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3:40 PM ET, June 12, 2017

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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate GOP won't release draft health care bill  —  Senate Republicans are on track to finish writing their draft health care bill this evening, but have no plans to publicly release the bill, according to two senior Senate GOP aides.  —  “We aren't stupid,” said one of the aides.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare is in real danger  —  The Affordable Care Act is in deep trouble — in Washington and large swaths of the country.  —  Senate Republicans began to coalesce around the framework of a plan to repeal and replace the law last week.  Their plan would, like the bill the House passed in May …
Ryan Cooper / The Week:   Republicans are closer to killing ObamaCare than you think
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Cruz Goes From ‘Lucifer’ to Dealmaker in Health-Care Overhaul
Discussion: Vox
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Gingrich: Congress ‘should abolish’ special counsel after Comey testimony  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, accusing him of manipulating the investigation into Russian election meddling and calling for Congress to dismiss the special counsel entirely.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Source: Sessions' plans to testify surprised Senate intelligence panel members  —  (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions' letter on Saturday offering to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday caught members of the panel by surprise, and senators are concerned he's trying …
Cody Derespina / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump surprised by ‘viciousness,’ ‘ferocity’ of father's critics
Discussion: Daily Mail, New York Times and Mediaite
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions will testify in open hearing Tuesday before Senate Intelligence Committee
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Sessions To Testify Before Senate Intel Panel In Public
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and WPRI-TV
Associated Press:
Sessions' testimony to Congress Tuesday to be open to public
Discussion: Politico
The Guardian:
Greg Gianforte sentenced to community service for assaulting Guardian reporter  —  Montana Republican fined $385 and spared jail after pleading guilty to assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of Gianforte's election  —  Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte was sentenced to community service …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Gianforte sentenced to 40 hours of community service for assaulting reporter
CNN:   Gianforte pleads guilty to assault in incident with reporter
Holly K. Michels / Billings Gazette:
Greg Gianforte pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
‘This needs to stop’: Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs' statement to court
Discussion: NPR
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Loses Travel Ban Ruling in Appeals Court  —  WASHINGTON — A second federal appeals court on Monday ruled against President Trump's revised travel ban.  The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, was the latest in a string …
Discussion: Fast Company
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
9th Circuit deals Trump travel ban another defeat  —  (CNN)Another federal court has ruled against President Donald Trump's revised executive order limiting travel from six predominately Muslim countries.  —  The ruling from a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever
Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and Mediaite
Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg:
Second U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Trump's Revised Travel Ban
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Week
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Secret Service Has No Audio or Transcripts of Any Tapes Made in Trump White House  —  The U.S. Secret Service has no audio copies or transcripts of any tapes recorded within President Donald Trump's White House, the agency said Monday.
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Congressman Mike Quigley:
Quigley Introduces the COVFEFE Act  —  Legislation Expands Presidential Records Act Preservation to Include Social Media  —  WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced the Communications …
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
COVFEFE Act would make social media a presidential record
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath  —  Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
My Lawyers Got Trump to Admit 30 Lies Under Oath  —  Trump sued me, then had to acknowledge 30 times during a deposition that he had lied over the years about a wide range of issues.  —  Donald Trump closed out last week by rumbling back into his battle against James Comey, who was FBI director until POTUS fired him.
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
When a liberal power lawyer represents the Trump family, things can get ugly  —  Four decades ago, soon after a president of the United States interfered in an investigation of his actions, a young lawyer named Jamie Gorelick was assigned her first big case.
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Delta Air Lines and Bank of America Won't Back Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’  —  New York's Public Theater lost support from two high-profile corporate donors, Delta Air Lines and Bank of America, on Sunday amid intense criticism of its production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar,” …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump makes bizarre claims at press event as Cabinet members take turns praising him  — Trump said that few presidents have passed more legislation than he has, though Congress has passed no major legislation since he has been president  —  Since taking office in January …
Discussion: Vox
Stuart Rothenberg / Inside Elections:
Almost a Must-Win for Democrats in Georgia 6  —  Democratic strategists may hate the idea that they must win the June 20 special election in Georgia's 6th District, but that doesn't make it any less true.  —  Jon Ossoff's defeat would not tell us what will happen seventeen months …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:   Democrats Have A Slight Edge In The Georgia 6 Runoff
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump “on an island, all alone”  —  The spotlight has been on President Trump's legal jeopardy.  But inside the small circle of top Republicans who advise this White House, there's increasing concern that future political problems are stacking up.  —  One of the oldest (and most trusted) …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’  —  WASHINGTON - Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, ousted last month as head of the Heritage Foundation think tank, is joining a fast-growing, conservative movement that is pushing states to seek …
Associated Press:
Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court  —  A measure of melodic phrasing.  A rigorous reading of the law at issue.  A nod to the proper role of the courts.  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch's first Supreme Court opinion Monday stayed true to what Gorsuch promised in his nomination hearing …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
CNN:
Cabinet members give Trump unusual tribute  —  Washington (CNN)The first meeting of President Donald Trump's full Cabinet evolved into an unusual tribute session Monday as heads of his executive branch agencies hailed the opening five months of Trump's administration while the President himself listened on closely.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
 
 
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JTA / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
San Antonio elects progressive mayor who celebrates Jewish heritage
Brandon Darby / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Suggests U.S. Military Response to Mexican Cartels
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
James Comey Has A Long History Of Questionable Obstruction Cases
Discussion: Politico, Vox, American Thinker and Feeds
Associated Press:
Justices side with Microsoft in Xbox 360 class action case
Discussion: Washington Post
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
The Persistence of Prog Rock
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Wait, All of a Sudden, Partisan Redistricting Is Unconstitutional? Now?
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP growing worried they'll lose House …
Discussion: The Week
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
Finally, Something Isn't the Matter with Kansas
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russia has developed a cyberweapon that can disrupt power grids, according to new research
Washington Post:
The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War.  The fight against civil rights brought it back.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump landmine: Vast majority of Hill GOP prefers Pence
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Everybody Needs to Stop Telling Hillary Clinton to Shut Up
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
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