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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.
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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.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Republicans delay Obamacare repeal vote until after recess — Senate Republicans on Tuesday delayed their plans to vote on repealing Obamacare this week, amid strong resistance from moderate and conservative Republicans to even beginning debate on the GOP bill.
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 …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate GOP isn't backing down from health care vote
Senate GOP isn't backing down from health care vote
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group launches TV, radio ads against Heller over health bill
Pro-Trump group launches TV, radio ads against Heller over health bill
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Cornyn: Key vote to advance health bill likely Wednesday
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans eye billions in side deals to win Obamacare repeal votes
Republicans eye billions in side deals to win Obamacare repeal votes
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
A critical mass of Republicans are rejecting the Senate health care bill
A critical mass of Republicans are rejecting the Senate health care bill
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Mitch McConnell Isn't Playing 13-Dimensional Chess
Mitch McConnell Isn't Playing 13-Dimensional Chess
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Mike Allen / Axios:
What's next if healthcare goes down
What's next if healthcare goes down
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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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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
CNN Journalists Resign: Latest Example of Media Recklessness on the Russia Threat — Three prominent CNN journalists resigned Monday night after the network was forced to retract and apologize for a story linking Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund under congressional investigation.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article
Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article
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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.
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show — Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal Jay Sekulow approved plans to push people to give to his Christian nonprofit, which then paid big sums to his family … More than 15,000 Americans were losing …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Threatened Syria While Trump Yawned, Insiders Say … Hours before the White House issued an ominous warning to Syria's dictator against launching another chemical assault, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave the same message to Bashar Assad's patron in Moscow, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Emily Gee / Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Coverage Losses by State for the Senate Health Care Repeal Bill — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score of the Senate's health care repeal plan, showing that the bill would eliminate coverage for 15 million Americans next year and for 22 million by 2026.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
5 Points On The Brutal CBO Score Senate Republicans Must Overcome
5 Points On The Brutal CBO Score Senate Republicans Must Overcome
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CBO: 4 million would lose employer health coverage under GOP plan
CBO: 4 million would lose employer health coverage under GOP plan
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Chaffetz calls for $2,500 legislator housing stipend — Just days before he resigns from Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz — (R-Utah) said Monday that House and Senate lawmakers should receive a $2,500 per month housing allowance — something he explained would help ease housing costs …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Seattle's Painful Lesson on the Road to a $15 Minimum Wage — The experiment has hurt low-wage workers, cutting their earnings by $125 a month. — In the summer of 2014, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a bill increasing the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour. “No city or state has gone this far.
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Maine tried to raise its minimum wage. Restaurant workers didn't want it.
Maine tried to raise its minimum wage. Restaurant workers didn't want it.
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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.
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YouTube:
American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bullsh*t” … CNN Producer John Bonifield who was caught on hidden-camera admitting that there is no proof to CNN's Russia narrative. — He confirms that the driving factor at CNN is ratings. — According to the CNN Producer, business is booming.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
CNN Producer Caught on Tape Calling Russia Story BS
CNN Producer Caught on Tape Calling Russia Story BS
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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.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The inside story of how TMZ quietly became America's most potent pro-Trump media outlet — Current and former employees speak out about how the celeb gossip site has changed. — After the release of the infamous Access Hollywood video where Trump was caught bragging about sexual assault …
Washington Post:
Massive cyberattack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands … MOSCOW — A new wave of powerful cyberattacks hit Europe on Tuesday in a possible reprise of a widespread ransomware assault in May that affected 150 countries, as Ukraine reported ransom demands targeting the government …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Choked on Russia Long Before the 2016 Election — It's no wonder Putin thought he could meddle in the U.S. He had gotten away with everything else he tried. — “I feel like we sort of choked.” That is the killer quote in an extraordinary Washington Post investigation …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sanders dodges question on FBI investigation into his wife — (I-Vt.) on Monday ignored questions about the FBI investigation into his wife from Fox News and The Associated Press, opting instead to give an answer about healthcare to a Fox News reporter who caught up with him outside the Capitol.
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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 …
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Study: TV News Is Obsessed With Trump-Russia Probe — How much has the media's obsession with the ongoing Russia investigation smothered the rest of the Trump policy agenda? A Media Research Center study of every broadcast network evening newscast in the five weeks since the appointment …
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Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, EPA Move to Rescind Obama Administration's Clean Water Rule — President Donald Trump's administration is moving ahead with plans to dismantle a rule that sought to protect clean drinking water by expanding Washington's power to regulate major rivers and lakes as well as smaller streams and wetlands.
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