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Senate Health Bill Would Leave 22 Million More Uninsured, C.B.O. Says — WASHINGTON — The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026, a figure that is only slightly lower than the 23 million more uninsured …

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Atlantic, The Hill, CNN, The FADER, TheStreet, ThinkProgress, Refinery29, The Week, The Guardian, Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Washington Free Beacon

CBO's Publications:

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, Axios, Gizmodo, Politicus USA, Forbes, Balloon Juice, Morning Consult, KQED News, KTLA and Fusion

Ron Johnson / New York Times:

Where the Senate Health Care Bill Fails — Speaking at a rally for his wife's presidential campaign last year, Bill Clinton called Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world.” As he put it, “The people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half.”

Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Vox, New York Magazine, Take Care Blog, ThinkProgress, AOL, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller and The Week

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 …

Dan Diamond / Politico:

CBO score sure to add to McConnell's headaches — The budget office is poised to tell Senate Republicans their health bill will leave millions more uninsured than Obamacare. — The CBO is poised to tell Senate Republicans this week that their health plan will leave millions more uninsured …

Discussion: ABC News, Axios, The Outline and CBS Philly

Sarah Kliff / Vox:

This chart shows the stunning trade-off at the heart of the GOP health plan — The Republican repeal bills in the House and Senate both include multi-billion-dollar tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and deep health benefit cuts for the poorest Americans. — Sign up for VoxCare

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Jeanne Lambrew / The Hill:
Budget estimate shows GOP bill is about tax cuts for rich, not healthcare

Discussion: Hullabaloo

The Hill:
Senate adds penalty for going uninsured to healthcare bill

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Defenses of the Senate Health-Care Plan Are Pathetically Dishonest

Discussion: Vox, Forbes, MSNBC, Mother Jones, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and American Prospect

Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most devastating passage in the CBO's report on the Senate health bill

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, Balloon Juice and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Huckabee: Senate GOP ‘on the pathway to making some major blunders’ with healthcare bill

Discussion: RedState

CNNMoney:
22 million fewer Americans insured under Senate GOP bill

Discussion: Vox, Above the Law, Shareblue and Fusion

Matthew Wisner / Fox Business:
Medicaid will bankrupt every state if we don't have cost controls: Mike Huckabee

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Deborah Kilroe / CBO's Publications:
CBO to release estimate for Senate health care plan Monday afternoon

Discussion: Politico and Shakesville

New York Times:

Supreme Court Will Hear Travel Ban, Which Is Partly Reinstated — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way 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 on Mr. Trump's travel ban …

Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN, FiveThirtyEight, SCOTUSblog, Washington Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Axios, Outside the Beltway, Refinery29, Washington Free Beacon, Politico and The Root

Mark Sherman / AP News:

Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version of its ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.

Discussion: Fusion and Shakesville

The White House:
Statement from President Donald J. Trump

Discussion: Daily Wire, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, Shakesville, The Week, SARAH PALIN, Fox News Insider, Judicial Watch and Vox Popoli

Marty Lederman / Just Security:
It's All About that Stay (and Its Surprising Limits)

Discussion: The Atlantic, Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Times, Take Care Blog, Occupy Democrats, Slate, Lawfare and electionlawblog.org

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 …

Discussion: Power Line, Los Angeles Times, IJR, National Review, Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller and CityLab

FiveThirtyEight:

Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far — As cities across the country pushed their minimum wages to untested heights in recent years, some economists began to ask: How high is too high? — Seattle, with its highest-in-the-country minimum wage, may have hit that limit.

Discussion: Forbes, The Daily Signal, neo-neocon, Marginal REVOLUTION, The Week and Glenn Beck

Economic Policy Institute:
The “high road” Seattle labor market and the effects of the minimum wage increase: Data limitations …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times and Mother Jones

Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:

Justice Gorsuch Already Showing Himself to Be Among Court's Most Conservative Justices — There was a lot of dissembling when Justice Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court, that he was some kind of blank slate, without preconceived ideas about how he would rule as a Supreme Court Justice.

Discussion: RedState and Above the Law

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court turns down case on right to carry guns

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, SARAH PALIN and Political Wire

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump's travel ban to take effect and will consider case in fall

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, National Review, TheBlaze, Axios, Little Green Footballs and Balloon Juice

Thomas Phippen / The Daily Caller:
Justice Thomas Calls Out The Supreme Court For Not Believing In The Second Amendment

Discussion: SARAH PALIN

Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court declares churches eligible for some public funds

Discussion: NPR, Washington Free Beacon and IJR

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church-state decision

Discussion: Power Line, Politico, SCOTUSblog, ABC News, neo-neocon and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

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 …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, The Resurgent, National Review, TVNewser and Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Trump's latest bizarre tweets about Russia just left him badly exposed — THE MORNING PLUM: — In recent days, President Trump has adopted a fiendishly clever new line on the ongoing Russia probes: He will fully acknowledge that Russia did try to sabotage our election …

Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, CNN, Breitbart, TheBlaze, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, Salon, The Federalist, Hullabaloo, Raw Story and The Week

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump believes Russia ‘probably’ behind election hacking

Discussion: ABC News

Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:

College Professor Fired For Posting Online That Otto Warmbier ‘Got What He Deserved’ — The University of Delaware fired a college professor for comments she made online about Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who recently passed away after being released from North Korea.

Discussion: delawareonline, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, MILO NEWS, Daily Wire, TheBlaze and University of Delaware

Daily Mail:
College fires professor who said Otto Warmbier ‘deserved’ …

Discussion: The Review, IJR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Campus Reform

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: Axios and Talking Points Memo

Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:

THIS CHART: Premiums Shoot Up For Older Americans Under Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill — The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank, on Monday released an analysis of the effects of Senate Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill on health care premiums.

Discussion: Center on Budget … and Hullabaloo

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
American Medical Association: ObamaCare repeal violates ‘do no harm’ rule

Discussion: RedState, Associated Press, Forbes and Political Wire

Numbers / Pew Research Center:

Support for Same-Sex Marriage Grows, Even Among Groups That Had Been Skeptical — For first time, as many Republicans favor as oppose gay marriage — Two years after the Supreme Court decision that required states to recognize same-sex marriages nationwide, support for allowing gays …

Discussion: Hit & Run, IJR, NPR and Shakesville

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices to Hear Case on Religious Objections to Same-Sex Marriage

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, TheBlaze, Patterico's Pontifications, Mashable, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire

Wall Street Journal:

China's All-Seeing Surveillance State Is Reading Its Citizens' Faces — In vast social-engineering experiment, facial-recognition systems crunch data from ubiquitous cameras to monitor citizens — SHENZHEN—Gan Liping pumped her bike across a busy street, racing to beat a crossing light before it turned red.

Discussion: Axios