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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Sen. Graham implores colleague to vote for GOP health bill  —  https://apnews.com/a017d33b2344493e8098 d47ed2ceb087  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an overheard phone call Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham leaned on a fellow senator to back his GOP health care bill despite “all its imperfections.”
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Ryan Struyk / CNN:
Republicans' new health care plan would need to move faster than 96% of laws  —  Sen. Cassidy defends health bill amid backlash  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Only 4% of bills signed into law over the last four decades have taken less than 10 days from introduction to the law books
Lanhee J. Chen / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Get One Last Chance on ObamaCare Reform  —  Graham-Cassidy is not perfect, but it creates a competition of ideas and gives power back to states.  —  For seven years Republicans promised to repeal ObamaCare, and now they have one last chance to deliver.
Discussion: The Federalist
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill  —  WASHINGTON — The health insurance industry, after cautiously watching Republican health care efforts for months, came out forcefully on Wednesday against the Senate's latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That's Hard.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Behind the Senate GOP's high-stakes health-care gamble: Unrelenting criticism back home
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Shareblue
Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal:
Gov. Martinez gives thumbs-down to latest GOP health care bill
Discussion: The Hill
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP takes heavy fire over pre-existing conditions
Discussion: Vox, The Federalist and NBC News
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How the ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ became the health care fight's measuring stick
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The unlikely group who brought Obamacare repeal back to life
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and The Hill
Washington Post:
Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign  —  FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as Rick Gates listens at back left.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Another potential Mueller honey pot: Spicer's notebooks  —  The Watergate resonance of the Bob Mueller probe rose this week with a CNN report that the special counsel has details of wiretaps of “former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election.”
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Seeks White House Documents Related to Trump's Actions as President  —  Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, is interested in Mr. Trump's firing of his F.B.I. director and national security adviser and other events.  —  September 20, 2017  —  Republican Leaders Defy Bipartisan Opposition to Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal:
All Mr. Comey's Wiretaps  —  Congress needs to learn …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
LEAKED: Watch MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's Unhinged Outtakes...for Eight Crazy Minutes (UPDATE)  —  Lawrence O'Donnell had a really bad night on August 29, 2017.  —  We draw that conclusion based on the above clip obtained by Mediaite, showing behind the scenes footage of a furious O'Donnell absolutely …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bill O'Reilly and Lawrence O'Donnell: Together at Last
Discussion: Grabien News and Mediaite
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Chairman Clayton Issues Statement on Cybersecurity  —  Discloses the Commission's Cyber Risk Profile, Discusses Intrusions at the Commission, and Reviews the Commission's Approach to Oversight and Enforcement  —  SEC Chairman Jay Clayton today issued a statement highlighting the importance …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Public Statement  —  Chairman Jay Clayton  —  Introduction
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:   SEC Discloses Edgar Corporate Filing System Was Hacked in 2016
NBC News:
Trump Leaning Toward Decertifying Iran Nuclear Deal, Say Sources  —  President Donald Trump is leaning toward decertifying the Iran nuclear deal and putting the decision of whether the United States withdraw from the accord in the hands of Congress, according to four sources …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Tillerson, Haley Clash Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Discussion: Bloomberg, RedState and IJR
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Roy Moore disrupts Alabama Senate race — and prepares for new level of defiance in Washington  —  DECATUR, Ala. — With the thunder and fire of an old-time revivalist, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore rose before the assembled souls at the Redemption Baptist Church, a front-runner in the polls days …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:   'You've got to go': How the GOP persuaded Trump to campaign in Alabama
Joe Concha / The Hill:
‘The View’ co-host: Trump making ‘phallic reference’ with ‘Rocket Man’ talk  —  A co-host on ABC's “The View” weighed in on President Trump referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man,” with one host theorizing that the characterization is actually a “phallic reference to masculine dominance.”
Discussion: Althouse
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea is likely to fire more missiles after Trump's speech, experts say
Discussion: Power Line
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth  —  Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice.  Unfortunately, with the iPhone's new operating system iOS 11 …
Ryan Dailey / Tallahassee Democrat:
Parents divided in opinion after gender neutral teacher sends home note with 5th graders  —  A new fifth grade teacher at Canopy Oaks Elementary is asking students to use gender-neutral pronouns in the classroom.  —  Math and science teacher Chloe Bressack sent the request home in a letter to parents headlined “About Mx.
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
It looks like Obama did spy on Trump, just as he apparently did to me  —  BY SHARYL ATTKISSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/20/17 08:30 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Many in the media are diving deeply into minutiae in order to discredit …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Public Likes Trump's Bipartisan Move — But Little Else  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's approval rating has inched up, and more than 70 percent of Americans support his recent deal with Democratic leaders to provide hurricane relief and keep the government open for 90 days …
Catherine Thorbecke / Yahoo:
Sean Spicer defends brief WH tenure: I 'don't think' I lied to American people  —  Sean Spicer acknowledges that he's “made mistakes,” but says that for those who “want some blanket apology — that's not happening.”  —  “I made mistakes,” Spicer, who's been out at the White House for less than a month, told ABC News' Paula Faris.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Manafort Working on Kurdish Referendum Opposed by U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul J. Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump who is at the center of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, is working for allies of the leader of Iraq's Kurdish region …
 
 
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Jenny Hopkinson / Politico:
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CBS News:
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