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8:20 PM ET, September 22, 2017

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mccain.senate.gov:
SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON HEALTH CARE REFORM  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on health care reform:  —  “As I have repeatedly stressed, health care reform legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the Senate.
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Joe Lawlorstaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Collins says she's leaning ‘no’ on Graham-Cassidy health care bill  —  The Republican from Maine listed serious deficiences in her party's latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.  —  U.S. Sen. Susan Collins all but said she would vote “no” on an Affordable Care Act repeal bill …
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How will the Graham-Cassidy proposal affect the number of people with health insurance coverage?  —  Editor's Note: … On September 13, Senators Graham and Cassidy, together with two other Republican colleagues, introduced legislation that would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Cassidy-Graham bill probably won't become law.  And more than half of America is good with that.  —  Republicans' last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare was always a moonshot.  —  A bill proposed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) looks like it doesn't have enough support …
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Trump publicly backs healthcare effort, privately harbors doubts  —  While the president appears all in some in the White House wonder about Graham-Cassidy's contents and its chances.  —  In public, President Donald Trump is all-in on the Senate's final chance to repeal Obamacare.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Behind New Obamacare Repeal Vote: ‘Furious’ G.O.P. Donors
Discussion: Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain to vote no on ObamaCare repeal
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Shivving Repeal, McCain Tells Congress To Return To Bipartisan Obamacare Fix
Lauren Fox / CNN:
John McCain won't back Graham-Cassidy bill, likely ending GOP health care push
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
DHS tells 21 states they were Russia hacking targets before 2016 election  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified 21 states Friday that Russia attempted to hack their election systems before the 2016 election.  —  In the majority of the states, the Department of Homeland Security …
Discussion: Political Wire
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USA Today:
Russians tried to hack election systems of 21 states in 2016, Wisconsin officials say
Discussion: Daily Kos
Wisconsin Elections Commission:
Wisconsin Notified of Unsuccessful Russian Hacking Attempt
Discussion: IJR
Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Russian hackers tried to access Washington state's voting systems, officials say
Discussion: Raw Story
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Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
How Tom Price decided chartered, private jets were a good use of taxpayer money  —  After Tom Price was sworn in as health and human services secretary, the Georgia Republican faced an inconvenience known to millions of Americans: His flight was delayed, an aide said, and he was forced to spend hours at an airport.
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Inspector general to investigate Price's travel on private charter planes
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea's leader personally before his fiery U.N. address  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called President Trump “mentally deranged” and said Trump will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea.  (STR / AFP/Getty Images)
Discussion: Mediaite
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Kim Jong Un Calls President Trump ‘Dotard’ and ‘Frightened Dog’
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Funds Donald Trump's Defense in Russia Probe With Help From a Handful of Wealthy People  —  Payment arrangement is legal, but ethics experts warn that reliance on party and campaign accounts could raise thorny political issues  —  President Donald Trump's attorneys in the probe …
CNN:
The former FBI director spoke at Howard University.  It did not go well.  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Students at Howard University loudly protested former FBI Director James Comey Friday as he delivered a convocation address.  —  As Comey, making a rare public appearance since leaving …
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CNN:
CNN poll: 54% say Russia-backed content on social media moved 2016 election  —  Facebook to hand over Russian ads to Congress  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Poll finds nearly 70-point gap in partisan views on the influence of Russia-backed social media content
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump says this is all a hoax. Mueller, Congress and Facebook disagree.
Bob Grip / WALA-TV:
Roy Moore leads Luther Strange in FOX10 News poll  —  If the Alabama GOP Senate runoff election were held today, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore would defeat incumbent Senator Luther Strange, according to an exclusive, FOX10 News/Strategy Research statewide poll, conducted Wednesday.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Ben Carson breaks with Trump, endorses Roy Moore in Alabama Senate nomination race
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Finalizes New Restrictions to Replace Travel Ban  —  Targeted rules would affect about eight or nine countries, vary based on factors including cooperation with U.S. mandates  —  The Trump administration is preparing to replace its controversial travel ban …
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Oliver Laughland / The Guardian:
Donald Trump poised to expand travel ban as review period expires on Sunday
Discussion: Religion News Service and Axios
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans to Murkowski: Nice State You Have There.  Shame If Something Should Happen to It.  —  Wall Street Journal writer Kimberley Strassel's column typically channels talking points from congressional Republicans, and today's effort is dedicated to putting the squeeze on Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski.
ED News:
Department of Education Issues New Interim Guidance on Campus Sexual Misconduct  —  New Q&A will serve as interim guide until the conclusion of notice and comment rulemaking  —  Widely criticized 2011, 2014 guidance also withdrawn  —  Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sebastian Gorka Gave A Classified “Tirade” About Radical Islam  —  The former Trump aide delivered a two-and-a-half-hour speech to students at a US Army elite special operations center, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show.  People who were there said it was a fiery speech …
Discussion: Newsweek, New York Magazine and Axios
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Bill Clinton's first novel to become a Showtime TV series in major deal  —  Clinton and James Patterson's upcoming thriller, The President Is Missing, getting series treatment  —  Bill Clinton has landed a major TV series deal.  —  The former president and bestselling author James Patterson …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump aides begin looking for the exits  —  A fast-growing number of White House staffers are starting to look for the exits, even though the one-year mark of President Donald Trump's first term is still months away.  —  Many who joined the administration in January did so with the explicit idea …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump is ‘prepping his base’ for a constitutional crisis to stop the Russia probe: Dem lawmaker  —  President Donald Trump is preparing his base for the constitutional crisis he'll trigger by firing special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a congressional investigator.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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