having Trouble Having It All? Ivanka Alone Can Fix It
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Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Ethics office says it wasn't consulted about Ivanka Trump job
Ethics office says it wasn't consulted about Ivanka Trump job
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's dizzying day of interviews — President Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War— which erupted 150 years ago over slavery — needed to happen. He said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the violent North Korean dictator who is developing nuclear missiles and oppresses his people …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: For whom the president saves his praises
The Note: For whom the president saves his praises
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Adviser Jared Kushner Didn't Disclose Startup Stake — Investments show ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel as well as a number of loans — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, didn't identify on his government financial disclosure form …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Wilbur Ross Says Syria Missile Strike Was ‘After-Dinner Entertainment’ at Mar-a-Lago — Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the scene at Mar-a-Lago on April 6, when the summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was interrupted by the strike on Syria.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Colbert Demolishes Trump for Insulting ‘Face The Nation’ Host John Dickerson … President Donald Trump insulted Face The Nation host John Dickerson and Stephen Colbert is pissed. — As the Late Show host explained in his monologue on Monday, during his CBS colleague's Sunday morning interview …
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats confident they can block Trump's agenda after spending-bill win — Democrats believe they have set the stage to block President Trump's legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.
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Josh Magness / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
No money for Trump's wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill
No money for Trump's wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
One Move That Could Solve the GOP's Tax-Cut Math Problem (Maybe) — Some Republicans weigh 15-year, 20-year or 30-year budget window to let Congress pass longer temporary tax cut — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said he wants to cut taxes, big-league, and Republicans …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Dawdling Congress tests Trump's patience
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park — BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
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Europe Travel Alert — The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe. — This Travel Alert expires on September 1, 2017. — Recent, widely-reported incidents in France, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom demonstrate …
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Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
U.S. issues travel alert for Europe, citing threat of terrorist attacks
U.S. issues travel alert for Europe, citing threat of terrorist attacks
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Pro-Trump farmers now worry he was serious about NAFTA repeal — Washington (CNN)Bob Hemseath, whose corn-farming business hinges on the whims of mother nature, is comfortable with uncertainty. — But as the fourth-generation farmer heads onto his northeast Iowa farm for the 2017 planting season …
CBS News:
Police chief reveals new details about officer who fatally shot Texas teen — BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — A suburban Dallas police chief acknowledged Monday that an officer who fatally shot a black 15-year-old in a moving vehicle fired as the car was driving away — not as it reversed toward officers …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States needed “a good ‘shutdown’” this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending, and suggested that he might move to reverse longstanding Senate rules …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Poll: Ossoff in dead heat with Handel in Georgia's 6th — An internal poll conducted for Democrat Jon Ossoff's campaign shows him locked in a dead heat with Republican Karen Handel in the June 20 runoff to represent Georgia's 6th District. — The poll was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research …
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Meg Kinnard / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-South Carolina Police Officer To Plead Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Walter Scott — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer is pleading guilty to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot and killed as the man ran from a 2015 traffic stop …
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Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Were up to 58,000 citizens in Maricopa County denied right to vote? — Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes is spoiling for a fight over voter-registration procedures meant to keep undocumented immigrants from voting. — The newly elected Democrat says the restrictions may have denied …
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Speculation is stirring about a Seth Moulton presidential bid — He has won praise from a neoconservative magazine editor, taken star turns on HBO and “This American Life,” and likened President Trump's political ascendance to that of Adolf Hitler's. — Just months into his second term …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
“If You Keep F**king With Mr. Trump We Know Where You Live” … When Donald Trump's — casino business went bankrupt in 2009, a lawyer whose clients stood to lose more than a billion dollars told police and the FBI that he got a menacing phone call from a man with a thick New York accent who threatened his family.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
1,665 Pages: GOP Spending Bill Longer Than Obama's Stimulus — (CNSNews.com) - The new federal spending bill proposed in the Republican-controlled Congress to fund the government through the end of September—which is now posted on the House Rules Committee website—is 1,665 pages long …
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Chris Pope / National Review:
Insuring the Uninsurable — It's the key to solving the GOP's health-care quandary, and there's an easy way to do it. — The Affordable Care Act was in large part justified by the desire to make health insurance affordable for low-income individuals with pre-existing conditions.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly / Breitbart:
California May Place ‘Third Gender’ Option on State Documents — A bill under consideration in California would place a third gender option on state documents — which, if it passes would make California the first state in the country to do so. — The effort, however, is not being pushed by the …
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