Politics P.M.: ‘Hello, Bob’: President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead

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‘Hello, Bob’: President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead

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“Hello, Bob,” Trump began. “So, we just pulled it.”
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GOP health-care bill: House Republican leaders abruptly pull their rewrite of the nation’s health-care law

The opposition continued despite President Trump’s ultimatum: Vote for the bill, or reject it and move on. The House Rules Committee approved the revised legislation early Friday.
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Trump’s health-care dealmaking failed to adhere to his book’s 11 core principles
Trump's book outlined a number of principles. He didn't enact them.
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Manafort volunteered to be interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee in its Russia probe
It was not immediately clear whether President Trump’s former campaign chairman would be questioned in a public hearing or behind closed doors.
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GOP chair slams Va. gubernatorial contender for calling rival a ‘cuckservative’
Corey Stewart tags Ed Gillespie as a “cuckservative” and Bill Clinton as a rapist.
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Trump talks up jobs and tax cuts as Congress struggles on health care
With the fate of a House Republican bill unclear, the president is touting other agenda items.
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By not taking refugees, the U.S. may make them more dangerous
Militants recruit unsettled refugees who have no other hopes or opportunities.
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Per House members, phone calls on the GOP health bill run 48-to-1 against
A key caveat: Public counts are overwhelmingly from Democratic representatives.
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The Daily 202: Trump’s health care ultimatum is straight out of ‘The Art of the Deal.’ It just might work.
You’ve always got to be willing to walk away from the table
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Why members of Congress aren’t very worried about Trump taking them out
Big talk from an unpopular president who barely won his own election.
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Senators agree on Iran sanctions measure
Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s has repeatedly warned that expanding sanctions against Iran would jeopardize the nuclear deal.
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Trump breaks these 3 rules about how U.S. presidents relate to the military
And in Yemen, a soldier died and three were wounded.
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