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1:55 PM ET, July 13, 2017

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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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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars  —  By now, we know that Republicans in the Senate are having a tough time coming to agreement on a health care bill.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the drastic step this week of cancelling at least the first two weeks …
Discussion: Reuters and New York Times
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans  —  It will also keep some — but not all — of the Affordable Care Act taxes on the rich.  —  The Senate Republicans' revised health care bill will keep Obamacare's taxes on high-income Americans in place and allow the sales …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision  —  A controversial idea championed by Sen. Ted Cruz will be included in today's draft of the GOP health care bill, according to three sources familiar with the bill.  It's similar to the provision Cruz worked on with Sen. Mike Lee …
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Senate Republicans release new Obamacare repeal bill  —  Senate Republicans released a new draft of their bill to repeal Obamacare Thursday, which tentatively includes a controversial amendment from Ted Cruz.  The change is aimed at building enough GOP support to open debate on the bill next week …
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
David Nather / Axios:   Lindsey Graham's health care idea: Turn it over to the states
Axios:
The new things in the Senate health bill
Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox and Forbes
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Competing plans deal Senate health-care push a surprise setback
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Graham introduces repeal back-up plan
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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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Hunts for ‘Traitors’ While the President ‘Growls’ at the TV … Three days after the Donald Trump Jr. email revelations broke, the White House seems stuck in purgatory, with aides still deeply unsure about who leaked the damaging information, and the president still yelling at the TV.
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 …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Conspiracy or Coincidence?  A Timeline Open to Interpretation  —  WASHINGTON — At 6:14 p.m. on June 7, 2016, Donald Trump Jr. clicked the send button on an email to confirm a meeting with a woman described as a “Russian government attorney” who would give him “information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia.”
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:   This Time We Liberals Have Totally Got Trump. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he was unaware of son's meeting with Russian lawyer
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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The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team  —  The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump  —  's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Ordered by court to disclose his Russia contacts, Sessions releases blank sheet of paper
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Why Did Loretta Lynch Grant Trump Jr's Russian Lawyer A Special Visa To Enter America?
Discussion: The Rush Limbaugh Show and IJR
Geoff Bennett / NPR:
Committee Chair Requests Donald Trump Jr. Testify On Capitol Hill  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tells NPR that he has sent a letter to Donald J. Trump Jr. saying that he wants him to testify in an open session of the committee as early as next week and will subpoena him if necessary.
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Grassley to send Trump Jr. letter asking him to testify
Discussion: IJR
Shane Harris / WSJ:
Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began
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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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Jimmy Carter hospitalized after collapsing while working on Habitat for Humanity house
Discussion: RedState
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 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In France, Trump and Macron Strive to Put Awkward Start Behind Them  —  PARIS — They were handshake rivals before President Trump said the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, and his relationship with President Emmanuel Macron of France didn't seem to get any better after that awkward beginning.
Discussion: AOL and Althouse
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump salutes strong bond between US, France
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
CBO's Publications:
An Analysis of the President's 2018 Budget  —  Under the President's proposals, budget deficits from 2018 through 2027 would total nearly one-third less than those in CBO's baseline projections, ranging between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent of GDP, down from 3.6 percent in 2017.
Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Corey Stewart to announce run Thursday for Tim Kaine's Senate seat  —  Receive daily news emails sent directly to your email inbox  —  A month after nearly toppling Ed Gillespie in the GOP race for governor with a campaign centered on the Confederate flag and restricting immigration …
 
 
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations
Discussion: Vox and ACASignups.net
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Airbnb host who canceled reservation using racist comment must pay $5,000
Discussion: Raw Story, Gizmodo and The Verge
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Facebook Plans to Unveil a $200 Wireless Oculus VR Headset for 2018
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Chuck Todd: “every man and woman for themselves” in Trumpland
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Craig Unger / New Republic:
Trump's Russian Laundromat
Discussion: Scripting News
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
‘He is a monkey’: Federal appeals court appears doubtful that a monkey who took a selfie can sue
Discussion: Above the Law
Mick Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Introducing MAGAnomics  —  The Trump agenda for achieving 3% economic growth.
Discussion: Vox and Business Insider
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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