Friday, June 30, 2017

Evening Edition: Republicans grow increasingly anxious about heading home without a health plan

The Fix: Trump's latest idea would be a huge gamble; Mitch McConnell, America's No. 1 obstructionist, is trying to make big things happen; Analysis: Which states would be hit hardest by Obamacare repeal; U.S. fertility rate hits a historic low, stoking fears of some demographers; Driving the Beat road; Mika Brzezinski expresses concern over what tweets reveal about Trump; More than 3 dozen Republicans, Democrats in Congress condemn Trump for vulgar tweet; 'Presidents don't talk like this': Cable TV erupts over Trump's tweets; Police: Shooter at Bronx hospital kills 1, wounds 6 others before apparently taking own life; California throws a wrench into Trump's big plans to assert voter fraud; China's Mar-a-Lago honeymoon is over as U.S. announces Taiwan arms deal, North Korea sanctions; Martin Shkreli makes surprise visit to reporters: 'The world blames me for almost everything'; A heart transplant gave her another chance to live. Hours after giving birth, she died.; In Jay-Z's new album, he appears to own up to the infidelity that Beyoncé condemned; 20 years ago, scientists thought an an asteroid might someday collide with Earth;
 
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Republicans grow increasingly anxious about heading home without a health plan
One senator was already facing tough questions at a town hall Friday afternoon. While two senators and President Trump called for outright repeal if a deal can't be reached, others demanded that the Senate work through the August recess to pass a bill.
The Fix: Trump's latest idea would be a huge gamble
A poll showed just 20 percent of Americans favor this approach. And there are no guarantees it would work.
 
Mitch McConnell, America's No. 1 obstructionist, is trying to make big things happen
The Senate majority leader who titled his autobiography "The Long Game" faces ideological division within his own party, deeply damaged relations with Democrats and an uncertain bond with an impatient president.
 
Analysis: Which states would be hit hardest by Obamacare repeal
Twenty-two million more Americans would be uninsured under the Senate Republicans' health bill than under Obamacare by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office's report. But that loss would fall much harder on some states than others, according to a new analysis.
 
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U.S. fertility rate hits a historic low, stoking fears of some demographers
What happens with birthrates may depend on millennials, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
Driving the Beat road
In a trip along the California coast, five remnants of the literary generation — now in their 80s and 90s — are found at work, extending their legacy and continuing their influence on contemporary attitudes about tolerance, identity, nature, sex and creative expression.
 
Mika Brzezinski expresses concern over what tweets reveal about Trump
Brzezinski and her MSNBC co-host, Joe Scarborough, had been scheduled to start a long-planned vacation after their show Thursday, but delayed it so they could address the president's attack.
 
More than 3 dozen Republicans, Democrats in Congress condemn Trump for vulgar tweet
The president's personal attack on the MSNBC host was perhaps the most caustic insult he's publicly hurled at another American since taking office and added another point to the argument that he treats women differently than men.
 
'Presidents don't talk like this': Cable TV erupts over Trump's tweets
Conservatives Charles Krauthammer and Tucker Carlson criticized the tweets on Fox News.
 
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Police: Shooter at Bronx hospital kills 1, wounds 6 others before apparently taking own life
The gunman at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital was wearing a lab coat with a rifle concealed inside it, a law enforcement official said. The attacker was a doctor who formerly worked at the hospital, an official said.
 
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Analysis
California throws a wrench into Trump's big plans to assert voter fraud
A commission led by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach requested full voter files from all states, but California refused to comply. With four other states also denying their files, the commission lacks nearly a quarter of the information it seeks.
 
China's Mar-a-Lago honeymoon is over as U.S. announces Taiwan arms deal, North Korea sanctions
China quickly denounced the Taiwan weapons deal as a slap at Beijing's sovereignty. China also framed the sanctions as disruptive overreach by Washington.
 
Martin Shkreli makes surprise visit to reporters: 'The world blames me for almost everything'
Prosecutors allege that Shkreli lied for five years to investors in two hedge funds and the biopharmaceutical company that he founded, Retrophin.
 
A heart transplant gave her another chance to live. Hours after giving birth, she died.
Megan Johnson had congestive heart failure and died of unknown complications. A GoFundMe page started by a bandmate of her husband, a Christian music artist, has raised more than $350,000 for him to get "off the road."
 
In Jay-Z's new album, he appears to own up to the infidelity that Beyoncé condemned
The title track of "4:44" is being interpreted as an apology to his wife.
 
Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered
20 years ago, scientists thought an an asteroid might someday collide with Earth
Asteroid 1997 XF11 was a mile in diameter. An astrophysicist announced its discovery and warned of a small but "not entirely out of the question" chance that it would hit on Oct. 26, 2028.
 
 
     
 
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