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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
Americans decided health care is for all. The GOP wants to roll that back. — Their plan would once again make it a privilege for the wealthy. — As vice president, I met with Americans all across our country. What they told me over and over is that the Affordable Care Act gave them peace of mind …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How the White House and Republicans underestimated Obamacare repeal — The longer Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare flounder, the clearer it becomes that President Donald Trump's team and many in Congress dramatically underestimated the challenge of rolling back former President Barack Obama's signature achievement.
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Aren't Team Players
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Tom Price Says Insurers Should ‘Dust Off How They Did Business Before Obamacare’
Tom Price Says Insurers Should ‘Dust Off How They Did Business Before Obamacare’
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Washington Post, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and New York Magazine
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Health care on a scalpel's edge
Health care on a scalpel's edge
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ABC News, Politico and New York Magazine
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare repeal bills could put coverage out of reach for millions of sick Americans
Obamacare repeal bills could put coverage out of reach for millions of sick Americans
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RedState
New York Times:
McCain's Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought, Experts Say — The condition for which Senator John McCain had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have implied, and it may delay his return to Washington by at least a week or two, medical experts said on Sunday.
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is killing the Republican Party — I did not leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left its senses. The political movement that once stood athwart history resisting bloated government and military adventurism has been reduced to an amalgam of talk-radio resentments.
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Reuters:
U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meeting — 4 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president's son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Fox News host defends Trump Jr.: I'd meet with the Devil for opposition research
Fox News host defends Trump Jr.: I'd meet with the Devil for opposition research
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RedState, Raw Story, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Fox News Insider and Balloon Juice
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Excuses for the Don Jr. Meeting Go from Bad to Worse
Team Trump Excuses for the Don Jr. Meeting Go from Bad to Worse
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Raw Story
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Schiff: Democrat Collusion With Ukraine ‘Problematic’ [VIDEO]
Rep. Schiff: Democrat Collusion With Ukraine ‘Problematic’ [VIDEO]
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Secret Service: We didn't clear Don Jr.'s Russian lawyer
Secret Service: We didn't clear Don Jr.'s Russian lawyer
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Washington Post, Weekly Standard and NBC News
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Secret Service: Trump Jr. not under protection during meeting with Russian lawyer
Secret Service: Trump Jr. not under protection during meeting with Russian lawyer
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Politicus USA, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Secret Service responds to Trump lawyer: Russian lawyer meeting not screened
Secret Service responds to Trump lawyer: Russian lawyer meeting not screened
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Raw Story, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What campaign wouldn't seek motherlode of Clinton emails? — The public learned on March 10, 2015 that Hillary Clinton had more than 60,000 emails on her private email system, and that she had turned over “about half” of them to the State Department and destroyed the rest, which she said were …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump reaches a low even he can't ignore — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — Few want a tweeter-in-chief: The ABC News-Washington Post poll out this morning shows that 67 percent of Americans don't like President Trump's use of Twitter and 70 percent say Trump has acted in an “unpresidential” manner since taking office.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public to Trump: Lay off the Twitter (POLL)
Public to Trump: Lay off the Twitter (POLL)
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Bryan Friesen / LASVEGASNOW:
Break in at Sen. Heller's Las Vegas office — LAS VEGAS - A threatening note was left for Senator Dean Heller after someone broke into his Las Vegas office Saturday morning, according to an 8 News NOW source close to the story. — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirms …
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for ‘Ed Wood,’ Dies at 89 — His résumé includes ‘Mission: Impossible,’ ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ and ‘North by Northwest.’ It does not, however, include ‘Star Trek.’ — Martin Landau, the all-purpose actor who showcased his versatility …
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TMZ.com, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Raw Story
New York Times:
Government Ethics Chief Urges Major Changes on His Way Out — WASHINGTON — Actions by President Trump and his administration have created a historic ethics crisis, the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics said. He called for major changes in federal law to expand the power …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Americans Feel Good About the Economy, Not So Good About Trump — Just 40 percent approve of president's performance in office — Narrow majority expect stock market to be higher by year's end — Almost six months into Donald Trump's presidency, Americans are feeling fairly optimistic about their jobs …
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Washington Post, USA Today and Politico
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Foreign-born recruits, promised citizenship by the Pentagon, flee the country to avoid deportation — Frustrated by delayed promises from the U.S. military for citizenship, and in fear of the Islamic State if he were deported back to Iraq, Ranj Rafeeq has given up the American Dream for a Canadian one.
Jim DeRogatis / BuzzFeed:
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police — As the R&B legend tours the country this summer, parents have told police that R. Kelly is running an abusive “cult” that's tearing families apart. Three former members of Kelly's inner circle told BuzzFeed News similar stories.
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The Root
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites in order to post incendiary false quotes attributed to Qatar's emir …
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Qatar Opens Its Doors to All, to the Dismay of Some
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Top Republicans Aren't Signing Up For Trump's War With The Media — “I love the media,” said the Freedom Caucus chairman. — Reporting From Washington, DC … You've read a lot about the Republican war on what Donald Trump calls fake news. But here's the thing: For many Republicans, it's a phony war too.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Don't Compare Trump to Nixon. It's Unfair to Nixon. — Are we watching Watergate the rerun? — Six months into Donald Trump's already embattled presidency, references to the disgraced 37th president are everywhere. Jack Farrell's sharp biography of Richard Nixon, years in the making, is a surprise bestseller.