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11:40 AM ET, June 27, 2017

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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.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure  —  Mitch McConnell is delivering an urgent missive to staffers, Republican senators and even the president himself: If Obamacare repeal fails this week, then the GOP will lose all leverage and be forced to work with Chuck Schumer.
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.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CBO: 4 million would lose employer health coverage under GOP plan
Discussion: Towleroad and Politicus USA
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
5 Points On The Brutal CBO Score Senate Republicans Must Overcome
Discussion: ABC News, CBS Miami and IJR
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Page 48 is the most important page in the CBO report
CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Will the real Donald Trump please stand up on health care
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The CBO confirms: Senate Republicans' health-care bill is a turkey
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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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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Three journalists leaving CNN after retracted article  —  Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted.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 …
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
CNN Journalists Resign: Latest Example of Media Recklessness on the Russia Threat
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and The Resurgent
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
3 CNN Journalists Resign After Retracted Story on Trump Ally
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Three CNN employees resign over retracted story on Russia ties
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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Washington Post:
Poll shows U.S. tumbling in world's regard under Trump
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Under Trump, a majority of Canadians dislike the U.S. for the first time in 35 years, likely much longer
Discussion: The Week
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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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Project Veritas Undercover Investigation: CNN Producer Admits Network Hyping 'Mostly Bullsh*t …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Rejects Conservatism  —  ASPEN, COLO. — There is a structural flaw in modern capitalism.  Tremendous income gains are going to those in the top 20 percent, but prospects are diminishing for those in the middle and working classes.  This gigantic trend widens inequality …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Planned Parenthood Still Believes It Can Win the Culture Wars
Discussion: Refinery29
Mike Allen / Axios:
What's next if healthcare goes down  —  We hear that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is warning Republicans that there'll be a political and policy price to pay if healthcare goes down — that failure would have painful implications:  — Senators are being told it's not possible …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:   The Trump-McConnell bond is being tested. So is the GOP agenda.
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 …
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
Justin Trudeau's Sock Diplomacy  —  The first time could have been chalked up to charming idiosyncrasy.  The second time, it seemed like an effort to bring some levity to a complicated situation.  But the third and fourth (and fifth and so on) times that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …
Wall Street Journal:
Google Slapped With $2.7 Billion EU Fine Over Search Results  —  The European Union's antitrust regulator fined Alphabet's Google a record $2.71 billion for favoring its own comparison-shopping service in search results.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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.
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Ukraine cyber attack: Chaos as national bank, state power provider and airport hit by hackers  —  Ukraine's national bank, state power company and largest airport are among the targets of a huge cyber attack on government infrastructure.  —  Rozenko Pavlo, the deputy Prime Minister …
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
Trump Hotel Owner in Toronto Reaches Deal to Remove Trump Brand  —  Marriott's St. Regis seen as front runner to manage property  —  Breakup fee for switching from Trump brand wasn't disclosed  —  The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Toronto will no longer be branded …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard L. Hasen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just like Trump promised  —  President Donald Trump shakes hands with Neil Gorsuch, his choice for Supreme Court associate justice, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 31.  (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
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.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN - Devin Nunes: I can ‘take the investigation over’ after stepping aside  —  Rep. Nunes behind ‘unmasking’ subpoenas  —  (CNN)House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Monday that he is still being “fully read-in” on the House Russia investigation and can retake control …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 
 
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Emily Saul / New York Post:
Potential jurors on Pharma Bro: He's ‘evil,’ a ‘snake’ and a ‘d-k’
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Howard Gleckman / TaxVox:
The Senate Leadership's Health Bill Is A Big Tax Cut, Especially For The Top One Percent
Discussion: CNBC and The Atlantic
Uber Global:
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Sarah Heise / San Francisco Chronicle:
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
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Discussion: Mother Jones
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Why Didn't ObamaCare Make Us Healthier?
Discussion: Instapundit
Gen. Michael Hayden / The Hill:
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Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Banter
John Shinal / CNBC:
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook can play a role that churches and Little League once filled
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Reid J. Epstein / WSJ:
Elizabeth Warren Tries to Win Back Voters in Trump Country
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Eric Bolling / Fox News:
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Once on the outside, conservative Koch network warms to Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Jon Ossoff / Washington Post:
Lessons for Democrats from the Georgia election
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