Healthcare

• Trump Is About To Make A Key Obamacare Decision by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
• With Obamacare Safe (for Now), the Medicare-for-All Debate Roars Back by Graham Vyse (New Republic)
• Can Republicans Stop Trump From Sabotaging Obamacare? by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• The Real Reason Trump’s Obamacare Repeal Push Failed by David Frum (The Atlantic)
• Newest GOP health care attempt faces same tough odds by Adam Cancryn (Politico)
• Graham says GOP Senators are still taking orders from Trump on Obamacare repeal by Addy Baird (ThinkProgress)
• John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back. by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
• Opinion: The Americans Who Saved Health Insurance by David Leonhardt (NY Times)
• Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Ella Koeze (FiveThirtyEight)
• ‘Time to move on’: Senate GOP flouts Trump after healthcare defeat by Matt Flegenheimer and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
• Republicans in Congress bypass Trump to shore up health law by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)

Trump-Russia Scandal

• Donald Trump could be guilty of obstruction of justice over son’s statement on Russia meeting, says former White House ethics lawyer by Chantal Da Silva (Independent)
• Donald Trump’s aides admit the US President misled the American people over his son’s Russia meeting by Aaron Blake (Independent)
• The F.B.I. May Have Just Gotten a Major Break in the Russia Investigation by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
• Opinion: President Trump is now directly implicated in trying to cover up the Russia scandal by Paul Waldman
• Trump ‘weighed in’ on son’s statement about Russian meeting (BBC)
• The Two Explanations for Trump’s Meddling in the Russia Investigation by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• White House Says “Any Father” Would Help His Son Cover Up a Secret Meeting With Russians by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• President Trump is now directly implicated in trying to cover up the Russia scandal by Paul Waldman (Independent)
• White House defends president’s effort to help write Trump Jr. statement by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)

News

• Senate Democrats offer Republicans help on tax reform – with conditions by David Morgan (Reuters)
• U.S. begins Russia drawdown after Kremlin retaliates for sanctions by Jack Stubbs and Gennady Novikov (Reuters)
• Trump Administration Advances School Vouchers Despite Scant Evidence by Peg Tyre (Scientific American)
• Behind Fox News’ Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale by David Folkenflik (NPR)
• Lawsuit claims Trump involvement in retracted Fox story on Seth Rich by Joe Concha (The Hill)
• Trump’s Tweets Threaten To Destabilize Insurance Markets by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
• Sen. Cory Booker just introduced a bill that could legalize marijuana nationwide by German Lopez (Vox)
• The frightening new developments in Trump’s standoff with North Korea, explained by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Homeland Security to Bypass Environmental Laws in Border Wall Work by Ron Nixon (NY Times)
• Lawsuit claims Fox News and Trump supporter created fake story about killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich by Veronika Bondarenko (Business Insider)
• Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job by Michael M. Grynbaum (NY Times)
• Tillerson: US not seeking regime change in North Korea (Al Jazeera)
• The Latest: Senate confirms Wray as FBI director (AP)
• The Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Christopher Wray as FBI Director by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
• Christopher Wray Confirmed As Next FBI Director by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• The Trump Administration Is About to Fight What It Says Is Discrimination … Against White Kids by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Court by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
• Homeland Security To Waive Environmental Rules On Border Wall Projects by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
• Full transcript: Trump’s Wall Street Journal interview by Josh Dawsey & Hadas Gold (Politico)
• Coast Guard chief to transgender personnel: ‘I will not turn my back’ by Gregory Hellman (Politico)
• Exclusive: Former Justice Department official joins Mueller team by Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• NAACP warns that women, people of color, LGBT “may not be safe” in travelling to Missouri by Charlie May (Salon)
• Trump told golf club members that the White House is ‘a real dump’ by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
• Senior EPA official resigns with scathing message for Trump and Pruitt by Natasha Geiling (ThinkProgress)
• Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions by Charlie Savage (NY Times)

Analysis

• A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• The Cost of Taking Advice from Donald Trump by Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
• Trump aides’ stunning cry for help: Admitting the president misled the American people by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Trump Came In As A Weak President, And He’s Made Himself Weaker by Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
• Time for Stephen Bannon to start worrying? Elizabeth Williamson (The NY Times)
• Flake makes waves with Trump takedown by Seung Min Kim and Elana Schor (Politico)
• Here’s the president talking about how surprised he is that some Asian countries are large by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• Trump’s Claims on Unemployment and Business Spirit by Linda Qiu (NY Times)
• What Kushner’s Leaked Speech Gets Wrong About Mideast Peace by Aaron David Miller (Politico)