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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump calls on Senate to end filibuster after healthcare defeat — President Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to end the legislative filibuster after the collapse of the Republican healthcare plan. — “The Senate must go to a 51 vote majority instead of current 60 votes.
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
‘Plan C’ on Obamacare, Repeal Now and Replace Later, Has Collapsed — WASHINGTON — With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in tatters, Senate leaders on Tuesday pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama's health law without …
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David Faris / The Week:
Why the GOP Congress will be the most unproductive in 164 years
Why the GOP Congress will be the most unproductive in 164 years
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump blindsided by implosion of GOP health care bill
Trump blindsided by implosion of GOP health care bill
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care
A Republican Party at war with itself hits the wall on health care
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate to try to repeal ObamaCare next week
McConnell: Senate to try to repeal ObamaCare next week
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
The GOP's Arrogance Was Thinking That 52 Votes Is A Majority
The GOP's Arrogance Was Thinking That 52 Votes Is A Majority
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
WATCH: Mitch McConnell whines about people celebrating the defeat of his unpopular Trumpcare bill
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senators pushed Trump to the sidelines. He happily stayed there. Republicans are paying the price.
Senators pushed Trump to the sidelines. He happily stayed there. Republicans are paying the price.
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GOP's repeal-only plan quickly collapses in Senate
GOP's repeal-only plan quickly collapses in Senate
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Rebecca Harrington / Business Insider:
A Republican senator jumped subway tracks to try to get away from reporters asking about the healthcare bill
A Republican senator jumped subway tracks to try to get away from reporters asking about the healthcare bill
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate health care attempt may not be dead yet
Senate health care attempt may not be dead yet
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House's Sanders slams Democrats, pledges health care action at off-camera briefing
White House's Sanders slams Democrats, pledges health care action at off-camera briefing
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Eighth person in Trump Tower meeting is identified — An American-based employee of a Russian real estate company took part in a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr., bringing to eight the number of known participants at the session that has emerged …
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Pamela Brown / CNN:
First on CNN: Special Counsel investigators seeking info from ‘eighth man’ at Trump Tower meeting — Washington (CNN)Special counsel investigators are seeking information from the still-publicly unidentified eighth person who attended the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower …
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr. Met Russian Accused of Laundering $1.4 Billion … An accused Russian money launderer representing a Kremlin-friendly oligarch has been reportedly identified as the eighth person at a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. last June. — Irakly Kaveladze was a guest …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
The Master of ‘Kompromat’ Believed to Be Behind Trump Jr.'s Meeting
Washington Post:
Trump and Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Germany — The second meeting, unreported at the time, took place at a dinner for G20 leaders, a senior administration official said. Halfway through the meal, President Trump left his seat to occupy …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump and Putin Held a Second, Undisclosed, Private Meeting — WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that President Trump had a second, previously undisclosed, private conversation with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this month, raising new questions about their relationship …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed talk at G-20 — President Trump held a second, informal talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Hamburg, Germany, earlier this month, according to Tuesday reports. — The White House confirmed with CNN …
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NBC News:
Trump, Putin Had Second, Previously Undisclosed Meeting at G-20 Summit — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin a second time during the G-20 summit earlier this month, a White House official confirmed to NBC News Tuesday.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ Poll: Just 12% in Key Trump Counties Back GOP Health Care Effort — Just 12 percent of Americans living in the counties that fueled Donald Trump's win in the 2016 presidential election support the Republican Party's efforts on health care, according to results …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care a Mine Field for Republicans; Many Trump Voters in Denial on Russia — PPP's newest national poll continues to find that health care is a mine field for the GOP, while most Trump voters are just choosing not to acknowledge the Russia story. — Only 20% of voters support …
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James Kirchick / Politico:
How the GOP Became the Party of Putin
How the GOP Became the Party of Putin
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News' Sean Hannity calls colleague Shep Smith ‘so anti-Trump’ — Is the chief news anchor at Fox News anti-Trump? Sean Hannity thinks so. — Speaking on his radio show Monday afternoon with White House official Sebastian Gorka, Hannity said Shepard Smith was “a friend,” but someone who was no fan of President Donald Trump.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sanders, Fox reporter exchange jabs over off-camera briefings
Sanders, Fox reporter exchange jabs over off-camera briefings
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Shep Drops ‘Journalist’ Card in Response to Hannity: ‘Sometimes Facts Are Displeasing’
Shep Drops ‘Journalist’ Card in Response to Hannity: ‘Sometimes Facts Are Displeasing’
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Marina Fang / HuffPost:
Steve Bannon Reportedly Attacked Paul Ryan As ‘A Limp-D**k Motherf**ker’ — What? — Steve Bannon reportedly called House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) “a limp-dick motherf**ker who was born in a petri dish at the Heritage Foundation,” referring to the think tank whose fiscal conservative policies the representative espouses.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Republicans Aren't Turning on Trump—They're Turning on Each Other
Republicans Aren't Turning on Trump—They're Turning on Each Other
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Finally, a Poll Trump Will Like: Clinton Is Even More Unpopular — Views on Democratic nominee harden since exit from spotlight — Obama now as popular as he was in first year in White House — For a president with historically low poll numbers, Donald Trump can at least find solace in this: Hillary Clinton is doing worse.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Poll: Clinton more unpopular than Trump
Poll: Clinton more unpopular than Trump
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KHQ-TV:
17-year-old Spokane girl pulls gun on home intruder on the run from Spokane County deputies — A 17-year-old north Spokane County girl protected herself and her home with her dad's gun when a suspected car thief on the run from Spokane County deputies came into her house Monday morning.
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Governors — July 2017 — Never miss the latest political data and news from Morning Consult. Subscribe to Morning Consult's Washington email brief here. — Familiar faces remain affixed the top and bottom of the new Morning Consult Governor Approval Rankings …
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David Ovalle / miamiherald:
A 10-year-old Miami boy may be latest — and among youngest — victim of opioid crisis — A 10-year-old Miami boy may be among the youngest victims of Florida's opioid crisis. — Preliminary toxicology tests show that Alton Banks had the potent painkiller fentanyl in his system when he collapsed …
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Dominique Mosbergen / HuffPost:
Video Captures Hero Dog's Rescue Of Drowning Baby Deer In Long Island Sound — Storm the golden retriever carried the fawn to shore, then “laid down next to it, and started nudging it and pawing it.” — This video shows the incredible moment a dog bounded into the water to rescue a drowning young deer.
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Mike Wall / Space.com:
No, Congressman, There's No Evidence of an Ancient Mars Civilization — In case you were wondering, there's no evidence that Mars hosted an alien civilization thousands of years ago. — Nonetheless, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., asked a panel of planetary scientists to speculate …
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