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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Axios:
Senate delays health care vote until after recess
Senate delays health care vote until after recess
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McConnell's Reputation as a Master Tactician Takes a Hit
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Senate GOP ‘very close’ to agreement on health bill
Trump: Senate GOP ‘very close’ to agreement on health bill
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure
McConnell warns Trump, GOP on health bill failure
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The new health care deadline: Get a deal by Friday
Avik Roy / New York Times:
The Senate's Secretly Bipartisan Health Bill
The Senate's Secretly Bipartisan Health Bill
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group pulls ads criticizing Heller over Obamacare
Pro-Trump group pulls ads criticizing Heller over Obamacare
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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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Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill
Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill
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New York Times:
Vote Delayed as G.O.P. Struggles to Marshal Support for Health Care Bill
Vote Delayed as G.O.P. Struggles to Marshal Support for Health Care Bill
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP yanks Obamacare repeal bill
Senate GOP yanks Obamacare repeal bill
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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.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump golf clubs displaying fake Time magazine cover
Trump golf clubs displaying fake Time magazine cover
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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
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump blasts media after CNN retraction: ‘They are all Fake News!’
Trump blasts media after CNN retraction: ‘They are all Fake News!’
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Could Donald Trump Be the End of CNN?
Could Donald Trump Be the End of CNN?
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
White House: CNN ‘a Disgrace to All of Media, to All of Journalism’
White House: CNN ‘a Disgrace to All of Media, to All of Journalism’
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John Hayward / Breitbart:
Gorka: O'Keefe CNN Video Fake News Scandal ‘Complete Vindication for the President’
Gorka: O'Keefe CNN Video Fake News Scandal ‘Complete Vindication for the President’
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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 …
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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 …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Sarah Palin Suing New York Times For Defamation — Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for defamation, according to documents filed on Tuesday obtained by The Daily Caller. — The lawsuit has to do with an editorial the NYT ran on June 14 that falsely smeared Palin as inciting …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Occupy Democrats, AOL, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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.
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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.
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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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.
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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.”
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary — The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children. The activities are similar to preparations the regime …
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