Top Items:
Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Want to Scrap Health Bill's Tax Cuts for Wealthy — Collins, Rounds suggest eliminating repeal of investment tax — McConnell negotiating with Republicans to win over holdouts — Several Senate Republicans began to question Wednesday whether their health-care bill …
Discussion:
New York Magazine and Daily Kos
RELATED:
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Portman and McConnell clash over health bill — Senate Republicans' health care fight is getting personal. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rob Portman, close allies and typically mild-mannered men, got into a heated exchange over Medicaid at a meeting earlier this week.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trumpworld's push to get a Senate health deal — Everyone is making calls — based on calculations of who's got the most leverage with certain senators down to personal relationships. President Trump, Vice President Pence, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and officials including White …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Alvin Chang / Vox:
We fixed Donald Trump's misleading chart that claims Republicans are increasing Medicaid funding — President Donald Trump tweeted this chart on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that the Senate Republican health care bill actually increases funding for Medicaid: … Here's the problem: It's incredibly misleading.
Discussion:
Axios, Washington Post and The Week
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Ignorance Is Becoming a National Crisis
Discussion:
Washington Post, US News, Salon, IJR, New Yorker and Washington Monthly
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Tillerson blows up at top White House aide — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. — The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office …
RELATED:
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump tweets shocking assault on Brzezinski, Scarborough — Trump attacks ‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Twitter — Even by President Trump's standards, these tweets were shocking. — On Thursday morning, while MSNBC's “Morning Joe” was on the air, Trump posted a pair of hateful tweets about co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
Discussion:
New York Times, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and Political Wire
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
A Stunt Turns Deadly for a Couple Seeking YouTube Fame — Over the past several weeks, Monalisa Perez of Halstad, Minn., and her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, began their quest for YouTube fame by creating and posting videos of mostly harmless pranks: Mr. Ruiz climbing onto a tenuous tree branch …
RELATED:
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting boyfriend in failed YouTube video stunt
Discussion:
Refinery29, Khaosod English and Daily Mail
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
A Teen Was Charged With Killing Her Boyfriend During A Failed YouTube Stunt
Discussion:
WDAY-TV, The Verge, New York Magazine, NBC News, Daily Wire and Althouse
CBS San Francisco:
San Francisco To Pay Undocumented Immigrant $190K For Violating Sanctuary Policy — SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — San Francisco taxpayers could soon pay $190,000 in a lawsuit settlement with an undocumented immigrant who claimed he was reported to federal immigration authorities in violation …
Discussion:
Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Tal Kopan / CNN:
House set to vote on 'Kate's Law' — Washington (CNN)The House Thursday is expected to pass bills that would hand President Donald Trump key pieces of his immigration agenda, especially efforts targeting sanctuary cities. — The bills, “Kate's Law” and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act …
Discussion:
Shakesville, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Post
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems will press for no votes on 'Kate's Law' — but not too hard
Discussion:
AOL
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump rips media, mocks Pelosi at closed-door fundraiser — President Donald Trump, facing dimming approval ratings and a stalled legislative agenda, rolled out his greatest hits on Wednesday evening - ripping into CNN, assailing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and hailing his party's string of special election wins.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Political Insider blog, AOL, Political Wire, Raw Story and The Week
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Trump rakes in $10 million at first re-election fundraiser
Discussion:
CNN and New York Magazine
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump seizes the advantage in war with media
Discussion:
Mediaite and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
Ann Coulter / Official:
EVEN TRUMP CAN'T MAKE GOLDMAN SACHS POPULAR — Having pulled off the monumental achievement of getting elected with zero help from Wall Street, President Trump is at risk of throwing it all away. He seems to be turning his White House over not only to liberal Democrats …
Discussion:
RedState, Daily Wire, Business Insider, Conservative News Today, The Week, Raw Story, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Cecilia Vega / ABC News:
House Russia probe eyes longtime Trump bodyguard-turned-White House aide Keith Schiller — Congressional investigators now want to interview Keith Schiller, President Donald Trump's longtime bodyguard-turned-White House aide, as part of their investigation into Russian interference …
Discussion:
Political Wire, The Week, Raw Story, Business Insider and Associated Press
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Obama Obsession — Donald Trump has a thing about Barack Obama. Trump is obsessed with Obama. Obama haunts Trump's dreams. One of Trump's primary motivators is the absolute erasure of Obama — were it possible — not only from the political landscape but also from the history books.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Stop going to the White House press briefings — With all the legitimate gripes reporters have with this White House, perhaps the least worthy of your (or their) time and attention is the WWE-style smackdown over briefings. Every day, the White House hides or dodges. Every day, reporters protest and whine.
Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
Politico Reporter Drunkenly Unloads On Trump Allies At Four Seasons — Politico Playbook writer Anna Palmer pulled a Mel Gibson last Thursday night at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood when she approached a civilized gathering of President Trump allies …
Discussion:
Conservative News Today and The Gateway Pundit
Lawrence Smith / WDRB 41 Louisville News:
Gov. Matt Bevin publicly signs bill allowing Kentucky's public schools to teach the Bible — FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — Public schools in Kentucky can soon teach reading, writing and the book of Revelation. — At the Capitol on Tuesday, Gov. Matt Bevin gave his public “Amen” to a bill allowing Bible courses in public schools.
Discussion:
Salon, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Conservative News Today, TheBlaze and WCMH-TV
RELATED:
David Weigel / Washington Post:
As GOP buckles down on health care, conservative media loses interest — On Tuesday, the fate of the Republicans' attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act dominated news out of Washington. Phones rattled with alerts about the decision to delay a vote until mid-July.
Discussion:
The Week, Business Insider, CNBC and The Atlantic
RELATED:
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Beleaguered health care bill gets new terms in effort to secure votes — White House, Senate GOP agree to add $45 billion to address opioid crisis, near agreement on Health Savings Account money. — Senate Republicans and the White House have agreed to add at least $45 billion …
RELATED:
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump claims GOP has a ‘big surprise’ on healthcare
Discussion:
Politico, The Atlantic, Washington Post and Shakesville
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
CNN's Month-Long Nightmare — The last 30 days have been nothing short of a public relations nightmare for CNN. — The network is reeling after a brutal stretch that has seen two hosts taken off-air, one story retracted and another rewritten, accusations of staged protests …
Discussion:
Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Mediaite
RELATED:
Daniel P. Finney / Des Moines Register:
Is there a bully in your workplace? Chances are, the answer is ‘yes’ — Some 60 million people are affected by workplace bullying. Here's how it happens. Wochit — CONNECT — Genevieve was working on her doctoral thesis with an adviser with a reputation for being heavy-handed.
New York Times:
Deposed Saudi Prince Is Said to Be Confined to Palace — BEIRUT, Lebanon — The recently deposed crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, has been barred from leaving the kingdom and confined to his palace in the coastal city of Jidda, according to four current and former American officials …
Discussion:
The Week, The New Arab and Al Jazeera English
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Spurned by Trump, Senate Democrats Take a Harder Line — WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Trump won the White House, a cluster of Senate Democrats began the search for common cause with the unlikely new president, scouring the populist policy agenda that dominated his campaign.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Late, Great Russian Collusion Myth — Incoming elected administrations, especially the Obama transition team of 2008 in the case of Russia and Iran, seek contacts with foreign diplomats before formally entering office. — Most presidential campaigns are staffed by at least …
The Daily Beast:
Does Trump Know the First Thing About Health Care? Aide: ‘He Understands Winning.’ … On Wednesday morning, the president woke up and then began angrily tweetstorming about his allegedly deep knowledge of the American health care system. — “Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am …
Discussion:
Axios, CNN, Fusion, The Mahablog, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Gorsuch's First Anti-Gay Dissent Has a Huge Factual Error—and Terrible, Dishonest Logic — On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled the Constitution requires states to list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificates. The decision was predictable: In Obergefell v. Hodges …
Discussion:
Take Care Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Bloomberg
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Trump Interrupts Call to Compliment Female Reporter's ‘Nice Smile’ — President Trump was at his desk in the Oval Office and on the phone with the new prime minister of Ireland on Tuesday when a journalist for an Irish news organization caught his eye. — “Well, we have a lot …
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 — 
