Thursday, July 13, 2017

Evening Edition: Revised Senate health-care bill still lacks the votes to pass

Graphic: What the current Senate bill changes about Obamacare; Trump defends his son: 'Most people would have taken that meeting' with Russian lawyer; Live on stage, Joe and Mika happily dish about their complex relationship — with the president; Was Jim wrong? Trump backs off his claim that 'Paris is no longer Paris.'; Administration expected to recertify Obama's Iran nuclear deal, which Trump once promised to kill; Justice Dept. charges 400 people in health-care fraud scams totaling $1.3 billion; Jimmy Carter recovering after collapsing from dehydration in Winnipeg, office says; Trump is the disrupter-in-chief in an age of disruption; Authorities in Pennsylvania find body in search for 4 missing men, say case is a homicide; Chinese dissident was awarded Nobel Prize while serving 11-year prison sentence; An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside; At 37, Venus Williams just reached another Wimbledon final; 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Westworld' lead Emmy nominations with 22 nods ;
 
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Revised Senate health-care bill still lacks the votes to pass
The Senate GOP's latest attempt to rewrite the Affordable Care Act showed few signs of gaining traction, further imperiling the party's quest to overhaul Barack Obama's 2010 law. At least three Republican senators said they remained opposed to bringing up the revised bill, while two rank-and-file Republicans announced intentions to offer their own plan just as leaders released an updated bill.
Graphic: What the current Senate bill changes about Obamacare
The bill strips away many ACA protections, but doesn't go as far as the House bill.
 
Trump defends his son: 'Most people would have taken that meeting' with Russian lawyer
"It's called opposition research or even research into your opponent," the president said at a news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.
 
Live on stage, Joe and Mika happily dish about their complex relationship — with the president
After Mika Brzezinski was attacked by Donald Trump on Twitter and Joe Scarborough loudly quit the GOP, the affianced co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" continued riding their wave of fame and appeared perfectly content to lob casual insults and anecdotes about the president.
 
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Was Jim wrong? Trump backs off his claim that 'Paris is no longer Paris.'
Donald Trump's friend Jim quickly became a larger-than-life yet elusive character in the story of the president's visit to Paris.
 
Administration expected to recertify Obama's Iran nuclear deal, which Trump once promised to kill
The decision followed heated internal debate that cast the secretaries of state and defense against some White House officials.
 
Justice Dept. charges 400 people in health-care fraud scams totaling $1.3 billion
In the sweep, at least 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals were arrested in connection with the unlawful distribution of opioids and other prescription narcotics, officials said.
 
Jimmy Carter recovering after collapsing from dehydration in Winnipeg, office says
The 92-year-old former U.S. president was in Canada helping to build a Habitat for Humanity home.
 
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Trump is the disrupter-in-chief in an age of disruption
Like Uber, the president won by cutting corners and now pays a price.
 
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Authorities in Pennsylvania find body in search for 4 missing men, say case is a homicide
Investigators found the body of 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro among human remains discovered in a grave more than 12 feet deep on a rural property in Solebury Township. Finocchiaro disappeared Friday.
 
Liu Xiaobo | 1955–2017
Chinese dissident was awarded Nobel Prize while serving 11-year prison sentence
The activist's struggle for human rights, from his hunger strike at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to his insistent calls to end to one-party rule, also made him a marked man in China.
 
An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
A police officer in Corpus Christi was waved down and given an unusual tip: An ATM was dispensing handwritten notes scribbled with an existential appeal — "please help."
 
At 37, Venus Williams just reached another Wimbledon final
Her victory over Johanna Konta, the first British women's semifinalist since 1978, was a master class of experience and moxie.
 
'Saturday Night Live' and 'Westworld' lead Emmy nominations with 22 nods
Here's the full list of Emmy nominations and The Post's analysis. The Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will air Sept. 17 on CBS.
 
 
     
 
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