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10:00 AM ET, May 5, 2017

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Bloomberg:
Senate Moves Obamacare Repeal to Slow Lane After House Squeaker  —  Recent changes to House measure complicate path in Senate  —  Murkowski says she hopes Senate GOP starts with ‘clean slate’  —  Passage of the House's health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
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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.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Cheers a Big Victory.  But Has It Stirred a 'Hornet's Nest'?  —  WASHINGTON — No one knows better than House Democrats how a contentious health care vote can exact a steep political price — losing control of the House in the first midterm election of an untested new president's tenure for example.
Discussion: Political Wire, Daily Kos and The Week
New York Times:
In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill  —  It is a rare unifying moment.  Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the House on Thursday.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics  —  (CNN)When House Republicans secured their 216th “yes” on the American Health Care Act Thursday, Democrats immediately began taunting their across-the-aisle rivals.  —  “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,” Democrats sang at Republicans.
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
The Trumpcare Disaster  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans falsely accused Democrats of rushing the Affordable Care Act through Congress.  On Thursday, in a display of breathtaking hypocrisy, House Republicans — without holding any hearings or giving the Congressional Budget Office …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018  —  In a gamble that looks poised to shape the 2018 midterm landscape, the vast majority of House Republicans in districts that backed Democrats in any of the most recent presidential elections voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Thursday's nail-biting tally.
Discussion: The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Republicans just wave bye-bye to their House majority?
Discussion: Power Line
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Health Care Bill Could Be A Job-Killer For GOP Incumbents
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
A Few Grafs That Explain Why America Hates Vacuous Political Reporting
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they just passed
New York Times:
How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill
Robert King / Washington Examiner:   Paul Ryan ‘almost giddy’ in GOP rally before healthcare vote
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
These 24 Republicans Were Already Vulnerable—and Now They Just Voted to Repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
Elana Schor / Politico:
Red-state Dems pounce on Obamacare repeal bill
Discussion: Washington Post
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood defunded for one year under GOP health bill
Discussion: VTDigger
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine activists spark a state's worst measles outbreak in decades  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here.  Don't let your children get the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella — it causes autism, they said.
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl admits Fox News hired him to dig up dirt on women making sexual harassment claims  —  Federal investigators looking into sexual harassment settlements and alleged intimidation tactics at Fox News are eyeing mayoral hopeful Bo Dietl's work for the network, according to reports.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens  —  Federal investigators have interviewed network executives and on-air talent, asking about sexual-harassment settlements  —  Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry …
New York Times:
Fox News Besieged by New Bias Lawsuit and Federal Inquiry  —  New troubles for Fox News arose on Thursday as a lawsuit accused it of gender discrimination and one of the women who have accused Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment said she would appear before the British regulatory group …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
'The White House just couldn't let this go'  —  Donald Trump had had it.  —  The Obamacare repeal bill that the president had just boasted was on the cusp of passage was suddenly in trouble again, and the president demanded to talk to the influential congressman who dropped a bombshell hours earlier …
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New York Times:
In House Health Vote, Reince Priebus Sees a Much-Needed Reprieve
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
How the House got a health-care bill after Trump and Ryan stepped back
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Watch: Chris Collins admits he didn't read health care bill  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Collins told CNN that he didn't read the entire Republican health care bill that the House passed Thursday.  —  And then he told The Buffalo News that he was unaware of a key provision in the bill …
National Review:
A Half Measure on Religious Liberty  —  In response to the ongoing federal assault upon Americans' religious liberties, President Donald Trump has responded with an executive order that will entrust these liberties to the discretion of IRS agents.  —  Maybe this one needs a bit more thought.
Discussion: Vox and Washington Post
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
ACLU won't sue, says ‘religious freedom’ order was ‘elaborate photo-op’
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Islamic State magazine steers followers to U.S. gun shows for ‘easy’ access to weapons  —  In August, a former Islamic State recruit caused a stir when he described how the terrorist organization sought to exploit America's lax gun laws.  —  “They say the Americans are dumb …
Jasmin Fox-Skelly / BBC:
There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up  —  Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms  —  Throughout history, humans have existed side-by-side with bacteria and viruses.
Discussion: Axios
Reuters:
Exclusive: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities  —  The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: Pentagon investigation: US hit mosque complex in Syria  —  US denies airstrikes destroyed a mosque (March)  —  Washington (CNN)A US Central Command investigation found that a March US airstrike in northern Syria did in fact strike a building that was part of a “mosque complex,” two US defense officials told CNN Thursday.
Discussion: RT
 
 
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Marc Ramirez / Dallas Morning News:
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Video shows principal holding a student's head while he's shocked with a stun gun, attorney says
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
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Discussion: ABC News
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Intelligence Reports Raise Questions About Obama Administration Surveillance
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Hot Air
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
The mystery behind a Flynn associate's quiet work for the Trump campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
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