Top Items:
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.
RELATED:
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Inside the GOP's surprise health care flop — Senate Republicans had no inkling of what they were walking into on Tuesday afternoon as they filed into the Mike Mansfield room on the Capitol's second floor. — Mitch McConnell's 51 colleagues, from his most junior members to his closest lieutenants …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP seethes at Trump impulsiveness — Top GOP officials and senators say White House chaos and impulsiveness are crippling efforts to expand the Republican Senate majority in 2018, unraveling long-laid plans and needlessly jeopardizing incumbents. — There's a widespread sense …
Discussion:
Political Wire
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 …
Washington Post:
Who's afraid of Trump? Not enough Republicans — at least for now. — Scrambling to line up support for the Republican health-care bill, President Trump got on the phone Monday with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and urged him to back the measure. — The president's personal plea was not enough.
Discussion:
New York Magazine
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell's Reputation as a Master Tactician Takes a Hit
Discussion:
Refinery29, Patterico's Pontifications, Fusion and The Daily Caller
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
‘Repeal and replace’ was once a unifier for the GOP. Now it's an albatross.
Discussion:
The Week, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine and Outside the Beltway
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Senate GOP ‘very close’ to agreement on health bill
Discussion:
RedState and Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group pulls ads criticizing Heller over Obamacare
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and Vox
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:
Mediaite and Political Wire
RELATED:
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 …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Health care not dead yet — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — When in doubt, delay. There will be no vote on the Senate Republican health care bill this week, and more GOP senators came out against the bill after the announcement. — But don't count the bill as dead.
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.
Discussion:
Politico, CNBC, FiveThirtyEight, Raw Story, Deadline, The Hill, Daily Mail, The Week, Snopes.com, Refinery29, Occupy Democrats, Daily Wire, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly, Mashable, Gizmodo, AOL, RedState, The Guardian, Business Insider, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice, Mediaite, twitchy.com, The Root, Politicus USA, IJR and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Discussion:
RedState, NBC News, MILO NEWS, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, Political Wire, TheBlaze and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Sarah Palin Suing New York Times For Defamation
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Sues New York Times, Claiming Editorial Defamed Her
Discussion:
NPR
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
Emily Smith / New York Post:
CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story — The specter of a $100 million libel suit scared CNN into retracting a poorly reported story that slimed an ally of President Trump's — and forcing out the staffers responsible for it, The Post has learned. — SEE ALSO
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Mediaite, NewsBusters, NPR, Washington Post, The Resurgent and Axios
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Just 17 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Republican Senate Health Care Bill — Americans broadly disapprove of the Senate GOP's health care bill, and they're unhappy with how Republicans are handling the efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a new NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll.
Reuters:
Helicopter attacks Venezuela court, Maduro denounces coup bid — A Venezuelan police helicopter strafed the Supreme Court and a government ministry on Tuesday, escalating the OPEC nation's political crisis in what President Nicolas Maduro called an attack by “terrorists” seeking a coup.
Discussion:
RT, CNN, The Guardian, The Week and Fusion
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
Occupy Democrats, The Gateway Pundit, AOL, Washington Free Beacon and Media Matters for America
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Brooks's prior attacks on Trump could hurt in Alabama Senate race — (R-Ala.) is locked in the race toward a contentious August primary to fill the Senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions — . But Brooks's previous attacks on President Trump could pose a problem …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Sarah D / Los Angeles Times:
L.A.'s newest congressman still hasn't taken his oath. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to know why — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) wants to know why Rep.-elect Jimmy Gomez hasn't been sworn in, saying the seat's “elongated vacancy” is “an abdication” of his responsibilities.
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon
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.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
TICK-TOCK on the GOP's health-care ‘flop’ — HOW TRUMP can turn it around — PRO-TRUMP group pulls ads — FAHRENTHOLD strikes again — SPOTTED last night in ASPEN — B'DAY: Ashley Hickey Marquis — DRIVING THE DAY — BULLETIN — WJLA: “Officials: Amtrak train hits, kills 2 CSX employees on tracks in D.C. …
Discussion:
Morning Consult
Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
My father is one of the vulnerable seniors most at risk from GOP's cruel Medicaid cuts — Tell your story and act on behalf of those you love who are unable to act for themselves. — More than 1.4 million Americans are receiving nursing home or other long-term care paid for by Medicaid.
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.”
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow's family has been paid millions from charities they control — President Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow was on his weekday radio show this month, defending the president vociferously, when he took a pause to highlight a charity that has brought Sekulow and his family millions of dollars.
Discussion:
Media Matters for America and The Guardian
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
