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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)With the prospects for passing the current Senate Republican health care bill still in jeopardy, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana …
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill — THE PROGNOSIS — Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attends a new conference following party policy lunch meeting. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX) — It's looking increasingly …
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Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Senate Republicans one vote away from Obamacare repeal failure — The Senate Republican effort to repeal Obamacare is on the cusp of defeat, with two Republican senators threatening to kill the measure before the Senate can even start debate. — GOP leaders released a modified draft …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate Republicans exempt own health coverage from part of latest proposal — Senate Republicans included a provision that exempts members of Congress and their staff from part of their latest health care plan. — This exemption could have the effect of ensuring that members of Congress …
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Haley Byrd / IJR:
Senate Republicans are Considering Alternative Scoring for Cruz Amendment Instead of Waiting for CBO — Republicans are considering using alternative scoring methods for a version of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) Consumer Freedom Option in order to proceed with their health care push next week rather …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Business Insider
CNN:
New GOP health care bill could allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits
New GOP health care bill could allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision
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IJR, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Senate health bill is terrible for anyone who is sick, has been sick, or will be sick
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Susan Collins, Rand Paul to vote no on revised health bill
Susan Collins, Rand Paul to vote no on revised health bill
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Political Wire, Hit & Run and Jamie Dupree - AJC
Sarah Jaffe / The Guardian:
Home care workers have our lives in their hands. They're paid only $10 an hour
Home care workers have our lives in their hands. They're paid only $10 an hour
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans
Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans
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Washington Monthly
Amanda Michelle Gomez / ThinkProgress:
The Senate's new health care bill is still a mess
The Senate's new health care bill is still a mess
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The Hill, Shakesville, NPR, STAT and Axios
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
What's Inside Mitch McConnell's Latest Health-Care Proposal
What's Inside Mitch McConnell's Latest Health-Care Proposal
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations
TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations
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Axios:
The new things in the Senate health bill
The new things in the Senate health bill
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Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’ — After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity. — Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's …
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Rusty Surette / KBTX-TV:
Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House — A Republican U.S. Representative from the Brazos Valley believes the President's children should be removed from the White House. — Rep. Bill Flores, District 17, made the remarks on Wednesday …
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Bloomberg:
Here's the White House's Transcript of What Trump Told Reporters Off the Record — Trump spoke to reporters on his way to Paris to meet Macron — White House later released excerpts of president's remarks — President Donald Trump spoke to reporters off the record Wednesday aboard Air Force …
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Reuters:
Highlights of Reuters interview with Trump — 7 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are highlights of the Reuters Oval Office interview with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday. — ON WHETHER HE WAS AWARE HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR. WAS MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN LAWYER — “No. That I didn't know.
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I'd invite Putin to the White House — On board Air Force One en route to Paris last night, President Trump held an off the record gaggle with reporters, but he changed his mind this morning allowed his remarks — on everything from Russia to the border wall to China — to be released on the record.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
Trump's off-the-record on-the-record toggle vexes reporters
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Documents Suggest Secretive Billionaire Trump Donors Are Milo's Patrons — Photo illustration by BuzzFeed News; Getty Images — Secretive hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family launched themselves into the top rank of American power through a series …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
What Did Republicans Know About the Russia Scandal? America Deserves an Answer. — Either Trump deceived GOP leaders, or they ignored the collusion. — The emails that Donald Trump Jr. released to the public on Tuesday have shattered the illusions of Trump allies and foes like …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars
Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Dark cloud hangs over Trump's visit to City of Lights
The Note: Dark cloud hangs over Trump's visit to City of Lights
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Mark Katkov / NPR:
Justice Department Releases Sessions' Disclosure Form, A Day Late — Updated 11 a.m. — A day late, the Justice Department complied this morning with a federal court order and released part of a security clearance form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with foreign governments.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Ordered by court to disclose his Russia contacts, Sessions releases blank sheet of paper
Ordered by court to disclose his Russia contacts, Sessions releases blank sheet of paper
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Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
DOJ Settled Massive Russian Fraud Case Involving Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.
DOJ Settled Massive Russian Fraud Case Involving Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.
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The Hill, IJR, Above the Law and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shimon Prokupecz / CNN:
Special counsel brings on FBI official who oversaw Clinton email investigation — (CNN)Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought on Peter Strzok, a senior FBI official who oversaw the Hillary Clinton email investigation, to help manage his investigation into Russian election meddling …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
All Roads Now Lead to Kushner
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Hunts for ‘Traitors’ While the President ‘Growls’ at the TV
Team Trump Hunts for ‘Traitors’ While the President ‘Growls’ at the TV
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Kid Rock:
Once again the press is wrong. — Once again the press is wrong. First of all, I've got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC! Second, I'm not signed to Warner Bros!!! - which simple fact-checking would have revealed. I have recently worked out a unique deal with BMG …
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Why Can't Americans Get a Raise? — Companies have forgotten how to compensate workers fairly—and workers have forgotten what they deserve. — There's a disturbance in the force of the U.S. economy. An airline canceled flights because it couldn't find enough pilots to steer them.
U.S. Department of Justice:
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible for $1.3 Billion in Fraud Losses — Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History — Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services …
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Aidan Geary / CBC News:
Jimmy Carter OK after collapsing from dehydration in Winnipeg — Former U.S. president and wife Rosalynn were helping construct a Habitat for Humanity home — Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter received medical attention for dehydration while in Winnipeg on Thursday, where he is helping build a Habitat for Humanity home.
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Sheldon Silver's Conviction Is Overturned — A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly speaker who obtained nearly $4 million in illicit payments in return for taking official actions that benefited others …
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