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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.
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Trump Fails To Reach Beyond Base As Independents' Disapproval Grows  —  President Trump's support among independent voters has eroded since he took office.  Though he still clings to a loyal base of supporters, his overall disapproval among Americans has reached record highs, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Discussion: Politicus USA
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 …
USA Today:
Poll: Only 12% of Americans support the Senate health care plan  —  Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care plan, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, amid a roiling debate over whether the GOP will deliver on its signature promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Don't be fooled: the Senate's Obamacare repeal effort remains very alive  —  The Senate health care bill, in its current form, is dead.  —  The Senate health care debate is not over.  —  Sound familiar?  —  Sign up for VoxCare  —  Vox's daily email explaining the biggest news in health care, edited by Sarah Kliff
Discussion: Politico, The Week and ABC News
Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Support for Senate healthcare bill at 17 percent in NPR poll
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Politico and NPR
New York Times:
On Senate Health Bill, Trump Falters in the Closer's Role
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Misery of Mitch McConnell
Sam Baker / Axios:
Where the Senate's health care bill goes from here
Discussion: Political Wire
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Health care not dead yet
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Axios
Emma Pettit / Arkansas Online:
Arrest made after Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol toppled, shattered  —  A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, police said.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Raw Story and NPR
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Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
10 Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol destroyed; suspect in custody for apparent repeat offense  —  The new Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol was destroyed by a car overnight less than 24 hours after installation on the Capitol grounds.  —  A suspect is in custody, Michael Reed, 32, of Van Buren.
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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The media will do anything to bash Trump — and now they're hurting
Discussion: ThinkProgress, YouTube and NewsBusters
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
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BBC:
Venezuela crisis: Helicopter launches attack on Supreme Court  —  A helicopter has attacked Venezuela's Supreme Court in what President Nicolás Maduro called a “terrorist” incident.  —  Four grenades were dropped on the court and 15 shots fired at the interior ministry on Tuesday, officials said.
Discussion: Axios
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Sues New York Times, Claiming Editorial Defamed Her  —  Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate, filed a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Company on Tuesday, saying the newspaper had published a statement about her in a recent editorial that it “knew to be false.”
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Time asks Trump Organization to remove fake cover from golf clubs  —  Time magazine has asked the Trump Organization to remove copies of a fake cover of President Trump that were on display at the company's golf clubs, The Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon.
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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.
Norbert Michel / Forbes:
Undoing the CFPB's Damage: The Trump Administration's Options Are Limited  —  Representation, rule of law, and separation of powers—these concepts are central to the American system of constitutional government.  Yet they have been threatened for much of the last century by the proliferation of independent government agencies.
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Donald Trump and his team hired an army of lawyers for Russia investigation.  Who made the list?  —  WASHINGTON — They are attack dogs and upper-crust white shoes.  None of them shrink from a fight.  And their ranks are growing by the day.  —  Since Robert Mueller was named special counsel …
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
CNN Interviews Sesame Street's Elmo About ‘Wonderful’ Trip to Refugee Camp  —  CNN ran a story on Monday describing the “wonderful” visit of Sesame Street character Elmo to a refugee camp in Syria, where he concludes that “refugee kids are just like us.”  —  “They like to play and learn …
Discussion: MILO NEWS and CNN
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.
Thomas E. Price / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Victims Need Relief Now  —  More than 1,000 counties have only a single insurer.  Doug Lake lives in one—and rates are going up 43%.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘This thing needs to end right now’: CNN's Cuomo shuts down GOP senator whining about fake news  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN's Chris Cuomo has grown very tired of Republicans shooting down any facts that go against their political messaging as “fake news.”
Discussion: The Week
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: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Jay Caruso / RedState:
Donald Trump Just Tweeted Support For An Internet Tax  —  So this will turn out to be another example where Trump supporters will likely say the guy who says what he means didn't really mean what he said.  In a bizarre tweet intended to attack The Washington Post as “fake new,” Donald Trump said the following.
Discussion: GeekWire, Daily Wire and Politicus USA
Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Man accused of threatening lawmaker on Facebook says he was ‘fed up’ with Republicans  —  Two weeks after a U.S. congressman and four others were shot during a baseball practice in a Washington suburb by a man with a history of lashing out at Republicans, a Florida lawmaker decided he wasn't taking any chances.
 
 
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Kanupriya Kapoor / Reuters:
Philippines says beheaded civilians found in rebel-held town
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Relax, Republicans' Medicaid changes aren't that big of a deal
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Townhall.com
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp, Axel Springer Applaud $2.7 Billion Fine Levied Against Google
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
It's almost July, and House Republicans still can't pass a budget
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Shareblue
Sarah Zheng / South China Morning Post:
Elderly flight passenger throws coins into engine for ‘luck’, delays take-off for hours
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Media Matters for America:
Fox host dismisses dangers posed by Republican health care bill because “we're all going to die” anyway
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politicus USA
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sinclair VP donated to Gianforte after ‘body-slam’ incident
 Earlier Items: 
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Homeland Security Will Start Building Border Wall Prototypes This Summer
Art Swift / Gallup:
In US, Confidence in Newspapers Still Low but Rising
Janosch Delcker / Politico:
Merkel to Trump: We provide you jobs
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Brooks's prior attacks on Trump could hurt in Alabama Senate race
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Sherman / Politico:
TICK-TOCK on the GOP's health-care ‘flop’ …
Discussion: Morning Consult
Mike Wilson / Dallas Morning News:
How news organizations, including this one, unintentionally misinformed the public on guns
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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