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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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NBC News:
GOP Health Care Bill: A Running Count of Republicans Voting No on Round Three
GOP Health Care Bill: A Running Count of Republicans Voting No on Round Three
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Republican Says Obamacare Repeal Will Help People Who Have ‘Done Things The Right Way’
Republican Says Obamacare Repeal Will Help People Who Have ‘Done Things The Right Way’
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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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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
GOP Says It's Getting Close On Health Care, But The Votes Still Aren't There
GOP Says It's Getting Close On Health Care, But The Votes Still Aren't There
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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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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump praise for Kim Jong Un baffles South Koreans — South Koreans were taken aback by President Trump when he referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “pretty smart cookie.” — The South Korean newspaper Segye Times referred to Trump as a “rugby ball” — a metaphor for someone …
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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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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Kushner didn't disclose investment in startup with Goldman Sachs, Soros links — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner failed to disclose his stake in a real-estate startup with ties to Goldman Sachs and billionaire investor George Soros, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Video captures fistfight between passengers on flight to Los Angeles — (CNN)One minute passengers were settling into their seats for the 11-hour flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Los Angeles. — The next they were scrambling out of the way as a male passenger became irate and began throwing punches …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
The real reason Jim DeMint got the boot — Jim DeMint's ouster from The Heritage Foundation came as a shock to the hundreds of scholars and staffers who've seen the organization's political influence grow thanks to DeMint's controversial decision to align the leading conservative think tank closely with Donald Trump.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Coup Against Jim DeMint Threatens To Tear Apart Heritage Foundation
Coup Against Jim DeMint Threatens To Tear Apart Heritage Foundation
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The Fight for Control of the Heritage Foundation
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
There are at least 22 Democrats thinking about running for president in 2020 — (CNN)There are 1,281 days between today and the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election. But, with Donald Trump in the White House, Democratic politicians are already eagerly jockeying for position with the expectation …
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Garcetti's Office Mum On NYT Report Linking Mayor To 2020 White House Run
Garcetti's Office Mum On NYT Report Linking Mayor To 2020 White House Run
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Political Wire and New York Times
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The past 100 days have been a disaster — for Democrats
The past 100 days have been a disaster — for Democrats
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Instapundit
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 …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Former GOP chairman ‘cannot support’ new healthcare bill — Former House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) told GOP leadership he cannot support the revised GOP health care bill, Upton said in a local radio interview on Tuesday. — Upton told Michigan's WHTC that the deal struck …
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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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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’
Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump: The US government needs a good ‘shutdown’ if Senate rules don't change
Trump: The US government needs a good ‘shutdown’ if Senate rules don't change
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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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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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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider:
Jon Ossoff's campaign readies a $5.2M ad blitz
Jon Ossoff's campaign readies a $5.2M ad blitz
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Daily Kos and Political Insider blog
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 …
Donald J Trump for President:
FAKE NEWS STATION REFUSES TO RUN AD HIGHLIGHTING THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS — NEW YORK, NY - Today, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc was stopped by the mainstream media from running a new television ad on CNN. The new television ad entitled “First 100 Days” highlights the President's …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly will travel to Russia for Putin — MORE FROM: … Megyn Kelly is getting off to a great start at NBC. Page Six has exclusively confirmed that she will travel to Russia next month to moderate a session with President Vladimir Putin at a key international conference.
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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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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Rep. Cummings busts Pence: “I warned the vice president directly” about Michael Flynn — Among the many scandals dogging Donald Trump's administration is the failure to properly vet disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who had ties to foreign governments and received payments …
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