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4:15 AM ET, September 21, 2017

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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Sen. Graham implores colleague to vote for GOP health bill  —  https://apnews.com/a017d33b2344493e8098 d47ed2ceb087  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an overheard phone call Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham leaned on a fellow senator to back his GOP health care bill despite “all its imperfections.”
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Chuck Grassley: Fulfilling campaign promise just as important as ‘substance’ of health bill  —  Republican Senators have taken up another bill to repeal Obamacare.  Here's what's in the legislation.  USA TODAY  —  CONNECT  —  Despite many evident shortcomings in a bill to repeal …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How the ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ became the health care fight's measuring stick  —  Washington (CNN)In a nearly seven-minute monologue on his show last night, Jimmy Kimmel delivered an impassioned call for Congress to reject the latest Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Cassidy is selling his health plan with misleading numbers
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate girds for final Obamacare repeal vote
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Graham-Cassidy could turn a red electoral map blue.
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Sen. Rand Paul / National Review:
Another Chance on Health Care
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Avik Roy / Washington Post:
Cassidy-Graham is attractive in theory. But it has a giant flaw.
Discussion: Forbes
Washington Post:
Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign  —  FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as Rick Gates listens at back left.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents Related to Trump's Actions as President  —  Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, is interested in Mr. Trump's firing of his F.B.I. director and national security adviser and other events.  —  September 20, 2017  —  Republican Leaders Defy Bipartisan Opposition to Health Law Repeal
Washington Post:
Mueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump White House
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
LEAKED: Watch MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's Unhinged Outtakes...for Eight Crazy Minutes (UPDATE)  —  Lawrence O'Donnell had a really bad night on August 29, 2017.  —  We draw that conclusion based on the above clip obtained by Mediaite, showing behind the scenes footage of a furious O'Donnell absolutely …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bill O'Reilly and Lawrence O'Donnell: Together at Last
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
Trump Leaning Toward Decertifying Iran Nuclear Deal, Say Sources  —  President Donald Trump is leaning toward decertifying the Iran nuclear deal and putting the decision of whether the United States withdraw from the accord in the hands of Congress, according to four sources …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tillerson, Haley Clash Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Discussion: Bloomberg, RedState and IJR
NBC News:
All Power Out as Hurricane Maria's Winds, Floods Crush Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria is likely to have “destroyed” Puerto Rico, the island's emergency director said Wednesday after the monster storm smashed ripped roofs off buildings and flooded homes across the economically strained U.S. territory.
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CNN:
Dominica knocked to its knees by Hurricane Maria's might
Discussion: The Guardian
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
It looks like Obama did spy on Trump, just as he apparently did to me  —  BY SHARYL ATTKISSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/20/17 08:30 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Many in the media are diving deeply into minutiae in order to discredit …
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Wall Street Journal:
All Mr. Comey's Wiretaps  —  Congress needs to learn …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth  —  And it's a feature, not a bug.  —  Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice.
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Strange Authenticity of Hillary Clinton  —  By now, you know the news nuggets from Hillary Clinton's new campaign memoir, What Happened.  You know that she blames herself for the most shocking upset in American political history, while indicting (in varying degrees of anger and exasperation) …
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New York Times:
Manafort Working on Kurdish Referendum Opposed by U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul J. Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump who is at the center of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, is working for allies of the leader of Iraq's Kurdish region …
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Black employees of BLT Prime, in Trump International Hotel, allege racial discrimination  —  Dominique Hill and Irving Smith Jr. had good jobs.  —  Last year, Hill worked as a bartender at P.F. Chang's in Tysons Corner and Smith had recently been promoted to bartender at Wildfire grill, also in Tysons.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Preet Bharara joins CNN as senior legal analyst  —  Preet Bharara, whom President Donald Trump fired as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is joining CNN as a Senior Legal Analyst, POLITICO has learned.  —  Bharara was known for his media savvy on the job in Manhattan …
Bret Baier / Fox News:
Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans on almost daily basis, sources say  —  Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was ‘unmasking’ at such a rapid pace in the final months of the Obama administration that she averaged more than one request for every working day in 2016 …
Ryan Dailey / Tallahassee Democrat:
Parents divided in opinion after gender neutral teacher sends home note with 5th graders  —  A new fifth grade teacher at Canopy Oaks Elementary is asking students to use gender-neutral pronouns in the classroom.  —  Math and science teacher Chloe Bressack sent the request home in a letter to parents headlined “About Mx.
The Daily Beast:
Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Pro-Trump ‘Flash Mobs’ in Florida … Suspected Russia propagandists on Facebook tried to organize more than a dozen pro-Trump rallies in Florida during last year's election, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  The demonstrations—at least …
 
 
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In sign of U.S. economy's strength, Fed to start reducing $4.5 trillion balance sheet
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James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County probation officer accused of sex abuse pleads guilty to assaulting girls at juvenile hall
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Joe Ryan / Bloomberg:
Nicaragua Joins Paris Accord, Leaving Trump Alone With Syria
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Governor Justice, now Republican, tells Republicans he supports Manchin's Senate bid
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