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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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: The Atlantic and Political Wire
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:   Cornyn: Key vote to advance health bill likely Wednesday
Mike Allen / Axios:
What's next if healthcare goes down
Discussion: Political Wire, ABC News and AOL
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  —  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.
Jim Stinson / LifeZette:   Fake News Meltdown at CNN: Retractions, Resignations and Outbursts
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
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
Discussion: ABC News, Slate and TheBlaze
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 …
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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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.
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
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
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
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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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.
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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