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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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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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP yanks Obamacare repeal bill  —  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.  —  Republicans plan to re-write their health bill …
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.
New York Times:
Vote Delayed as Republicans Struggle to Marshal Support for Health Care Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Facing intransigent Republican opposition, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, has told senators he will delay a vote on his legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Mitch McConnell Isn't Playing 13-Dimensional Chess  —  The Senate's version of the GOP health care bill, which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled last week, hasn't had the smoothest rollout.  Some 22 million more people would go uninsured under the Better Care Reconciliation Act by 2026 …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Senate GOP ‘very close’ to agreement on health bill
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate GOP isn't backing down from health care vote
Discussion: Politicus USA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group launches TV, radio ads against Heller over health bill
Discussion: BuzzFeed
New York Times:
As Trump's Tactics Fall Short, Pence Takes Lead on Health Bill
Discussion: Political Wire
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Senate Republicans Put Off Health-Care Vote
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:   Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:   Cornyn: Key vote to advance health bill likely Wednesday
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.
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
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 …
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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BuzzFeed:
White House Says Syria May Be Preparing Another Chemical Attack, Warns Assad Will “Pay A Heavy Price”
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
CNN Battle with Sean Spicer Continues as He Shuts Out Jim Acosta
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 …
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.
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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Bloomberg:
New Cyberattack Goes Global, Hits WPP, Rosneft, Maersk
Discussion: Gizmodo
New York Times:
New Cyberattack Spreads in Europe, Russia and U.S.
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)
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Cautious Supreme Court Sets a Modern Record for Consensus
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
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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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 …
US EPA:
EPA, U.S. Army Move to Rescind 2015 “Waters of the U.S.”  —  The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Army, and Army Corps of Engineers (the agencies) are proposing a rule to rescind the Clean Water Rule and re-codify the regulatory text that existed prior to 2015 defining “waters of the United States” or WOTUS.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
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Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, EPA Move to Rescind Obama Administration's Clean Water Rule
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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: Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
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 …
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 …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The new health care deadline: Get a deal by Friday  —  Senate Republicans have been tasked with reaching a new health care agreement by Friday, two senior GOP aides say.  A new draft bill can then be sent to the Congressional Budget Office for analysis over next week's recess, and then the Senate will vote on the bill when it returns.
 
 
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
School Board Trustee Steps Down After Miss Black Texas Dispute
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Aides Hire Lawyers for Probe Into Russian Election Hacking
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Telegraph:
Man hit by bus as he crosses road - before dusting himself down and walking into pub
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Maya Rajamani / DNAinfo New York:
Woman Sues Bar for Letting Her Ride ‘Violent’ Mechanical Bull While Drunk
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Stock Collins bought and touted collapses after drug trial failure
Discussion: The Week
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Sally Yates: Trump administration behavior ‘should be alarming to us as a country’
Discussion: Raw Story
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Study: TV News Is Obsessed With Trump-Russia Probe
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Remove Your Shoes ... and Your Books
Discussion: TheBlaze and Techdirt
Vanessa Friedman / New York Times:
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Ukraine cyber attack: Chaos as national bank, state power provider and airport hit by hackers
Discussion: Telegraph, Defense One and Lawfare
Reid J. Epstein / WSJ:
Elizabeth Warren Tries to Win Back Voters in Trump Country
Discussion: Daily Wire and Talking Points Memo
David Brooks / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Rejects Conservatism
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
YouTube:
American Pravda: CNN Producer Says Russia Narrative “bullsh*t”
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump's Leadership
 

 
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Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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