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The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Is Growing ‘Pissed’ at Trump, His Allies Say. And He Doesn't Plan to Quit. … Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to leave office as friends say he's grown angry with President Donald Trump following a series of attacks meant to marginalize his power and, potentially, encourage his resignation.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Say if He Will Fire Sessions — 'I'm very disappointed in Jeff Sessions,' president says in interview — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment in Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday and questioned the importance of Mr. Sessions's early endorsement …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Cabinet Level Revolt Over Trump's Treatment of Jeff Sessions. “A Clusterf**k” One Secretary Calls It. — “If he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us?” one of the President's Cabinet secretaries asked me with both shock and anger in his voice.
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Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Trump's Attack on Sessions over Clinton Prosecution Highlights His Own ‘Weak’ Stance — President Trump's decision Tuesday to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions over Sessions' “position” on Hillary Clinton's various scandals only serves to highlight Trump's own hypocrisy on the issue …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump slams Sessions, rips DOJ in Twitter outburst
Trump slams Sessions, rips DOJ in Twitter outburst
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Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump messes with Sessions, and Senate Republicans are not pleased
Trump messes with Sessions, and Senate Republicans are not pleased
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump in phone call: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”
Trump in phone call: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why President Trump suddenly hates his attorney general
Why President Trump suddenly hates his attorney general
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Politico, DCReport.org, IJR and The Guardian
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Strange, Slow-Motion Defenestration of Jeff Sessions
The Strange, Slow-Motion Defenestration of Jeff Sessions
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans vote to move ahead on Obamacare repeal — Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to open debate on repealing Obamacare, dramatically reviving an effort that many GOP lawmakers left for dead just a few days ago. — The vote is a huge political win and turnaround for Senate Majority …
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NBC News:
Senate Passes Key Vote to Move Forward on Health Care Bill — WASHINGTON — With Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote, Republicans moved forward on health care reform Tuesday afternoon as the Senate successfully passed a key motion to proceed to debate on the House-passed bill.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Skinny repeal: the last-ditch idea to save the Senate health care bill — “Skinny repeal” is the latest ploy from GOP leaders. — Sources suggest that Senate Republicans are weighing a last-ditch idea to pass some kind of health care bill in the coming days: a narrowly focused Obamacare repeal bill.
CNN:
Republican senators poised to vote today on health care. What you need to know
Republican senators poised to vote today on health care. What you need to know
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: O'Care Repeal Survives In Senate, But GOP Still Has No Plan
Jack Torry / The Columbus Dispatch:
Portman will vote to proceed on Senate healath-care vote
Portman will vote to proceed on Senate healath-care vote
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CNN:
Senate advances health care bill as McCain makes dramatic return, Pence breaks tie
Senate advances health care bill as McCain makes dramatic return, Pence breaks tie
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
What we know about the Senate health-care vote right now
What we know about the Senate health-care vote right now
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JustOneMinute, Washington Free Beacon and RedState
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP appears to have votes to win initial healthcare motion
Senate GOP appears to have votes to win initial healthcare motion
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Scaramucci threatens to ‘fire everybody’ to stop White House leaks — President Donald Trump's newly appointed communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, said Tuesday that he is prepared to “fire everybody” in the White House communications shop in order to put an end to embarrassing internal leaks.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Conflicting reports emerge over firing of White House press aide
Conflicting reports emerge over firing of White House press aide
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senators on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ 'I'm worried' — At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) didn't switch off her microphone. Apparently speaking to Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), the ranking Democrat of the committee …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 29 most cringe-worthy lines from Donald Trump's hyper-political speech to the Boy Scouts — Washington (CNN)On Monday night, President Donald Trump jetted to West Virginia to address the annual Boy Scout Jamboree. And oh what a speech it was! — Trump ranged from the current health care bill …
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Cristina Silva / Newsweek:
TRUMP BOY SCOUT SPEECH IS NAZI HITLER YOUTH RALLY, LEFT SAYS
TRUMP BOY SCOUT SPEECH IS NAZI HITLER YOUTH RALLY, LEFT SAYS
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BBC:
Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents
Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents
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Washington Post:
Trump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential tradition
Trump's Boy Scouts speech broke with 80 years of presidential tradition
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Sharon Begley / STAT:
Psychiatry group tells members they can defy ‘Goldwater rule’ and comment on Trump's mental health — leading psychiatry group has told its members they should not feel bound by a longstanding rule against commenting publicly on the mental state of public figures — even the president.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Senate panel subpoenas Manafort as campaign aides provide Russia information — A Senate committee said Tuesday it sent Paul Manafort a subpoena compelling his testimony in its Russia probe, even as he and Jared Kushner were providing information to other congressional investigators …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
Ivanka Trump Has ‘Confidential’ Relationship with Kushner Lawyer Abbe Lowell
Ivanka Trump Has ‘Confidential’ Relationship with Kushner Lawyer Abbe Lowell
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare — Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace Obamacare” …
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New York Times:
N.F.L. Brains … Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, has examined the brains of 202 deceased football players. A broad survey of her findings was published on Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. — Of the 202 players, 111 of them played in the N.F.L. …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The sad story of Charlie Gard shows there's no limit to right-wing political vampirism — A dying baby and his parents have been exploited by conservatives who want to strip Americans of health care — The sad story of Charlie Gard, a dying British baby who became a cause célèbre …
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Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Cohn and Yellen Are Contenders to Lead the Fed — The president says ‘two or three’ other candidates also are under consideration — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is considering renominating Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chairwoman but also views his economic adviser Gary Cohn …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Senators are planning to continue procedural moves to prevent the Senate from formally adjourning for recess next month in order to prevent President Donald Trump from making recess appointments …
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