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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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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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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision
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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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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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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Revised Senate health-care bill still lacks the votes to pass
Revised Senate health-care bill still lacks the votes to pass
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Senate health bill is terrible for anyone who is sick, has been sick, or will be sick
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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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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Axios:
The new things in the Senate health bill
The new things in the Senate health bill
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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.
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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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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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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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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Were Democrats Working With Russia Against Trump? That Russian Lawyer Has Ties to Democrat Oppo Researchers
Were Democrats Working With Russia Against Trump? That Russian Lawyer Has Ties to Democrat Oppo Researchers
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The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team
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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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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 …
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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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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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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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Susan Collins, Rand Paul to vote no on revised health bill — Republican Senators Susan Collins and Rand Paul will both be voting no on the revised Senate health bill. This comes after Mitch McConnell unveiled his new health care bill Thursday, which would let insurers sell skimpy policies …
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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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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.
Jeff Sessions / The Federalist:
Here's The Speech Jeff Sessions Delivered To Christian First Amendment Lawyers — Thank you for that introduction. And thank you for the important work that you do every day to uphold and protect the right to religious liberty in this country. This is especially needed today.
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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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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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