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H.R. 1628, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017 — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $473 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 32 million in 2026 relative to current law.
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GOP health care holdouts to meet tonight to work it out — All of the Republican senators who oppose the Senate health care bill are meeting tonight to work out their differences — after being told by President Trump this afternoon that they need to work late into the night to get a deal.
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CNN:
White House dispatches former campaign aides to help revive health care push — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Senate Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare were quickly sinking on Tuesday after one-too-many Republican senators voiced their opposition to the legislation being pushed by GOP leaders.
CNBC:
CBO: Obamacare repeal bill would raise number of uninsured by 27 million by 2020 — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would vote to begin debate on the repeal bill early next week. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed Republican senators to reach an agreement on a measure before the August recess.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Key Senate Republicans to meet and try to revive health bill
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus to try to force vote on Obamacare repeal
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 74 percent want GOP to reach out to Democrats on health care
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Tami Luhby / CNNMoney:
32 million more people would be uninsured under new Senate Obamacare repeal bill
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Senate Is About To Confirm A Federal Judge Who Compared Abortion To Slavery
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess
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New York Times:
In Interview, Trump Expresses Anger at Sessions and Comey, and Warns Mueller — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged …
Washington Post:
Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow — President Trump has decided to end the CIA's covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, according to U.S. officials.
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show — Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt …
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People.com:
Inside Trump Family's Turmoil Amid Russia Scandal: Don Jr. Is ‘Miserable’ and Wants ‘These Four Years to Be Over’ — Donald Trump taught his children to fight dirty and win, no matter the cost. Subscribe now for a look at how the ruthless family culture has shaped Don Jr., his siblings, and the Presidency - only in PEOPLE.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Jared Kushner to appear before Senate Intelligence Committee Monday — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has agreed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian election meddling on Monday, July 24, ABC News has learned.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Donald Trump Jr. and the whiff of treason: Morally, he's in deep.
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The Daily Caller
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
This Shocking Video Appears To Show Baltimore Police Planting Drugs At A Crime Scene — The defendant charged in the case involving the drugs shown in the video was scheduled to go to trial this week. The case has been dropped. — Shocking footage from a Baltimore police officer's body …
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The Intercept:
U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel — The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing t-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel.
New Jersey Online:
Criticize Trump at your peril, Republican candidates. Just ask Kim Guadagno. — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. — NJ Advance Media for NJ.com — TRENTON — Already trailing badly in the polls, Republican New Jersey governor candidate Kim Guadagno has been hit with another devastating 1-2 punch …
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Shareblue and Political Wire
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions's Justice Department turns a $65 million asset forfeiture spigot back on — The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that it will be restarting a federal asset forfeiture program that had been shut down by the previous administration. — Known as “adoptive forfeiture …
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CBS News:
Sessions reinstates asset forfeiture policy at Justice Department
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Jeff Sessions Treads on the Property Rights of Americans
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Joel Clement / Washington Post:
I'm a scientist. I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration. — Joel Clement was director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Interior Department until last week. He is now a senior adviser at the department's Office of Natural Resources Revenue. — I am not a member of the deep state.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Trump refugee ban but backs broader exemptions for relatives — The Supreme Court on Wednesday brokered a new compromise over President Trump's travel ban, saying the government for now may enforce tight restrictions on refugees but also must make it easier for people …
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Merrit Kennedy / NPR:
Supreme Court Allows ‘Grandparent’ Exemption To Trump Travel Ban
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New York Times, KQED News and TalkLeft
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Mulvaney to Insurers on Trump Plans if Health Bill Fails: 'You Probably Won't Like It That Much' — Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told attendees of a Bloomberg Government dinner Tuesday night that a long-term commitment from the Trump administration …
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Bloomberg, Axios, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, HuffPost and New York Times
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care — Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result. — The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says — The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …
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Indianapolis Star:
Carrier lays off first 300 employees on 6-month anniversary of Trump's presidency — President-elect Donald Trump gave one number on the amount of jobs that would be saved and a union president, another. So which is it? Nate Chute/IndyStar — CONNECT
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
A reporter broke White House rules by streaming live audio of an off-camera briefing — It was only a matter of time. — At every White House news briefing since June 29 — and many before, too — President Trump's spokesmen have ordered a room full of smartphone-toting journalists …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment — Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs …
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