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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-lift’ — President Trump on Thursday assailed the television host Mika Brzezinski in unusually personal and vulgar terms, the latest of a string of escalating attacks by the president on the national news media.
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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.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Out of his mind’: MSNBC's Mika unloads on Trump and his ‘lobotomized’ staffers over Tillerson reports — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski hammered President Donald Trump over reports that his secretary of state feels sidelined by White House political operatives.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NBC exec: ‘Beneath my dignity’ to respond to Trump attacks on Mika Brzezinski
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Beleaguered health care bill gets new terms in effort to secure votes
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
How the push for a Senate health-care vote fell apart amid GOP tensions
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Donald Trump's Ignorance Is Becoming a National Crisis
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
House set to vote on 'Kate's Law'
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems will press for no votes on 'Kate's Law' — but not too hard
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Travel Ban to Allow Step Family, Not Grandparents, Cable Says — Embassies given guidance as ban to take effect Thursday — Defining who has ‘bona fide’ U.S. connections a challenge — The Trump administration issued guidelines to U.S. embassies and consulates on how to enforce …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Anthem's Exit Creates Obamacare ‘Crisis’ for Rural Nevadans — Once an ACA stalwart, insurer is now reducing plans for 2018 — Nevada governor, senator major voices in health bill debate — Anthem Inc.'s decision to quit offering Obamacare plans in much of Nevada will leave large parts …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump's sales pitch needs healthcare ‘translator’ — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said President Trump will be able to push the Republican healthcare bill message after “somebody translates it,” according to a Wednesday Associated Press report.
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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.
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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 …
AP Story / Associated Press:
Bridges takes chilled approach in heated political rhetoric … Jeff Bridges played a president in “The Contender,” a political flick released nearly two decades ago in the wake of President Bill Clinton's White House scandals. — But when it comes to critiquing the role of today's real-life president …
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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 …
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