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New York Times:
Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was edging toward collapse on Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026.
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H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would reduce federal deficits by $321 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to current law.
Dylan Scott / Vox:
A critical mass of Republicans are rejecting the Senate health care bill  —  “You're either gonna get 50 or probably 35.”  —  Senate Republican leaders want to vote on their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare in three days, but a critical mass of senators have already said they would block …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Page 48 is the most important page in the CBO report  —  This is the web version of VoxCare, a daily newsletter from Vox on the latest twists and turns in America's health care debate.  Like what you're reading?  Sign up to get VoxCare in your inbox here.  —  The Congressional Budget …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most devastating passage in the CBO's report on the Senate health bill  —  The CBO says “few low-income people would purchase any plan” under GOP health bill.  —  The Congressional Budget Office has released its analysis of the Senate GOP's Better Care Reconciliation Act, and it's a bloodbath.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans eye billions in side deals to win Obamacare repeal votes  —  White House and Capitol Hill officials are exploring potential deals to divvy up billions of dollars to individual senators' priorities in a wide-ranging bid to secure votes for the imperiled GOP health care bill.
Jeanne Lambrew / The Hill:
Budget estimate shows GOP bill is about tax cuts for rich, not healthcare
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
6 Nobel Prize-winning economists announce opposition to Senate health bill
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Matthew Wisner / Fox Business:
Medicaid will bankrupt every state if we don't have cost controls: Mike Huckabee
Dan Diamond / Politico:
CBO score sure to add to McConnell's headaches
Discussion: ABC News, The Outline, Axios and CBS Philly
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Huckabee: Senate GOP ‘on the pathway to making some major blunders’ with healthcare bill
Discussion: RedState
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article  —  Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted.  —  Thomas Frank, who wrote the story in question …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Three CNN employees resign over retracted story on Russia ties  —  Thomas Frank, a reporter for “CNN Investigates,” last Thursday appeared to have a compelling exclusive on the story of the year.  The Senate Intelligence Committee, reported Frank, was investigating a Russian investment fund …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Three Employees Resign from CNN Amid Very Fake News Scandal
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:   Exclusive — Donald Trump Jr: Jeff Zucker Must Address CNN's Very Fake News Scandal in On Camera Press Briefing
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI has questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe  —  FBI agents have repeatedly questioned former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page about his contacts with Russians and his interactions with the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the investigation.
BuzzFeed:
White House Says Syria May Be Preparing Another Chemical Attack, Warns Assad Will “Pay A Heavy Price”  —  “The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Takes Up Travel Ban Case, and Allows Parts to Go Ahead  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Trump to prohibit the entry of some people into the United States from countries he deems dangerous, but the justices imposed strict limits …
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Mark Sherman / AP News:
Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set
Discussion: Fusion and Shakesville
Thomas Phippen / The Daily Caller:
Justice Thomas Calls Out The Supreme Court For Not Believing In The Second Amendment
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump's Leadership  —  America still wins praise for its people, culture and civil liberties  —  Although he has only been in office a few months, Donald Trump's presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle's $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals  —  When Seattle officials voted three years ago to incrementally boost the city's minimum wage up to $15 an hour, they'd hoped to improve the lives of low-income workers.  Yet according to a major new study …
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Economic Policy Institute:
The “high road” Seattle labor market and the effects of the minimum wage increase: Data limitations …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Mother Jones
Circa:
WATCH|  Secret memos show Trump adviser roiled bureau by intervening in agent's discrimination case before he was targeted in Russia case.  —  The FBI launched a criminal probe against former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn two years after the retired Army general roiled …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Official Pressured Scientist on Congressional Testimony, Emails Show  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency's scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Manu Raju / CNN:
Despite tweet, McCaskill attended reception at Russian ambassador's home  —  McCain questions Sessions about Russia meeting  —  Washington (CNN)In March, Sen. Claire McCaskill was unambiguous.  The Missouri Democrat said she never once met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Kushner adds powerhouse lawyer Abbe Lowell to legal team  —  Jared Kushner has hired Abbe Lowell, one of the country's leading criminal defense lawyers, to represent him in the special counsel's probe of potential Russian collusion with the Trump campaign and his financial dealings, as well as in separate congressional inquiries.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The Pentagon promised citizenship to immigrants who served.  Now it might help deport them.  —  The Pentagon is considering a plan to cancel enlistment contracts for 1,000 foreign-born recruits without legal immigration status, knowingly exposing them to deportation, a Defense Department memo shows.
Discussion: Political Wire
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Alec Baldwin will return to ‘SNL’ as Donald Trump  — Alec Baldwin told CNN he will return to ‘SNL’ as Donald Trump this fall despite his busy schedule  —  (CNN)Alec Baldwin is about to make your television great again.  —  The 59-year-old actor said that he will be bringing …
Wtvrwebstaff / WTVR-TV:
Student headed to prison for registering dead voters for Democrats  —  HARRISONBURG, Va. — A man paid to register Virginia voters prior to the 2016 Presidential Election will spend at least 100 days in prison for submitting the names of deceased individuals to the Registrar's Office.
Ben Conarck / Florida Times Union:
Video shows Jacksonville cop threatening young black man with jail after jaywalking  —  A viral video posted to Facebook last week shows a Jacksonville sheriff's officer threatening a young black man with jail time after he crossed the street without a walk signal.
Discussion: Fusion
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
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Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Amazon's New Echo Show Is Very Cool And A Little Creepy
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Audiences of Broadway's graphic portrayal of ‘1984’ faint and vomit
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest bizarre tweets about Russia just left him badly exposed
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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