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Washington Post:
Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly — President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.
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CNN:
Rudy Giuliani: Jeff Sessions ‘made the right decision’ to recuse from Russia probe — (CNN)Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday swatted away a report that he is a contender to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and said Sessions made the right decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump messes with Sessions, and Senate Republicans are not pleased — President Donald Trump is getting a bitter Washington lesson when he messes with Jeff Sessions - you don't pick a fight with one of the Senate's guys. — It's a lesson that could cost him politically in a Senate …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Cruz being considered to replace Sessions: report — President Trump and his advisers are floating possible replacements for Attorney General Jeff Sessions — (R-Texas), The Washington Post reports. — Cruz and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) are reportedly among …
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The Week, RedState, Balloon Juice and Vox
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump White House Tests a Nation's Capacity for Outrage
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The Atlantic, Just Security, Daily Wire and IJR
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump has sights set on belittling Sessions — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — Is Jeff Sessions in danger of losing his job? The president is continuing his public attacks against Sessions, tweeting this morning: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position …
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CNN:
John McCain to return to Senate Tuesday for health care vote — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Sen. John McCain, recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, will make a dramatic return to the Senate Tuesday to cast a critical vote on health care legislation.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain returning to Senate in time for health vote
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Stripping Health Insurance From 23 Million People to Pay For Upper-Class Tax Cuts Is So Mavericky
Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sen. McCain will return to Senate Tuesday ahead of health care showdown
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
CNN analyst rips Kushner's statement to shreds: He's going to solve the Middle East but can't fill out forms
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Common Dreams and CNN
Kevin Dolak / ABC News:
John McCain set for Senate return on Tuesday following cancer diagnosis
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Associated Press:
The Latest: McConnell calls for GOP dissenters to back bill — https://www.apnews.com/aa59b766a4294989 a62c922112580af7 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the ongoing effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local):
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Wall Street Journal:
Can Republicans Govern? — Some Senators want to talk forever about health care. Time for a vote. — Mitch McConnell is scheduling another showdown vote in the Senate—the third attempt—as early as Tuesday on a motion to proceed to debate on health reform.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trumpcare Is the Worst-Designed Social Policy in History — One of the most powerful indictments of the Republican health-care strategy is that, after its plan underwent large, involuntary revisions Friday evening, party leaders did not even pause. In case you missed this news …
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The Atlantic
Washington Post:
New communications director moves toward possible staff purge at White House … Anthony Scaramucci, the flashy financier President Trump hired to overhaul the White House communications operation, is exercising a broad mandate from the president and intends to follow through on threats …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump shames Sessions amid shake-up speculation — President Donald Trump continued his public humiliation of his attorney general on Monday, and West Wing aides wondered whether other senior officials would exit the administration following a shake-up in the communications department.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump in phone call: “What would happen if I fired Sessions?”
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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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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Political Insider blog and The Week
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William Sullivan / American Thinker:
For leading Republicans today, the answer is almost certainly yes.
William D. Cohan / New York Times:
This Is Not the Mooch I Know — It's been a rough start for my friend Anthony Scaramucci as President Trump's surprise — and surprising — choice as the new White House communications director. That's too bad, because I would like nothing better than for him to succeed wildly in his new job.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Mueller is ‘anything but’ a Dem partisan
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Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
The White House's hypocritical attack on Robert Mueller's team
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CNN:
Videos suggest Russian government may be arming Taliban — Two videos obtained by CNN suggest the Taliban have received improved weaponry supplied by the Russian government — Russia's Foreign Ministry declined to comment but has previously called claims they are arming the Taliban “utterly false”
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The Week, Defense One and The Daily Caller
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A pro-Putin California congressman has been accused of violating US sanctions on Russia — A new complaint filed with the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control alleges that California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and his staff director, Paul Behrends, violated the Magnitsky Act when they tried …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Boos for Obama as Trump speaks at Boy Scout jamboree — The crowd attending President Trump's Monday evening speech to the Boy Scouts of America's National Jamboree appeared to boo former President Barack Obama — at one point. — “By the way, just a question. Did President Obama ever come to a jamboree?”
Health Affairs Blog:
Medicaid Expansion Reduced Unpaid Medical Debt And Increased Financial Satisfaction — As federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to repeal, and perhaps eventually replace, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is clear that Republican health care proposals would significantly scale …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
In 24 hours, the Senate will vote on a mystery health care bill
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