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6:15 PM ET, May 4, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Little-Noted Provision of GOP Health Bill Could Alter Employer Plans  —  Many people who obtain health insurance through their employers could be at risk of losing protections that limit out-of-pocket costs due to a provision proposed in the House Republican health-care bill.
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate won't vote on House-passed healthcare bill  —  Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead.  —  A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group.
New York Times:
How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill  —  The House passed a health care bill on Thursday that would repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act.  Read our story |  Sign up for the Morning Briefing
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions: Analysis  —  The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare does not allocate nearly enough money to protect people with pre-existing health conditions from potentially higher insurance premiums, an analysis finds.
Sarah Spellings / New York Magazine:
In Trump's America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition  —  An amendment in the GOP health-care-reform bill will allow states to deny coverage for preexisting conditions, including sexual assault.  —  Pre-Obamacare rape survivors who sought treatment for their injuries could be denied health care later on.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed  —  Republicans are excited about repealing Obamacare.  They are not as excited about their legislation that will do it.  —  The House passed the American Health Care Act on Thursday afternoon by a razor-thin margin …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House Republicans narrowly pass controversial bill to overhaul the health-care system, claiming fulfillment of a major campaign promise  —  House Republicans narrowly passed a controversial bill to revise Affordable Care Act, claiming fulfillment of a major campaign promise but sending …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Health care hot potato  —  Republicans don't want the AHCA to pass.  But none of them want to be the cause of its failure.  —  The American Health Care Act has resumed its zombie shuffle forward.  No one — including House leadership — knows for sure whether the bill has the votes.
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps
Discussion: HuffPost
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Here are the 20 Republicans who rejected ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
Senate GOP to Snub House Obamacare Repeal Bill and Write Its Own
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
House GOP Just Voted to Slash Medicaid — Which Pays for 60 Percent of People in Nursing Homes
Discussion: Boing Boing
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House approves Obamacare repeal bill
CNBC:
Republican Obamacare replacement bill passes House
Discussion: Geller Report and Refinery29
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
The GOP is voting to undo Obamacare without knowing how many people would lose health insurance
Discussion: Vox, Mashable and The Hill
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched  —  After years of rumors, gossip, and intrigue, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal their engagement, how it all went down, and the unlikely guy (Donald Trump) who asked to oversee their vows.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged  —  MORE FROM: … The first couple of cable news Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged to be married, sources have exclusively confirmed to Page Six.  —  The MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts got engaged this past weekend during …
Bloomberg:
National Front Leaders Start to Acknowledge That Le Pen May Lose  —  Candidate's niece says 40% score would be ‘enormous victory’  —  Front's Marine Le Pen emerged as loser of televised debate  —  National Front leaders are beginning to acknowledge that Marine Le Pen may be headed for defeat …
Discussion: Axios
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Elex Michaelson / abc7.com:
SoCal family thrown off overbooked Delta flight over child's seating … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 1952588" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  A Southern California family says they were kicked off an overbooked Delta airplane …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to launch political group as soon as next week  —  Six months after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton is ready to wade back into politics.  —  The former secretary of state is building a new political group to fund organizations working on the resistance …
Discussion: Political Wire, Mediaite and The Week
USA Today:
Religious conservatives mixed on Trump's order targeting birth control, church involvement in politics  —  WASHINGTON - Before a crowd of priests, nuns, and faith leaders, President Trump promised the executive order he signed Thursday would take “historic steps to protect religious liberty” in the United States.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump has a dangerous disability  —  It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump's inability to do either.  This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability.  It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft …
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and AOL
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Trump Deletes Tweet Saying It Was ‘An Honor’ to Meet With Abbas  —  The tweet, posted on the president's personal account shortly after the White House meeting, was deleted after it has been shared by thousands  —  A tweet posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's personal account on Wednesday saying it was …
Discussion: IJR and The White House
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Will Never Stop Being Alex Jones … AUSTIN —  It was the winter of 1997 and Alex Jones couldn't stop getting punched in the face.  —  Out on the cracked asphalt of Austin Public Access Television's parking lot, under the sprawling Texas live oaks, Jones was very much losing …
Amanda Knox / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Amanda Knox: Donald Trump supported me when I was wrongly accused of murder.  What do I owe him?  —  Amanda Knox cries following the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, on Oct. 3, 2011.
Craig Giammona / Bloomberg:
Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American Groceries  —  These five forces are going to shake up the American supermarket.  —  The American grocery store has so far been mostly immune to the ravages of online shopping and the all around apocalyptic outlook facing the nation's retailers.
Discussion: Instapundit
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“Hey Hey Goodbye” … This is both an homage and a literal repetition of what Republicans did when the Clinton tax bill passed in the House in 1993.  Same singing, same song.  The bill paved the way for budget balancing over the course of the decade and (more arguably) played a role in creating the prosperity of that decade.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Lewandowski Exits Lobby Firm Amid Reports of Foreign Clients
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CNN:
Trump Army pick blasted Obama in 2013 for supporting ‘transvestites in uniform’
Discussion: Just Security
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warns of Russian ‘Checkmate’ in Arctic
Lisa Mayoh / Kidspot:
Couples are turning extra IVF embryos into jewellery
CNBC:
Oil prices plunge 4% below $46 a barrel, dropping to a five-month low
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Ivanka to meet EPA head before crucial Paris climate meeting
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
4 GOP senators demand to keep Obamacare Medicaid expansion
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