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Senate won't vote on House-passed healthcare bill — Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead. — A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group.

Discussion: CNN, Shareblue, Hit & Run, The Hill, Mediaite, The Atlantic, The Daily Signal, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Occupy Democrats, RedState, Business Insider, Politicus USA and Talking Points Memo

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

The Health Care Bill Could Be A Job-Killer For GOP Incumbents — Republicans in the House of Representatives voted today to approve a version of the American Health Care Act, their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. The biggest effects of the bill will be on the millions of additional Americans …

Discussion: Avalere Health, Washington Post, New York Times, New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats, Politicus USA, The Atlantic, Hot Air, NPR, The Moderate Voice, ama-assn.org, Business Insider and AARP

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics — (CNN)When House Republicans secured their 216th “yes” on the American Health Care Act Thursday, Democrats immediately began taunting their across-the-aisle rivals. — “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,” Democrats sang at Republicans.

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:

What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018 — In a gamble that looks poised to shape the 2018 midterm landscape, the vast majority of House Republicans in districts that backed Democrats in any of the most recent presidential elections voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Thursday's nail-biting tally.

Discussion: The Week and Motherboard

New York Times:

How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill — The House passed a health care bill on Thursday that would repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. Read our story | Sign up for the Morning Briefing

Discussion: The Atlantic, FiveThirtyEight, Refinery29, Vox, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Gothamist, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, The Week, Slate, DCist, The Mahablog, Politico, Talking Points Memo and Rewire

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

How the House got a health-care bill after Trump and Ryan stepped back — The rescue effort that pulled the Republicans back from the brink of failure on health care began quietly, with two House members who are not exactly household names trying to find common ground on a little-noticed issue.

Discussion: Vox and Politico

Sarah Spellings / New York Magazine:
In Trump's America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition

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New York Times: In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions: Analysis

Discussion: Arizona Republic, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vox, National Review, New York Times, Political Wire and Axios

Wall Street Journal:
Little-Noted Provision of GOP Health Bill Could Alter Employer Plans

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Health care hot potato

Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run, The Week, bradford-delong.com, Hot Air, Axios and Hullabaloo

Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
These 24 Republicans Were Already Vulnerable—and Now They Just Voted to Repeal Obamacare

Discussion: Politicus USA and Washington Post

Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Axios, Daily Kos, Portland Mercury, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, Politicus USA, Vox and The Week

Fox News:
ObamaCare replacement bill approved in House

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News Insider

Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood defunded for one year under GOP health bill

Discussion: VTDigger

Elana Schor / Politico:
Red-state Dems pounce on Obamacare repeal bill

Discussion: Washington Post

Bloomberg:
Senate GOP to Snub House Obamacare Repeal Bill and Write Its Own

Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Here are the 20 Republicans who rejected ObamaCare repeal

Discussion: RedState

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 Senate Republican: ‘No timeline’ on ObamaCare replacement bill

Discussion: Shareblue, Mother Jones, Morning Consult, Consumerist, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.

Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
House GOP Just Voted to Slash Medicaid — Which Pays for 60 Percent of People in Nursing Homes

Discussion: Boing Boing

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 11 states most likely to be affected by pre-existing conditions all voted for Trump

Discussion: Business Insider, Vox, Washington Post, New York Times, Shareblue, Mashable and Political Wire

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP congressman on Obamacare replacement: 'I don't think any individual has read the whole bill'

Discussion: Townhall.com, Hit & Run, Vox, Balloon Juice, Politico, ThinkProgress, Mother Jones and Political Wire

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Is the atrocious health-care bill a lose-lose proposition for Republicans?

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Guardian, Forbes, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly and CNBC

New York Times:
House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate, Refinery29, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, Towleroad, Vox, Snopes.com and Political Wire

CNBC:
Republican Obamacare replacement bill passes House

Discussion: Geller Report and Refinery29

Reuters:

Exclusive: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.

Discussion: New York Magazine, New York Times, The Week, The Verge, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »

Elex Michaelson / abc7.com:

SoCal family thrown off overbooked Delta flight over child's seating … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1952588" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — A Southern California family says they were kicked off an overbooked Delta airplane …

Discussion: Washington Post, KTLA, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, AOL, Raw Story, TheBlaze, Mashable, Consumerist, Daily Mail, Refinery29, FOX31 Denver, WGN-TV, FOX6Now.com, WCMH-TV, AJC@ATLAJC@ATL and CBS Los Angeles

Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:

ACLU won't sue, says ‘religious freedom’ order was ‘elaborate photo-op’ — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reversed course Thursday, saying it won't file a lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order on religious political exemptions. — “Today's executive order signing …

Discussion: RedState and Occupy Democrats

Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty

Discussion: Public Pool, God and Country, Fox News, Rewire, The Daily Caller, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Mother Jones

Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Donald Trump signs religious freedom order to give churches their voices back'

Discussion: LifeNews.com, The Hugh Hewitt Show and RedState

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Hillary Clinton to launch political group as soon as next week — Six months after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton is ready to wade back into politics. — The former secretary of state is building a new political group to fund organizations working on the resistance …

Discussion: CNN, Balloon Juice, Mediaite, Hot Air, Occupy Democrats, The Atlantic, Washington Times, The Week and Political Wire

Wall Street Journal:

Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens — Federal investigators have interviewed network executives and on-air talent, asking about sexual-harassment settlements — Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry …

Discussion: New York Times, Deadline and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:

Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched — After years of rumors, gossip, and intrigue, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal their engagement, how it all went down, and the unlikely guy (Donald Trump) who asked to oversee their vows.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Page Six, New York Times, Mediaite, IJR, BizPac Review, Business Insider, Refinery29, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, The Week, TVNewser and Axios

Bloomberg:

Lewandowski Exits Lobby Firm Amid Reports of Foreign Clients — Former Trump campaign officials co-founded firm in January — Reports have said Avenue affiliate was selling Trump access — Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, is leaving Avenue Strategies amid …

Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Naked Politics

Amir Tibon / Haaretz:

Trump Deletes Tweet Saying It Was ‘An Honor’ to Meet With Abbas — The tweet, posted on the president's personal account shortly after the White House meeting, was deleted after it has been shared by thousands — A tweet posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's personal account on Wednesday saying it was …

Discussion: IJR and The White House

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

Maxine Waters: Trump is ‘a disgusting, poor excuse of a man’ — Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) went after President Trump on Wednesday night, calling him a “disgusting, poor excuse of a man” and saying, “I want him impeached.” — Waters was speaking at a gala held by EMILY's List …

Discussion: Townhall.com and The Root

Craig Giammona / Bloomberg:

Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American Groceries — These five forces are going to shake up the American supermarket. — The American grocery store has so far been mostly immune to the ravages of online shopping and the all around apocalyptic outlook facing the nation's retailers.

Discussion: Instapundit

Matea Gold / Washington Post:

The mystery behind a Flynn associate's quiet work for the Trump campaign — Jon Iadonisi, a friend and business associate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, had two under-the-radar projects underway in the fall of 2016. — One of his companies was helping Flynn …

Discussion: Raw Story