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5:00 PM ET, September 18, 2017

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New York Times:
Sean Spicer Says He Regrets Berating Reporters Over Inauguration Crowds  —  During his surprise comedy skit at the Emmys on Sunday, Sean Spicer may have made light of his six-month tenure as the White House press secretary, but a message was also embedded in his performance.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer's yucky cameo at the Emmys  —  Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer got a turn on one of Hollywood's glitziest stages Sunday night.  And he used it to laugh about the falsehoods he told the American people in an attempt to rehabilitate his image.  —  I'm all for a good laugh.
Charly Wilder / New York Times:
The Best and Worst Moments of the 2017 Emmys
Discussion: RedState
CBO's Publications:
CBO aims to provide preliminary assessment of Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week  —  CBO is aiming to provide a preliminary assessment of the Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week.  That assessment, which is being prepared with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Obamacare repeal plan won't get full CBO analysis by key deadline  —  If Senate Republicans vote to repeal Obamacare before the end of the month, they'll be flying blind — not knowing the impact their plan will have on insurance coverage or premium costs, budget scorekeepers said Monday.
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: The new GOP Obamacare repeal effort faces the same old math
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Lindsey Graham Drives Obamacare Repeal Bill on Breitbart Radio: Melt Phone Lines …
Discussion: Axios, New York Magazine, IJR and Politico
The AHA/ASA Newsroom:
Sixteen Patient and Provider Groups Oppose Graham/Cassidy Bill
Discussion: Vox and The Hill
Terry Gross / NPR:
Hillary Clinton Says She's ‘Optimistic About Our Country, But I Am Not Naive’  —  Ten months after her surprising loss in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton is back with a new memoir.  In What Happened, Clinton reflects on the tumultuous campaign and her devastating defeat …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Hillary Clinton just floated the possibility of contesting the 2016 election  —  (CNN)In interviews over the last week surrounding the release of her 2016 memoir “What Happened,” Hillary Clinton has been hugely critical of President Donald Trump.  She's suggested he is a misogynist …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Moore laments racial division between ‘reds and yellows’  —  Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, one of two Republicans competing in a primary runoff next week, appeared to use racially insensitive terms to describe Native Americans and Asians during a campaign speech on Sunday.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell's mortal enemy might soon be in his caucus
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team is wrestling with how much to cooperate with the special counsel looking into Russian election interference, an internal debate that led to an angry confrontation last week between …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers spill beans thanks to terrible choice of restaurant — next door to the New York Times  —  It is every Washington reporter's dream to sit down at a restaurant, overhear secret stuff, and get a scoop.  It rarely happens.  —  Still, everyone in town important enough …
David Siders / Politico:
Jerry Brown compares Trump supporters to cave dwellers  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday called President Donald Trump's approach to climate change and North Korea “stupid and dangerous and silly,” sharpening his criticism of the president and comparing his supporters to cave dwellers.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Trump's claim there were long gas lines in North Korea has residents puzzled  —  TOKYO — In his latest Twitter outburst against North Korea, President Trump said that “long gas lines [are] forming in North Korea,” adding an exclamatory “Too bad!”  (In the same tweet, he bestowed a new nickname on Kim Jong Un: “Rocket Man.")
Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Obama Goes From White House to Wall Street in Less Than One Year  —  Ex-president speaks to Carlyle, Cantor, Northern Trust  —  ‘If someone is willing to pay him to give a speech, God bless’  —  Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Over DACA, an acute case of Trump Panic Syndrome
Discussion: The Federalist
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Six Dreamers sue Trump administration over DACA decision
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
CNNMoney:
Meghan McCain in talks to join 'The View"  —  Meghan McCain is in late-stage talks to join ABC's “The View,” three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.  —  McCain, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, announced last week that she was leaving Fox News.
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Did Jedediah Bila exit ‘The View’ because of Hillary Clinton?
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Jedediah Bila leaving ‘The View’
Discussion: Axios and Conservative News Today
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Fascists Used Twitter To Find A Neo-Nazi Walking Around Seattle And Beat Him Up  —  On Sunday afternoon, a Twitter account called @bigotbasher posted a photo of a man apparently riding Seattle's D line while wearing a swastika armband.  —  Around the same time, the photo was posted to Reddit's Seattle subreddit.
Susan Hogan / Washington Post:
St. Louis officers chant ‘whose streets, our streets’ while arresting protesters  —  St. Louis police arrested more than 80 people Sunday after a peaceful protest turned violent as night fell.  In a concentrated area downtown, some protesters smashed windows and overturned trash cans …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
For those in the Party of Trump, the Republicans — not the president — are to blame  —  OXFORD, N.C. — During one of their usual morning gatherings at the Bojangles' restaurant in this rural town near the Virginia border, a group of retirees from a local Baptist church shook their heads …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and RedState
Samantha Phillips / WKBN-TV:
Boardman man wears clown mask to scare daughter, gunshot is fired  —  BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) - A father decided to prank his daughter by wearing a clown mask and chasing her, which resulted in a gunshot and charges against two Boardman men.  —  Vernon Barrett Jr. wore a clown mask and chased …
Discussion: WGN-TV, TheBlaze, The Root and WTVR-TV
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Shrink at least 4 national monuments and modify a half-dozen others, Zinke tells Trump  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Trump modify 10 national monuments created by his immediate predecessors, including shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites …
 
 
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
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