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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The conservative health care problem — Even before the Senate health care bill is released, conservatives already want to amend it. Sen. Ted Cruz may try to amend the bill to let insurers sell health plans that don't comply with Affordable Care Act rules — but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here comes the Senate GOP's health bill. It's a cruel and cynical shell game. — THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump has privately described the GOP repeal-and-replace bill that recently passed the House as “mean,” and he said he hopes the Senate version has more “heart.”
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The Atlantic, CNBC, Washington Examiner, Little Green Footballs, Shareblue, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and New York Times
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Media Bias Toward “New” News Helped the GOP Hide Its Secret Health Care Plan — Until a modest breakthrough this week, supporters of the Affordable Care Act had spent the month of June desperately trying to make issue of the Senate Republicans' secret plan to take health insurance away from millions of Americans.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's ‘poor’ choice of words raises eyebrows
The Note: Trump's ‘poor’ choice of words raises eyebrows
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Politico and Associated Press
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: I would not call this ‘ObamaCare repeal’
GOP senator: I would not call this ‘ObamaCare repeal’
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RedState
David Nather / Axios:
The Senate health bill is out. Here's your speed read
The Senate health bill is out. Here's your speed read
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ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, STAT, KTLA and The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Senate version of Trumpcare may phase out Medicaid — entirely
The Senate version of Trumpcare may phase out Medicaid — entirely
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Los Angeles Times, The Week, Rasmussen Reports, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Bloomberg Government and Axios
Bloomberg:
Senate GOP Health Bill to Break With House on Key Points
Senate GOP Health Bill to Break With House on Key Points
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Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
CNN:
Senate finally unveils secret health care bill
Senate finally unveils secret health care bill
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Mother Jones, Refinery29, The Hill, TheBlaze, Joe.My.God. and Politicus USA
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Senate Releases Healthcare Bill
Senate Releases Healthcare Bill
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The Atlantic, Slate, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Politicus USA, The Week and Daily Kos
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Here's what's in the Senate health-care bill
The Health 202: Here's what's in the Senate health-care bill
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The Atlantic, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, NBC News, New York Magazine, Washington Free Beacon, Right Wing Watch and The Week
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Senate health-care draft repeals Obamacare taxes, provides bigger subsidies for low-income Americans than House bill
Senate health-care draft repeals Obamacare taxes, provides bigger subsidies for low-income Americans than House bill
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Hit & Run, New York Times, ThinkProgress, Heat Street, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Magazine, Business Insider, Fusion, The Week, Gizmodo, CNN, ACASignups.net, Politicus USA, The Guardian, Balloon Juice, Raw Story, The Last Tradition and The Atlantic
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Not Have Recordings of Conversations With Comey — President Donald Trump doesn't have recordings of his conversations with then-FBI Director James Comey, according to a person familiar with the matter, capping weeks of speculation about whether such tapes exist.
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The Atlantic, Political Wire, Axios, Business Insider, Mediaite, Raw Story and IJR
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump was trying to ‘rattle’ Comey with tapes claim — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said he thinks President Trump was trying to “rattle” former FBI Director James Comey by suggesting there might be recordings of their conversations. — “I think he was, in his way …
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Politico, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump: ‘I did not make, and do not have’ Comey tapes
Trump: ‘I did not make, and do not have’ Comey tapes
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Toronto Star, Talking Points Memo, KFOR-TV and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Intel chiefs tell investigators Trump suggested they refute collusion with Russians — Coats and Rogers said interactions with Trump about the Russia investigation were odd, uncomfortable — (CNN)Two of the nation's top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Turns an Iowa Rally Into a Venting Session — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was crafting legislation to bar new immigrants from receiving welfare for at least five years. He announced the proposal in a conquering-hero-returns speech in Iowa …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: 'I just don't want a poor person' in top economic roles
Trump: 'I just don't want a poor person' in top economic roles
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Daily Wire
Graham Russell / The Guardian:
Trump says he doesn't want a ‘poor person’ handling economy
Trump says he doesn't want a ‘poor person’ handling economy
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Shakesville, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
BBC:
Exploding cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger — A well-known lifestyle blogger in France has been killed by an exploding whipped cream dispenser. — Rebecca Burger's death was announced on Facebook in what her family called a “domestic accident”.
