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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon — He started by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff. It escalated from there. — On Wednesday night, I received a phone call from Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's hardball tactics backfire as ‘skinny repeal’ goes down — THE BIG IDEA: President Trump's attacks on Republican senators are finally catching up with him, and Lisa Murkowski will not be bullied. — A last-ditch effort to keep the Obamacare repeal effort alive went …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump “loved” Scaramucci's quotes — but he hates being upstaged — Top Republicans tell us that yesterday may have been an inflection point in the West Wing meltdown — that if behavior like this continues, apparently sanctioned by the President, people will finally leave.
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
The Scaramucci Show: New Communications Director Unloads Nasty Attack on White House Colleagues to Opposition Party — Move over President Donald Trump. You are yesterday's news. It seems like this is now The Anthony Scaramucci Show. And Trump better get used to it.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
I do not know how to convey how appalling the GOP's health care process or policy is — There is something very wrong with the Republican Party right now. — I honestly don't know how to convey how appalling this process or legislation is. There is no analogue in modern politics.
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Fox News:
Anthony Scaramucci uses vulgar language to lash out at Priebus, make fun of Bannon in interview
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
White House tensions flare in the open as Scaramucci rips Priebus in vulgar tirade
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How Long Can the Trump Tumult Go On?
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
How McCain tanked Obamacare repeal — Paul Ryan couldn't persuade him. Neither could Mike Pence. And in the end, President Donald Trump couldn't reel in John McCain either. — The president made a last-ditch effort, calling the Arizona senator and key holdout on the GOP's Obamacare repeal measure …
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New York Times:
Senate Rejects Slimmed-Down Obamacare Repeal as McCain Votes No — WASHINGTON — The Senate in the early hours of Friday morning rejected a new, scaled-down Republican plan to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, derailing the Republicans' seven-year campaign to dismantle President Barack …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
The night John McCain killed the GOP's health-care fight — It was the most dramatic night in the United States Senate in recent history. Just ask the senators who witnessed it. — A seven-year quest to undo the Affordable Care Act collapsed — at least for now — as Sen. John McCain …
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON VOTING “NO” ON “SKINNY REPEAL” — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on voting “no” on the so-called “skinny repeal” of Obamacare: — “From the beginning, I have believed that Obamacare …
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Bloomberg:
Obamacare Repeal Collapses as Senate GOP Blocks Health Bill — McCain joins GOP holdouts to defeat ‘skinny’ repeal measure — Stripped-down bill was intended to start conference with House — A months-long effort by Senate Republicans to pass health legislation collapsed early Friday …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
‘Wait for the show’: High drama and low voices in a long, weird night at the Capitol. — Vice President Pence hurtled toward the Senate in his motorcade, the Republicans' health-care legislation hung in the balance, and — well, where was John McCain? — Journalists had fanned out around the Capitol …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
‘Skinny’ repeal isn't just a bad bill — it's an insult
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Senate ObamaCare repeal bill falls in shocking vote
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Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News:
Murkowski says she's not swayed by pressure from Trump administration over health vote
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
House weighs ‘martial law’ for Obamacare repeal
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Female senators are increasingly on receiving end of insults from male officials
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
GOP aides say “skinny repeal” could become law if it passes the Senate
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Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
Emerson Collective Acquires Majority Stake in The Atlantic — David G. Bradley, the chairman and owner of Atlantic Media, is announcing this morning that he is selling a majority stake in The Atlantic to Emerson Collective, an organization led by philanthropist and investor Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Cryptic calls, lip-reading and a thumbs-down: Behind McCain's dramatic vote — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — All of Thursday, the usually talkative senator had declined to show his cards to probing reporters — Washington (CNN)"Mr. McCain." — The clerk read the Arizona senator's surname in the microphone of the tense Senate chamber.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Did a 9-year-old called ‘Pickle’ really write that letter to Trump? Yep, he's real. — On Wednesday afternoon, while paddling through a week that began with press secretary Sean Spicer's resignation and was pockmarked by Donald Trump dogging his attorney general, the White House launched …
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Seizes 2 U.S. Properties and Orders Embassy to Cut Staff — MOSCOW — Russia seized two American diplomatic properties on Friday and ordered the United States Embassy in Moscow to reduce its staff by September, in the Kremlin's first retaliatory steps against proposed new American sanctions.
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Russia demands U.S. reduce diplomatic staff in new round of conflict over election hacking
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Senate sends Russia sanctions to Trump's desk — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The Senate on Thursday passed sweeping legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and rebuking President Donald Trump in a bill that now will head to the President's desk. — The bill, which gives Congress …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Congress sends Russia sanctions to Trump's desk, daring a veto
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CNN:
Scaramucci suggests Trump may veto bipartisan Russian sanctions
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USA Today:
Russia probe could reveal Trump's closest-held secrets — Since Election Day, President Trump's businesses have sold at least 30 luxury condos and oceanfront lots for about $33 million. That includes millions of dollars in properties to secretive shell companies, which can hide the identities …
John Solomon / The Hill:
Intelligence chairman accuses Obama aides of hundreds of unmasking requests — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing top political aides of President Obama of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports …
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New York Times:
In One Day, Trump Administration Lands 3 Punches Against Gay Rights — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration abruptly waded into the culture wars over gay rights this week, signaling in three separate actions that it will use the powers of the federal government to roll back civil rights for gay and transgender people.
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Scouting Wire:
From the Chief: Our Perspective on the Presidential Visit — In the last two weeks, we have celebrated the best of Scouting at our 20th National Jamboree with nearly 40,000 participants, volunteers, staff and visitors. The 2017 National Jamboree has showcased and furthered the Scouting mission …
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