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11:40 PM ET, June 27, 2017

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New York Times:
On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer's Role  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump began his all-hands meeting with Republican senators at the White House on Tuesday by saying they were “very close” to passing a health care bill, just as efforts to fast-track a vote this week collapsed.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure  —  Mitch McConnell is delivering an urgent warning to staffers, Republican senators and even the president himself: If Obamacare repeal fails this week, the GOP will lose all leverage and be forced to work with Chuck Schumer.
Axios:
Senate delays health care vote until after recess  —  Senate Republican leaders have done an abrupt about-face on the health care bill: They're now planning to delay the vote to take up the bill until after the July 4 recess, according to two senior GOP aides.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
How Governors From Both Parties Plotted to Derail the Senate Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — A once-quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington on Tuesday, as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Senate GOP ‘very close’ to agreement on health bill
Discussion: RedState, Axios and Political Wire
Caitlin Owens / Axios:   The new health care deadline: Get a deal by Friday
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP seethes at Trump impulsiveness
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:   Who's afraid of Trump? Not enough Republicans — at least for now.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   Pro-Trump group pulls ads criticizing Heller over Obamacare
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
A Time Magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs.  It's fake.  —  The framed copy of Time Magazine was hung up in at least four of President Trump's golf clubs, from South Florida to Scotland.  Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump golf clubs displaying fake Time magazine cover
New York Times:
Trump Campaign Chief's Firm Got $17 Million From Pro-Russia Party  —  Paul Manafort, who was forced out as President Trump's campaign chairman last summer after five months of infighting and criticism about his business dealings with pro-Russian interests, disclosed on Tuesday that his consulting firm …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort files as foreign agent for Ukraine work  —  A consulting firm led by Paul Manafort, who chaired Donald Trump's presidential campaign for several months last year, retroactively filed forms Tuesday showing that his firm received $17.1 million …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump blasts media after CNN retraction: ‘They are all Fake News!’  —  President Trump on Tuesday blasted several publications after CNN retracted a story published last week tying a top Trump ally to a Russian investment bank.  —  “So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC?”
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Emily Smith / New York Post:
CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Gorka: O'Keefe CNN Video Fake News Scandal ‘Complete Vindication for the President’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Sarah Palin Suing New York Times For Defamation  —  Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for defamation, according to documents filed on Tuesday obtained by The Daily Caller.  —  The lawsuit has to do with an editorial the NYT ran on June 14 that falsely smeared Palin as inciting …
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New York Post:
Sarah Palin sues NY Times for tying political ad to mass shooting … Former Governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is suing the New York Times for defamation over a recent editorial tying one of her political action committee ads to a 2011 mass shooting …
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Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow's family has been paid millions from charities they control
Christopher Wallace / Fox News:
Obamas under fire from the left for never ending, sizzling ultra-luxury vacations  —  The Democratic base is growing increasingly frustrated with former President Barack Obama's actions after leaving office, including a seemingly endless tour of millionaire and billionaire luxury retreats …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
How the Logic of Tribalism Is Driving the Health-Care Debate  —  I'm just thinking out loud here.  But it seems to me this is one of those moments in American politics where no one can simply say what they really think or want.  As Yuval noted yesterday, big chunks of the GOP-controlled Congress …
Mike Wilson / Dallas Morning News:
How news organizations, including this one, unintentionally misinformed the public on guns  —  Steve Doud, a subscriber from Plano, emailed me to say he'd read something in the June 21 Dallas Morning News that couldn't possibly be true.  —  An eight-paragraph Washington Post article …
Telegraph:
Man hit by bus as he crosses road - before dusting himself down and walking into pub  —  CCTV footage shows man hit by bus in Reading  —  A man was knocked down by an out-of-control bus - before miraculously getting up and walking into a pub.  —  Simon Smith said he is lucky to be alive …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
‘I get knocked down’: man hit by bus gets back up again and heads to pub
Discussion: TheBlaze and RedState
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
How Donald Trump is killing romance  —  In the treacherous, amusing and sometimes rewarding world of online dating, Donald Trump has become the newest way to find - or reject - a romantic match.  —  “Did you vote for or do you support Trump?  Then I'm not your man.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary  —  The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children.  The activities are similar to preparations the regime …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump praises female reporter's ‘nice smile’ on call to Irish PM … President Trump singled out a female journalist during a phone call with the new Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, on Tuesday, telling Varadkar, “She has a nice smile on her face.  So I bet she treats you well.”
Discussion: Shareblue, Raw Story and Mediaite
Circa:
WATCH |  Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is being investigated by the Office of U.S. Special Counsel for violating The Hatch Act that prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races.  —  The Office of U.S. Special Counsel, the government's main whistleblower agency …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Buzz Bissinger / Vanity Fair:
Cover Story: Serena Williams's Love Match  —  A STAR IS BORN Serena Williams, photographed in Highland Beach, Florida.  —  Last January, on the eve of the Australian Open, Serena Williams handed her fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, a paper bag containing six positive pregnancy tests.
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Fallon Snaps Colbert's 5-Month Winning Streak  —  The NBC show narrowly outperforms its CBS competition among total viewers, as the latter excludes Thursday and Friday repeats from the Nielsen race.  —  It was bound to happen eventually.  The tight audience battle between Stephen Colbert …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Vanderbilt football player's stolen cell phone led to shooting outside Nashville Target, police say
Discussion: The Big Lead and The Daily Caller
Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
My father is one of the vulnerable seniors most at risk from GOP's cruel Medicaid cuts
John F. Harris / Politico:
'It's the End of Small Talk in Washington'
Alison R. Parker / Shareblue:
Sen. Mazie Hirono: “I'll be back ASAP” after cancer treatment to fight for health care
Discussion: Washington Post
Mike Levine / ABC News:
At least 1 US nuclear plant's computer system was hacked
Discussion: IJR
Reuters:
Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see ‘WannaCry’ link
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South Pasadena Father Accused of Killing Son Laughed and Tried to Joke With Judge During Extradition Hearing
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Austin Wright / Politico:
Roger Stone set to testify next month in House Russia probe
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Axios
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Fight between GOP House chairs imperils budget deal
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Emily Zanotti / Heat Street:
Antifa Opens ‘Self-Defense’ Training Gym in Chicago (Floral Hats Not Provided)
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
The Daily Beast:
White House Threatened Syria While Trump Yawned, Insiders Say
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The inside story of how TMZ quietly became America's most potent pro-Trump media outlet
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs
 
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