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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel.  At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Struck the Final Blow Against the GOP Health-Care Plan  —  After weeks of negotiations, last week House Republicans reached a compromise that they said could finally allow them to repeal and replace Obamacare.  It involves letting states opt out of certain Obamacare provisions …
NBC News:
GOP Health Care Bill: A Running Count of Republicans Voting No on Round Three  —  House Republicans are ready for round three.  —  Feeling close to having enough support to pass its embattled health care bill, the party has revved up its whip operation in the hope of getting a vote on the amended plan this week.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trumpcare's long odds in the Senate, explained by a Republican senator
Discussion: Politico and Hit & Run
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Jimmy Kimmel's powerful, heartfelt Obamacare plea crystallizes the GOP's dilemma
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP suffers surprise defection on Obamacare repeal
New York Times:
Ivanka Trump's West Wing Agenda  —  A month before Donald J. Trump was elected president, he and his aides watched his daughter's coolly composed surface crack open.  —  Inside Trump Tower, the candidate was preparing for a debate when an aide rushed in with news that The Washington Post …
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Having Trouble Having It All? Ivanka Alone Can Fix It
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Ethics office says it wasn't consulted about Ivanka Trump job
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Adviser Jared Kushner Didn't Disclose Startup Stake  —  Investments show ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel as well as a number of loans  —  Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, didn't identify on his government financial disclosure form …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Report: Kushner didn't disclose investment in startup with Goldman Sachs, Soros links  —  Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner failed to disclose his stake in a real-estate startup with ties to Goldman Sachs and billionaire investor George Soros, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
Discussion: RedState
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's dizzying day of interviews  —  President Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War— which erupted 150 years ago over slavery — needed to happen.  He said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the violent North Korean dictator who is developing nuclear missiles and oppresses his people …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Historians see a dark underside to Trump's Civil War riff
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
One Move That Could Solve the GOP's Tax-Cut Math Problem (Maybe)  —  Some Republicans weigh 15-year, 20-year or 30-year budget window to let Congress pass longer temporary tax cut  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said he wants to cut taxes, big-league, and Republicans …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump: The US government needs a good ‘shutdown’ if Senate rules don't change
Seung Min Kim / Politico:   Dawdling Congress tests Trump's patience
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Colbert Demolishes Trump for Insulting ‘Face The Nation’ Host John Dickerson … President Donald Trump insulted Face The Nation host John Dickerson and Stephen Colbert is pissed.  —  As the Late Show host explained in his monologue on Monday, during his CBS colleague's Sunday morning interview …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Wilbur Ross Says Syria Missile Strike Was ‘After-Dinner Entertainment’ at Mar-a-Lago  —  Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the scene at Mar-a-Lago on April 6, when the summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was interrupted by the strike on Syria.
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Poll: Ossoff in dead heat with Handel in Georgia's 6th  —  An internal poll conducted for Democrat Jon Ossoff's campaign shows him locked in a dead heat with Republican Karen Handel in the June 20 runoff to represent Georgia's 6th District.  —  The poll was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider:
Jon Ossoff's campaign readies a $5.2M ad blitz
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park  —  BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Democrats confident they can block Trump's agenda after spending-bill win  —  Democrats believe they have set the stage to block President Trump's legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.
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Josh Magness / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
No money for Trump's wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill
Discussion: Power Line and The Last Tradition
Robert P. Jones / New York Times:
The Collapse of American Identity  —  After the British writer G. K. Chesterton visited the United States for the first time, he remarked that America was “a nation with the soul of a church.”  —  Mr. Chesterton wasn't referring to the nation's religiosity but to its formation around a set …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Embraces Another Despot
Discussion: Just Security and AOL
Dan Merica / CNN:
Pro-Trump farmers now worry he was serious about NAFTA repeal  —  Washington (CNN)Bob Hemseath, whose corn-farming business hinges on the whims of mother nature, is comfortable with uncertainty.  —  But as the fourth-generation farmer heads onto his northeast Iowa farm for the 2017 planting season …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
“If You Keep F**king With Mr. Trump We Know Where You Live” … When Donald Trump's  —  casino business went bankrupt in 2009, a lawyer whose clients stood to lose more than a billion dollars told police and the FBI that he got a menacing phone call from a man with a thick New York accent who threatened his family.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly will travel to Russia for Putin  —  MORE FROM: … Megyn Kelly is getting off to a great start at NBC.  Page Six has exclusively confirmed that she will travel to Russia next month to moderate a session with President Vladimir Putin at a key international conference.
Discussion: Mediaite and AOL
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Rep. Cummings busts Pence: “I warned the vice president directly” about Michael Flynn  —  Among the many scandals dogging Donald Trump's administration is the failure to properly vet disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who had ties to foreign governments and received payments …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Speculation is stirring about a Seth Moulton presidential bid  —  He has won praise from a neoconservative magazine editor, taken star turns on HBO and “This American Life,” and likened President Trump's political ascendance to that of Adolf Hitler's.  —  Just months into his second term …
Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Minnesota GOP, DFL rebuke racist Facebook post about Ellison  —  State Republican and DFL leaders condemned Facebook post, which was removed.  —  The Facebook page from Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District Republican Party on Monday night featured a post with racist …
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Were up to 58,000 citizens in Maricopa County denied right to vote?  —  Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes is spoiling for a fight over voter-registration procedures meant to keep undocumented immigrants from voting.  —  The newly elected Democrat says the restrictions may have denied …
Washington Times:
A pity party for the unloved press  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  There was a broken heart for every wine glass and beer bottle at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, where the White House Correspondents Association dined at their slimmed-down annual imitation of Hollywood glitz, grandeur and glamour.
 
 
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A Long, Long Look at Obama's Life, Mostly Before the White House
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Congress expected to reauthorize D.C. school vouchers in sweeping budget deal
Discussion: Business Insider
NBC News:
Michael Slager, Ex-Cop Who Shot Walter Scott, to Plead Guilty in Civil Rights Case
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Corker: 'We're not going to do a Russia sanctions bill'
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Northwestern journalism school lets accreditation lapse
USA Today:
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The Fight for Control of the Heritage Foundation
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David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
DNC argues in court: We don't owe anyone a fair primary process
Discussion: The New York Observer and Hot Air
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
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