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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
The standoff between Trump and Sessions escalates … The public standoff between the White House and the nation's senior law enforcement official took another strange turn Tuesday as President Trump escalated his verbal attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was urged by fellow conservatives to stand his ground.
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Washington Post:
This is not okay  —  WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a tweet Tuesday for not aggressively investigating Hillary Clinton, most attention focused, understandably, on the implications for Mr. Sessions.  Yet even more alarming than the president's assault …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Jeff Sessions won't take Trump's hint  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions doesn't plan to take the hint.  President Trump continues hitting him in all body parts — apparently hoping he'll resign, which could pave the way for firing special counsel Bob Mueller.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Eyes Tax-Code Overhaul, With Emphasis on Middle-Class Break  —  In Oval Office interview with the Journal, president again criticizes Sessions  —  In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, President Trump continued to criticize Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his decision …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans warn Trump: Don't fire Jeff Sessions
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Trump Tower of Absolute Folly
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Beckett / Wall Street Journal:
Transcript: Donald Trump's Interview With The Wall Street Journal
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Won't Say if He Will Fire Sessions
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Sessions planning to announce leak investigations: report
New York Times:
The Senate's Health Care Travesty  —  Ignoring overwhelming public opposition to legislation that would destroy the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to begin repealing that law without having any workable plan to replace it.  —  The majority leader, Mitch McConnell …
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Nation and ThinkProgress
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
GOP senators must do whatever it takes to get to 50 votes on Obamacare repeal, says HHS secretary  — Do whatever “gets us to 50 votes so that we can move forward on a health-care reform legislation,” Tom Price says.  — A plan to repeal and replace Obamacare by Senate Republicans failed …
New York Times:
Senate Votes Down Broad Obamacare Repeal  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate voted narrowly on Tuesday to begin debate on a bill to repeal major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, but hours later, Republican leaders suffered a setback when their most comprehensive plan to replace President Barack …
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
There Is No End to the Lies  —  Republican senators vowed not to consider Obamacare repeal without a satisfactory replacement, and yet, that is exactly what they're doing now.  —  The reckless Republican decision to begin a chaotic Senate floor fight over the future of health care in America …
New York Times:
How Each Senator Voted on Full Obamacare Repeal-and-Replace
Discussion: The Week
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Price of John McCain's Republican Loyalty
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Vox
Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
U.S. energy secretary duped into fake interview with Russian comedians  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine's prime minister.
Discussion: Vox, Political Wire and The Week
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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Got Punked in a Fake Interview With Russian Pranksters  —  Energy Secretary thought he was speaking with Ukraine minister  —  Cyber hacks discussed with Russian pranksters in call  —  Energy Secretary Rick Perry thought he was talking about cyberhacking and a biofuel breakthrough …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz aide arrested trying to leave the country  —  Imran Awan, a House staffer at the center of a criminal investigation potentially impacting dozens of Democratic lawmakers, has been arrested on bank fraud and is prevented from leaving the country while the charges are pending.
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Wasserman Schultz's IT Aide Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Many Republicans Doubt Clinton Won Popular Vote  —  A plurality of Republicans say President Donald Trump received more of the popular vote in 2016 than his Democratic rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  —  According to a new Morning Consult/POLITICO poll …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of Trump voters say Trump won popular vote
Discussion: Axios
Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg:
Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions  —  U.S. measures leave no room for better relations, Ryabkov says  —  Russia readying economic, political retaliation, senator says  —  Russia threatened to retaliate against new sanctions passed by the U.S. House of Representatives …
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Financial Times:   US House votes overwhelmingly for Russia sanctions
Associated Press:
House punishes Russia, blocks Trump from waiving penalties
Discussion: Politico
Michael Kruse / Politico:
To America, It Looks Like Chaos.  For Trump, It's Just Tuesday.  —  It started Monday morning with Donald Trump calling his own attorney general “beleaguered.”  It continued with an Air Force One flight to West Virginia and a rambling, partisan speech to thousands of hollering Boy Scouts.
New York Times:
Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that tantalized previous administrations: Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth …
William Cummings / USA Today:
Sec. of State Tillerson ‘taking a little time off’ but not resigning  —  1.6k Shares  —  Rex Tillerson has no plans to resign as Secretary of State and is “just taking a little time off,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday amid reports Tillerson was considering stepping down.
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CNN:
Tillerson takes time off as State Dept. refuses to say he is happy in his role
Discussion: The Week
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why the Rust Belt just gave Donald Trump a hero's welcome  —  Donald and Melania Trump in Youngstown, Ohio.  —  MORE FROM: … YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — This town was on fire.  —  By 1 in the afternoon on Tuesday every main thoroughfare in downtown Youngstown was filled with happy people heading towards the Covelli Centre.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Plunderbund
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump makes ‘presidential’ pitch at Ohio rally
Discussion: Why Evolution Is True
Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:
Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House  —  Donald Trump's secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid.  The department's budget is now on the chopping block.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton book to double down on Russia, Comey message  —  's upcoming book will double down on Russia's interference and James Comey's involvement in her stunning election defeat, according to sources familiar with the memoir.  —  Privately, Clinton has told friends and longtime associates that she …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Military will deny transgender troops “in any capacity,” Trump tweets
Discussion: Washington Post
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Everything That's Happened Since A Bunch Of YouTubers Got A Ship To Stop Refugees Getting To Europe
The Texas Tribune:
Law enforcement comes out against Texas “bathroom bill”
Discussion: Off the Kuff
New York Times:
As Interior Secretary Swaggers Through Parks, His Staff Rolls Back Regulations
Discussion: Washington Post
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
New Ethics Head Has Clashed With Colleagues Over Rules
Discussion: Raw Story
Casey Miller / Vox:
A solar eclipse is coming to America. Here's what you'll see where you live.
Discussion: Refinery29
Jim Newell / Slate:
Did Ron Johnson Almost Torpedo the Motion to Proceed?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Tara Copp / Military Times:
Mattis: Get unnecessary training off warfighters' backs
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Solomon / The Hill:
Newly declassified memos detail extent of improper Obama-era NSA spying
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How Jared Kushner Helped the Russians Get Inside Access to the Trump Campaign
Discussion: Weekly Standard and CNN
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senators on hot mic: Trump is ‘crazy,’ 'I'm worried'
 

 
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