Thursday, June 29, 2017

Thursday's Headlines: How the push for a Senate health-care vote fell apart amid GOP tensions

McConnell aims to send revised health-care bill to CBO by Friday; The Fix: The GOP's health-care bill is political kryptonite; Republicans running for governor put in a tough position by health-care cuts; Fact Checker: What you need to know about preexisting conditions in the Senate GOP health plan; As legislative battle over health care heats up, conservative media interest wanes; A 128-degree day set stage for a brutal month of water and power shortages in Pakistan; Top-ranking Vatican cardinal charged with sex offenses in Australia; Pentagon plan to defeat ISIS looks very much like Obama's approach;
 
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How the push for a Senate health-care vote fell apart amid GOP tensions
The process of trying to deliver on a signature Republican promise has been chaotic and revealed tensions between the president and the GOP Senate, as well as between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the members he has long been known for managing with steely efficiency.
McConnell aims to send revised health-care bill to CBO by Friday
The effort reflects the tight timeline Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faces in his attempt to hold a vote before the August recess — and the pressure he is under to make changes that improve the Congressional Budget Office's measure of coverage levels and federal spending.
 
The Fix: The GOP's health-care bill is political kryptonite
Americans hate virtually everything about it.
 
Republicans running for governor put in a tough position by health-care cuts
The challenge for GOP candidates in the 38 states holding gubernatorial contests this year and next is particularly pronounced in swing states and in those that have expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
 
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Fact Checker: What you need to know about preexisting conditions in the Senate GOP health plan
Another debate about preexisting conditions is brewing over the Senate bill to overhaul the health-care system. We dig into what the bill says about preexisting conditions.
 
As legislative battle over health care heats up, conservative media interest wanes
The lack of "Obamacare repeal" coverage by Fox News and other conservative outlets would have been unthinkable just six months ago, but it reflects a general decline of their interest in an issue that had united Republicans for seven years.
 
A 128-degree day set stage for a brutal month of water and power shortages in Pakistan
A month of searing heat and intense humidity in which Pakistanis struggled to observe Ramadan, forgoing food and water from sunrise to sunset, brought into sharp relief the long-standing problems plaguing this arid, Muslim-majority country of 180 million.
 
Top-ranking Vatican cardinal charged with sex offenses in Australia
Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's treasurer, has been issued a summons to appear in Australia to face multiple charges related to "historic sexual offenses."
 
Pentagon plan to defeat ISIS looks very much like Obama's approach
President Trump had criticized former president Barack Obama's strategy as weak and promised a new one within 30 days of his inauguration.
 
 
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This isn't the 'clean coal' news Trump wanted during White House's 'energy week'
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