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Fox News, NBC News, KTLA, WTVR-TV, Fox 59, Boing Boing, KFOR-TV, The Daily Caller and WPMT FOX43
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Amber Ferguson / Washington Post:
Whipped cream dispenser explodes, killing French Instagram fitness model
Whipped cream dispenser explodes, killing French Instagram fitness model
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The Guardian
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Was Silenced. Then She Silenced Us. — Last week, Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, made headlines when Republican senators interrupted her at a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee while she interrogated Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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Friendly Atheist and Washington Free Beacon
Robert Fife / Globe and Mail:
Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq — OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF — The Globe and Mail (includes correction) — A sniper with Canada's elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres.
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IJR, Business Insider, Daily Mail, AOL and CBS Sacramento
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Matthew Diebel / USA Today:
Report says Canadian sniper has shattered world record for the longest confirmed kill in history
Report says Canadian sniper has shattered world record for the longest confirmed kill in history
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Clayton Cramer
Aarati Soman / Facebook:
Giving People More Control Over Their Facebook Profile Picture — Part of our goal in building global community is understanding the needs of people who use Facebook in specific countries and how we can better serve them. In India, we've heard that people want more control over their profile pictures …
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BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg explains why he just changed Facebook's mission
Mark Zuckerberg explains why he just changed Facebook's mission
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC Gives Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt a Show — The commentator is joining MSNBC's Saturday morning lineup, a move that is sure to raise eyebrows at the network and among the network's left-leaning fans. — MSNBC, which has been soaring lately in both ratings and in advertising prices …
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Washington Free Beacon
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Hugh Hewitt to Host Show on MSNBC
Hugh Hewitt to Host Show on MSNBC
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Media Matters for America, Media Matters for America, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Some House Democrats says it's time for Pelosi to go — (CNN)A small group of House Democrats are publicly saying it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to step aside as the face of the party ahead of the 2018 midterms following Tuesday night's disappointing loss in a special election for a Georgia House seat.
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Hill, IrishCentral, NBC News and Washington Post
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
WATCH: Morning Joe panel slams ‘dear leader’ Trump with horrifying 2-minute mashup of his Iowa lies — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A “Morning Joe” panel examined President Donald Trump's lie-filled rally in Iowa, where his supporters cheered each falsehood and jeered when he attacked the media.
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Washington Times
Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
Gowdy Wonders Why DNC Didn't Turn Over Hacked Server: 'There May Be Something They Didn't Want Law Enforcement to See' — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) wondered Wednesday why the Democratic National Committee did not turn over its hacked computer server to authorities after the organization …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Breitbart and SARAH PALIN
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump: Russian interference is ‘all a big Dem HOAX!’
Trump: Russian interference is ‘all a big Dem HOAX!’
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The Atlantic, Shareblue, USA Today and New York Magazine
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
2 Cosby holdouts prevented guilty verdict, juror says — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a juror in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case said that after dozens of hours of grueling deliberations in a tiny room, 10 of the 12 jurors agreed he was guilty on two counts.
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, FiveThirtyEight, The Root, Associated Press and Althouse
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
Genital mutilation scandal widens to include mothers — Detroit — Two mothers were indicted Wednesday and accused of participating in a widening conspiracy that ended with their daughters' genitalia allegedly mutilated by a doctor. — The indictment expanded the nation's …
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Heat Street and creepingsharia.wordpress.com
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
A Cyberattack 'the World Isn't Ready For' — NEWARK — There have been times over the last two months when Golan Ben-Oni has felt like a voice in the wilderness. — On April 29, someone hit his employer, IDT Corporation, with two cyberweapons that had been stolen from the National Security Agency.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Spare Me The Principles Lecture — I think it was mildly amusing that some loud right-wingers spent a minute disrupting a bunch of New York liberals' conservative murder porn party. — There, I said it. And now, according to some people on the conservative side, I'm not a conservative anymore.