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2:50 PM ET, July 13, 2017

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Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)With the prospects for passing the current Senate Republican health care bill still in jeopardy, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana …
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Doctors make last-ditch effort to sink GOP health-care bill  —  THE PROGNOSIS  —  Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attends a new conference following party policy lunch meeting.  (REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX)  —  It's looking increasingly …
Discussion: Vox, The Guardian, IJR and Mother Jones
Haley Byrd / IJR:
Senate Republicans are Considering Alternative Scoring for Cruz Amendment Instead of Waiting for CBO  —  Republicans are considering using alternative scoring methods for a version of Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) Consumer Freedom Option in order to proceed with their health care push next week rather …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Leaked outline shows Senate bill will allow bare-bones health plans  —  It will also keep some — but not all — of the Affordable Care Act taxes on the rich.  —  The Senate Republicans' revised health care bill will keep Obamacare's taxes on high-income Americans in place and allow the sales …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Draft GOP health bill will include Cruz provision  —  A controversial idea championed by Sen. Ted Cruz will be included in today's draft of the GOP health care bill, according to three sources familiar with the bill.  It's similar to the provision Cruz worked on with Sen. Mike Lee …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Republican Senators Left Exposed in Health Care Ad Wars
Discussion: Reuters and New York Times
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
TEXT: Cruz amendment would allow insurers to escape these nine Obamacare regulations
Discussion: Vox and ACASignups.net
Axios:
The new things in the Senate health bill
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and Forbes
David Nather / Axios:
Lindsey Graham's health care idea: Turn it over to the states
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Highlights of Reuters interview with Trump  —  7 MIN READ  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are highlights of the Reuters Oval Office interview with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday.  —  ON WHETHER HE WAS AWARE HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR. WAS MEETING WITH A RUSSIAN LAWYER  —  “No. That I didn't know.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Dark cloud hangs over Trump's visit to City of Lights  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — Bonjour!  President Trump is in Paris today and Friday at the invitation of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for the Bastille Day celebrations and to hold a one-on-one meeting.
Rusty Surette / KBTX-TV:
Rep. Flores says President Trump's children should be removed from White House  —  A Republican U.S. Representative from the Brazos Valley believes the President's children should be removed from the White House.  —  Rep. Bill Flores, District 17, made the remarks on Wednesday …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Roger Stone dismisses ‘desperate’ lawsuit alleging he and Trump campaign conspired with Russia over emails
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:   This Time We Liberals Have Totally Got Trump. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Mark Katkov / NPR:
Justice Department Releases Sessions' Disclosure Form, A Day Late  —  Updated 11 a.m.  —  A day late, the Justice Department complied this morning with a federal court order and released part of a security clearance form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with foreign governments.
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The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team  —  The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump  —  's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Ordered by court to disclose his Russia contacts, Sessions releases blank sheet of paper  —  What's he hiding?  —  In response to a court order directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to disclose the part of his security clearance form detailing his Russia contacts, the Department of Justice released a mostly blank page of paper.
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Why Did Loretta Lynch Grant Trump Jr's Russian Lawyer A Special Visa To Enter America?
Discussion: The Rush Limbaugh Show and IJR
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Leaked Documents Suggest Secretive Billionaire Trump Donors Are Milo's Patrons  —  The Mercer family helped Donald Trump become President — and they appear to be funding the controversial Yiannopoulos.  —  Secretive hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his family launched themselves …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Sheldon Silver's Conviction Is Overturned  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the 2015 corruption conviction of Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly speaker who obtained nearly $4 million in illicit payments in return for taking official actions that benefited others …
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began  —  It isn't clear whether Mr. Trump's associates had any connection to his presidential aspirations  —  WASHINGTON—Investigators are re-examining conversations detected by U.S. intelligence agencies in spring 2015 …
CBO's Publications:
An Analysis of the President's 2018 Budget  —  Under the President's proposals, budget deficits from 2018 through 2027 would total nearly one-third less than those in CBO's baseline projections, ranging between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent of GDP, down from 3.6 percent in 2017.
Patrick Wilson / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Corey Stewart to announce run Thursday for Tim Kaine's Senate seat  —  Receive daily news emails sent directly to your email inbox  —  A month after nearly toppling Ed Gillespie in the GOP race for governor with a campaign centered on the Confederate flag and restricting immigration …
U.S. Department of Justice:
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible for $1.3 Billion in Fraud Losses  —  Largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's favorite new TV defender: Sebastian Gorka  —  In the more establishment-aligned parts of the White House, Sebastian Gorka is a figure of ridicule, with some staff believing he's an embarrassment when he represents the administration on TV.  —  But to Trump's nationalist base …
Kirk Pinho / Crain's Detroit Business:
Kid Rock trademark points to new restaurant  —  Macomb County-born rock star Kid Rock has filed for a trademark for what appears to be a new restaurant.  —  The 46-year-old musician, whose name is Robert Ritchie, is opening the nearly-complete Little Caesars Arena in September with six shows …
 
 
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Robert Barber / LA CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA:
Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism in the USA: A surprising ecumenism
Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
After years of battle, de Blasio and charters weigh a truce
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
Liz Farmer / Dallas Morning News:
Activists say Arlington police promised to drop charges against teens if mom gave up video
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jake Bleiberg / Bangor Daily News:
Maine state rep suggests in Facebook rant he would harm Trump
CBS News:
White House opioid commission to miss deadline for second time
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Airbnb host who canceled reservation using racist comment must pay $5,000
Discussion: Raw Story, Gizmodo and The Verge
 Earlier Items: 
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Chuck Todd: “every man and woman for themselves” in Trumpland
Craig Unger / New Republic:
Trump's Russian Laundromat
Discussion: Scripting News
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
‘He is a monkey’: Federal appeals court appears doubtful that a monkey who took a selfie can sue
Mick Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Introducing MAGAnomics  —  The Trump agenda for achieving 3% economic growth.
Discussion: Vox and Business Insider