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6:15 PM ET, June 26, 2017

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New York Times:
Senate Health Bill Would Leave 22 Million More Uninsured, C.B.O. Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026, a figure that is only slightly lower than the 23 million more uninsured …
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CBO's Publications:
H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would reduce federal deficits by $321 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to current law.
Ron Johnson / New York Times:
Where the Senate Health Care Bill Fails  —  Speaking at a rally for his wife's presidential campaign last year, Bill Clinton called Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world.”  As he put it, “The people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half.”
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
This chart shows the stunning trade-off at the heart of the GOP health plan
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dan Diamond / Politico:
CBO score sure to add to McConnell's headaches
Discussion: The Outline
The Hill:
Senate adds penalty for going uninsured to healthcare bill
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Deborah Kilroe / CBO's Publications:
CBO to release estimate for Senate health care plan Monday afternoon
Discussion: Politico and Shakesville
New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Travel Ban Case  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Trump to prohibit the entry of some people into the United States from countries he deems dangerous, but the justices imposed strict limits on Mr. Trump's travel ban …
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Mark Sherman / AP News:
Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version of its ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.
Discussion: Fusion and Shakesville
The White House:
Statement from President Donald J. Trump  —  Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security.  It allows the travel suspension for the six terror-prone countries and the refugee suspension to become largely effective.  —  As President, I cannot allow people …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump's travel ban to take effect and will consider case in fall  —  The Supreme Court agreed Monday to allow a limited version of President Trump's ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect and will consider in the fall …
Marty Lederman / Just Security:
It's All About that Stay (and Its Surprising Limits)
Discussion: The Atlantic, Mother Jones and Lawfare
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church-state decision
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court declares churches eligible for some public funds
Discussion: NPR, Washington Free Beacon and IJR
CNN:   Supreme Court rules for church preschool in religious liberty case
Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Allows Partial Implementation of Trump Travel Ban
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Slate
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle's $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals  —  When Seattle officials voted three years ago to incrementally boost the city's minimum wage up to $15 an hour, they'd hoped to improve the lives of low-income workers.  Yet according to a major new study …
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FiveThirtyEight:
Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike May Have Gone Too Far  —  As cities across the country pushed their minimum wages to untested heights in recent years, some economists began to ask: How high is too high?  —  Seattle, with its highest-in-the-country minimum wage, may have hit that limit.
Economic Policy Institute:
The “high road” Seattle labor market and the effects of the minimum wage increase: Data limitations and methodological problems bias new analysis of Seattle's minimum wage increase  —  Summary  —  A team of researchers at the University of Washington has released an analysis of the economic impacts …
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Huckabee: Senate GOP ‘on the pathway to making some major blunders’ with healthcare bill  —  Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) on Monday questioned the healthcare bill unveiled by Senate Republicans, saying GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber appear to be “on the pathway to making some major blunders” with the measure.
Discussion: RedState and Fox Business
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
American Medical Association: ObamaCare repeal violates ‘do no harm’ rule
Simone Campbell / The Hill:
Catholic Sister: Time for moral leadership on Medicaid from so-called ‘pro-life’ Senate Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
6 Nobel Prize-winning economists announce opposition to Senate health bill  —  Forty economists, including six Nobel laureates, sent a letter Monday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) outlining their opposition to the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest bizarre tweets about Russia just left him badly exposed  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  In recent days, President Trump has adopted a fiendishly clever new line on the ongoing Russia probes: He will fully acknowledge that Russia did try to sabotage our election …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump believes Russia ‘probably’ behind election hacking
Discussion: ABC News
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI has questioned Trump campaign adviser Carter Page at length in Russia probe  —  FBI agents have repeatedly questioned former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page about his contacts with Russians and his interactions with the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
THIS CHART: Premiums Shoot Up For Older Americans Under Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill  —  The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a progressive think tank, on Monday released an analysis of the effects of Senate Republicans' Obamacare repeal bill on health care premiums.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Why Dems can't break through on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: ABC News and AOL
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Audiences of Broadway's graphic portrayal of ‘1984’ faint and vomit  —  A night at the theater generally involves dressing to the nines, perhaps dinner beforehand at a nearby restaurant and finally the play.  Fainting, vomiting, screaming and fighting are not typically part of the experience.
Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Amazon's New Echo Show Is Very Cool And A Little Creepy  —  I plod into the kitchen on a Sunday morning and tell the new Alexa to turn on CNN.  Its screen lights up, and it shows a video about Russia as I microwave bacon and worry if there will be a nuclear war.
 
 
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Reuters:
Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
New Orleans mayor fights back against Trump's agenda
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
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Discussion: The Week
Joe Otterson / Variety:
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Discussion: Breitbart, IJR, AOL and The Daily Caller
Alanne Orjoux / CNN:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Outline
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Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
‘Give Me a Chance,’ Trump Associate-Turned-Housing-Official Says
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obama holdover: Trump style ‘quicker, more decisive’
Discussion: IJR
Bloomberg:
Amazon Robots Poised to Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses
Discussion: Daily Mail
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Very Fake News Scandal Consumes CNN as Jeff Zucker, Network Flack Refuse to Comment on Russia Retraction to Own Network
Discussion: MILO NEWS and The Last Tradition
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The National Enquirer's Fervor for Trump
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Support for Same-Sex Marriage Grows, Even Among Groups That Had Been Skeptical
Discussion: Hit & Run, NPR and IJR