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Lewandowski: The President Is Going To Close The Deal On O'care Repeal Today — President Donald Trump's former campaign manager thinks the President will probably “close the deal today” on an Obamacare repeal bill because Trump is “a great dealmaker.” — Appearing on “Fox and Friends” …
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Al Gore Calls For Single-Payer Health Care — The former vice president blamed the “morass” surrounding Obamacare passage in 2009 for tanking a cap-and-trade bill that would have curbed pollution. — NEW YORK Al Gore called for single-payer health care on Tuesday, one day after a revolt …
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The ObamaCare Republicans — Voters may repeal and replace the Senators who broke their promise. — The Editorial Board — Senate Republicans killed their own health-care bill on Monday evening, and some are quietly expressing relief: The nightmare of a hard decision is finally over …
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New York Times


Trump calls on Senate to end filibuster after healthcare defeat — President Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to end the legislative filibuster after the collapse of the Republican healthcare plan. — “The Senate must go to a 51 vote majority instead of current 60 votes.
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Trump calls Mike Lee in attempt to revive Senate healthcare bill
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Health care collapse a blow to McConnell
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The Note: Undisclosed Trump-Putin meeting is latest firestorm
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Axios


GOP Lawmaker Got Direction From Moscow, Took It Back to D.C. … Members of the team of Russians who secured a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner also attempted to stage a show trial of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder on Capitol Hill.
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Inside Trump Family's Turmoil Amid Russia Scandal: Don Jr. Is ‘Miserable’ and Wants ‘These Four Years to Be Over’ — Donald Trump taught his children to fight dirty and win, no matter the cost. Subscribe now for a look at how the ruthless family culture has shaped Don Jr., his siblings, and the Presidency - only in PEOPLE.
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Report: Donald Trump Jr. ‘miserable’ — Jr. is reportedly “miserable” and can't wait for the next four years to end. — A friend of President Trump's sons told People that Trump Jr. and Eric Trump “never wanted this.” — “Don can't do any deals, because he'll be overly scrutinized.
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Joe.My.God.

Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. says ready to testify to Congress
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Politico, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller


A midterm preference for Democrats, but without anti-Trump motivation (POLL) — A majority of Americans prefer to see the next Congress controlled by the Democrats to counter President Donald Trump rather than the Republicans to support him — but without the level of anti-Trump motivation the opposition party may be banking on.
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The Week
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Poll: Voters Cool on Trump-Russia Meeting, but Resist Impeachment Calls
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The Daily Caller and Business Insider

ANOTHER pivot: tax reform and infrastructure, but Trump needs to BEWARE …
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Talking Points Memo


Trump can't make a health care deal because he doesn't understand health care — Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result. — The blame in the Senate's health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and understandably so …
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How the Senate Health Care Bill Failed: G.O.P. Divisions and a Fed-Up President — WASHINGTON — President Trump was fed up with the grind of health care legislation, and at a dinner with Republican senators on Monday at the White House, he let them know it.
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Trump: Voter fraud panel will find ‘full truth’ — President Trump warned of the dangers of voter fraud Wednesday, as he kicked off the first meeting of his voter fraud commission that has so far been mired in controversy. — Speaking to his Commission on Election Integrity …
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RedState
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Trump stokes voter fraud fears as commission convenes
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USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog says — The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office …
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Trump and Putin Held a Second, Undisclosed, Private Meeting — WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that President Trump had a second, previously undisclosed, private conversation with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this month, raising new questions about their relationship …
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Trump had undisclosed hour-long meeting with Putin at G-20 summit
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The President's Base vs. the Republican Party — Trump voters care more about having a leader who understands them than about quick policy wins. — The GOP's inability to scrap ObamaCare this week means, among other things, that President Trump will end his first six months in office without a major legislative accomplishment.
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Trump's Supporters Have His Back, Poll Finds
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Arizona Senate candidate under attack for being Muslim — Laurie Roberts: Responses to Deedra Abboud's Facebook posts have ranged from disturbing to just plain scary. — CONNECT — She's the other challenger to Sen. Jeff Flake. — A native of Little Rock, Ark. A Phoenix attorney and civil rights activist.
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What Congressional Republicans Really Think About Trump and Russia — With each new revelation in the ongoing Trump-Russia saga, the same question inevitably gets asked: Will this be the moment Republicans in Congress finally turn on the president? — The answer, so far, has been an emphatic …
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Raw Story


Charlie Gard is given legal permanent residence in US by Congress so ‘he can fly to the States for world class treatment’ — Charlie Gard is being given legal and permanent residence in the US by Congress in order to allow him to fly to America for treatment.
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Rep: Charlie Gard granted permanent residence status
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Turkey Leaks Secret Locations of U.S. Troops in Syria … ISTANBUL—In the latest display of Turkish anger at U.S. policy in Syria, the state news agency has divulged the locations of 10 U.S. military bases and outposts in northern Syria where the U.S. is leading an operation to destroy …
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The Daily Caller
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Revealed: Trump's Still-Secret Plan to ‘Crush’ ISIS
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Just Security


The Voter Purges Are Coming — The Trump administration's election-integrity commission will have its first meeting on Wednesday to map out how the president will strip the right to vote from millions of Americans. It hasn't gotten off to the strongest start: Its astonishing request …
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Raw Story, Washington Post and Denver Post


Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror — The producers of children's TV know the key to holding a distractible audience's attention: interactivity. — Dora the Explorer asks kids to repeat after her ("Swiper, no swiping!"). Mr. Rogers broke the fourth wall to welcome them to his neighborhood.
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Washington Free Beacon