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11:00 AM ET, July 19, 2017

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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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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today  —  President Donald Trump's former campaign manager thinks the President will probably “close the deal today” on an Obamacare repeal bill because Trump is “a great dealmaker.”  —  Appearing on “Fox and Friends” …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Republicans  —  Voters may repeal and replace the Senators who broke their promise.  —  The Editorial Board  —  Senate Republicans killed their own health-care bill on Monday evening, and some are quietly expressing relief: The nightmare of a hard decision is finally over …
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
How the Senate Health Care Bill Failed: G.O.P. Divisions and a Fed-Up President  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was fed up with the grind of health care legislation, and at a dinner with Republican senators on Monday at the White House, he let them know it.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Health care collapse a blow to McConnell  —  The failure of Obamacare repeal marks Mitch McConnell's lowest point as Senate GOP leader.  —  Despite having a Republican in the White House, full GOP control of Congress and seven years of campaign promises — “pulling out Obamacare root and branch …
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Trump Is Showing The World What A Weak American Presidency Looks Like
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Washington Post:
'It's an insane process': How Trump and Republicans failed on their health-care bill
Discussion: New York Magazine
Donald Trump / ABC News:
The Note: Undisclosed Trump-Putin meeting is latest firestorm
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Tax reform becomes a must-win issue for the White House
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump to lunch with GOP senators after healthcare collapse
Discussion: Axios and The Week
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:   Democrats Will Soon Regret That Republicans Failed To Repeal ObamaCare
David Faris / The Week:
Why the GOP Congress will be the most unproductive in 164 years
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Report: Donald Trump Jr. ‘miserable’  —  Jr. is reportedly “miserable” and can't wait for the next four years to end.  —  A friend of President Trump's sons told People that Trump Jr. and Eric Trump “never wanted this.”  —  “Don can't do any deals, because he'll be overly scrutinized.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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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Washington Post:
Trump had undisclosed hour-long meeting with Putin at G-20 summit  —  After his much-publicized, two-and a quarter-hour meeting early this month with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Germany, President Trump met informally with the Russian leader for an additional hour later the same day.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed talk at G-20
Washington Post:
Trump and Putin had a previously undisclosed hour-long meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Germany
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Over 20 members of Congress ask the FBI to review Ivanka Trump's security clearance … WASHINGTON — Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., has some questions about President Trump's daughter, Ivanka.  —  Beyer put together a group of over 20 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios and AOL
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Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:
Lawmakers ask for review of Ivanka's security clearance after Trump Jr. meeting
Discussion: Raw Story
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump Jr. meeting was a bad idea
James Kirchick / Politico:
How the GOP Became the Party of Putin
Discussion: Eurozine, Shareblue, Vox and Newsweek
Jason L. Riley / Wall Street Journal:
The President's Base vs. the Republican Party  —  Trump voters care more about having a leader who understands them than about quick policy wins.  —  The GOP's inability to scrap ObamaCare this week means, among other things, that President Trump will end his first six months in office without a major legislative accomplishment.
Discussion: NBC News
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care a Mine Field for Republicans; Many Trump Voters in Denial on Russia
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Congressional Republicans Really Think About Trump and Russia  —  With each new revelation in the ongoing Trump-Russia saga, the same question inevitably gets asked: Will this be the moment Republicans in Congress finally turn on the president?  —  The answer, so far, has been an emphatic …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
A midterm preference for Democrats, but without anti-Trump motivation (POLL)  —  A majority of Americans prefer to see the next Congress controlled by the Democrats to counter President Donald Trump rather than the Republicans to support him — but without the level of anti-Trump motivation the opposition party may be banking on.
Discussion: The Week
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Washington Post:   Ahead of midterms, voters prefer Democrats even as Republicans appear more motivated to vote
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Senate candidate under attack for being Muslim  —  Laurie Roberts: Responses to Deedra Abboud's Facebook posts have ranged from disturbing to just plain scary.  —  CONNECT  —  She's the other challenger to Sen. Jeff Flake.  —  A native of Little Rock, Ark. A Phoenix attorney and civil rights activist.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Trump's Still-Secret Plan to ‘Crush’ ISIS … At long last, Donald Trump has a plan to fight the Islamic State.  Well, sort of.  According to the document's text and those briefed on it, the plan is long on overblown rhetoric and short on a substantive strategy to destroy the jihadist group.
Discussion: Just Security
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Roy Gutman / The Daily Beast:   Turkey Leaks Secret Locations of U.S. Troops in Syria
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror  —  The producers of children's TV know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity.  —  Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!").  Mr. Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.
Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military's Space in Trump Tower Costs $130,000 a Month  —  Property is being leased by a military office that supports the White House; government agency says its owner isn't affiliated with the Trump Organization  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. government is paying more than $130,000 a month …
Discussion: Slate, The Week and CNBC
 
 
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Trump as a Novel: An Implausible ‘Soap Opera Without the Sex and Fun’
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump administration unveils new Iran sanctions
The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts
Discussion: Reuters, Washington Free Beacon and NPR
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Former Employee Testifies Shkreli Threatened Him and His Family
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Russian Anti-Sanctions Campaign Turned to California Congressman
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House Republicans to fall back on more modest spending plan
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Offers Blistering Attack on EU: ‘Their Behavior Toward Israel Is Crazy’
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Manchin Attempting to Form Bipartisan Group on Health Care
The Wrap:
Fox Paid Sexual Harassment Claim Against Top Murdoch Deputy David Hill (Exclusive)
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Internet brutally mocks Trump's claim that failed GOP health bill was ‘impressive by any standard’
Discussion: New York Magazine
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Jr. Met Russian Accused of Laundering $1.4 Billion