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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Spicer searching for candidates to take over White House briefing  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer is leading a search for his own replacement on the briefing room podium as part of a larger plan to shake up the White House communications operation, according to two people with knowledge of the effort.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
In Trump's Washington, public business increasingly handled behind closed doors  —  The Senate bill to scale back the health-care law known as Obamacare is being written in secret by a single senator, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and a clutch of his senior aides.
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
What Will It Take to Dump Trump?  —  President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.  —  This article originally appeared at The American Prospect.  Subscribe here.  —  The general assumption in Washington has been that only one of two things could cause …
Discussion: HuffPost
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Expanded role for Spicer, oversee all Trump communications operations
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
VIDEO: It Took Two Hours To Walk From Jon Ossoff's House to Georgia's Sixth District  —  Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff can't vote for himself on Tuesday because he doesn't live in the congressional district that he is running to represent.  —  Ossoff has downplayed his inability to vote for himself …
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Paola Chavez / ABC News:
The Note: Dem win in Georgia would be Trump's first big loss  —  WHAT TO KNOW TODAY  — Sprinting to the finish: House seats are at stake today in Georgia and South Carolina, with Georgia the main event.  Polls are open in both races from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET.
Discussion: AOL, Daily Wire and Associated Press
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's agenda on the line in a hard-fought Georgia House race  —  SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — President Trump faces a high-stakes political test Tuesday in a special congressional election that has turned into a referendum on his leadership and could have significant consequences for his stalled agenda on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: The Week and FiveThirtyEight
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Can the New Activist Passion of Suburban White Women Change American Politics?
Discussion: The Intercept
Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
Georgia special election tweets traced to one source
Discussion: Vox and ABC News
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The 15 Best-Educated Districts in the U.S., and Why It Matters in the Georgia Race
Wall Street Journal:
Senate GOP Plans Health-Care Vote Next Week  —  Senate GOP leaders are planning to vote next week on legislation to repeal large chunks of the Affordable Care Act, even though they don't yet appear to have secured enough support to pass it.
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Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
The Not-So-Secret Truth About the Senate GOP's Secret Health Care Bill  —  The details matter.  But at its core, it's still a massive tax cut paid for by depriving millions of health care.  —  Senate Republicans are hurling themselves toward passing an incredibly unpopular set …
CBS News:
Poll: Americans say U.S. political debate is increasingly uncivil  —  Members of Congress are getting positive ratings for the way they responded to the shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, last week.  President Trump gets slightly lower — though still net positive — evaluations for his response …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Wire and Political Wire
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CBS News:
Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings  —  President Trump's job approval rating has dipped in recent weeks, pushed down by negative reaction to his handling of the Russia investigations, and he's seen some slippage among Republicans as well.
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Tour group says no more Americans to North Korea after Warmbier's death  —  The travel company that took University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier to North Korea said Monday that it is wrangling with the 22-year-old's death and will no longer take Americans to North Korea.
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Diamond Naga Siu / Politico:
Otto Warmbier dies days after being released by North Korea
Discussion: Axios
WTTG-TV:
Man charged with murder of Muslim teen; road rage appears to have led to killing, police say  —  Authorities: Teen slain after leaving mosque, man arrested  —  Police charge man with murder in death of missing teen  —  HERNDON, Va. - A man has been charged with murder after police …
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Zachary Hansen / USA Today:
It's so hot in Phoenix, they can't fly planes … PHOENIX — The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday has caused the cancellation of 20 American Airlines flights out of Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  According to a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use …
Discussion: The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Democrats just got some very good news from the Supreme Court on gerrymandering  —  The Supreme Court just made a major decision without actually issuing a decision.  On Monday morning, the justices announced that they would take up a case out of Wisconsin that could result in a ruling …
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Health care bill deadline looms while senators on both sides wait to see draft  —  While Senate Republican leaders say they plan to vote on their health care bill by the end of the month, their rank-and-file members still have deep divisions over major parts of the legislation — and virtually none of them have seen a draft of the bill.
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Associated Press:
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Secrecy in lawmaking hardly new
Discussion: Politico
Jeff Stein / Newsweek:
MICHAEL FLYNN, RUSSIA AND A GRAND SCHEME TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE ARAB WORLD  —  SPYTALK MICHAEL FLYNN RUSSIA SAUDI ARABIA  —  In 2015 and 2016, according to his filing, Flynn was an adviser to X-Co Dynamics Inc./Iron Bridge Group, which at first glance looks …
Ali H. Soufan / New York Times:
Can You Kill the Islamic State?  —  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed caliph of the self-described Islamic State, might have been killed.  Again.  —  In announcing last week the airstrike that may have felled the Islamic State's leader, Russia wisely hedged its bets.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Get Carried Away  —  I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal.  We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
George W. Bush and Barack Obama Both Popular in Retirement  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President George W. Bush's national image continues to improve in his retirement, with his favorable rating rising seven percentage points over the past year to 59%.  This continues the fairly steady improvement …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Politico
Emily Weaver / myrtlebeachonline:
Three shootings in 8 hours.  Eight wounded.  Some tourists say they won't be back.  —  “Multiple people down!”  Bubba Hinson exclaimed as he live-streamed a video of what started as a mob stalling traffic, but turned into a mass shooting on Ocean Boulevard early Sunday morning.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Black Monday for the Climatistas  —  Most climatistas are going to call today “Black Monday,” because today has dealt a double-whammy of what Al Gore would call inconvenient news.  —  • First, an article out today in Nature Geoscience ponders the problem of why observed temperatures …
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Administration Has A New Plan For Dealing With Russia  —  A classified document by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lays out a new path for Russia and the US.  But does the president, weighed down by scandal and investigation, support it?  —  As the White House fends off accusations …
Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Why Bernie Sanders Shouldn't Run for President Again  —  If his movement is to survive, it will need a new generation of leaders.  —  “That man is like superhuman,” Joy Manbeck told The New York Times at the annual People's Summit in Chicago earlier this month.  “He still plays basketball.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Is North Carolina the Future of American Politics?
Breitbart:
Kidnapped Border Patrol Agent Was Hacked with Machete, Suspects Caught
Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Highland Park man's home doubled as an unlicensed day care center and cocaine den
Discussion: KTLA
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
EU army inevitable, says senior German official
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RT
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Dallas Schools, Long Segregated, Charge Forward on Diversity
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Senators ask administration to probe possible Russian takeover of Citgo
New York Times:
A Top Presidential Public Defender Was Also a Twitter Critic
Discussion: Bipartisan Report
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Let's Consider Secession
New York Daily News:
Man stabbed to death after threesome turns fatal in Brooklyn apartment building
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
Megyn Kelly's Alex Jones interview got lots of attention, but not many viewers
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