Updated Day 188

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 1/ **Senate Republicans shot down their own repeal-and-replace bill** last night as nine of the 52 Republicans voted against it. The repeal-and-replace bill was a compromise measure meant to appeal to both conservatives and moderate Republicans. Mitch McConnell needed 60 votes to pass the bill. Instead, the vote failed 43-57 just hours after the Senate had narrowly voted to begin debate on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/senate-health-care.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-leaders-press-ahead-with-health-care-vote-in-hopes-of-sustaining-repeal-effort/2017/07/25/2525470c-7126-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html) / [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-idUSKBN1AB19G) / [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/senate-health-care-vote/index.html))
 
-2/ **The Senate rejected the GOP repeal-only measure**, which would have repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement. The voted failed 45-55. The last viable path for Senate Republicans is to turn to their "skinny repeal," which rolls back the mandate that most people have insurance, but leaves most of Obama’s health law in place. Senators would then take their narrow bill into negotiations with the House. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/health-care-senate-vote.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-embarks-on-new-round-of-voting-to-peel-back-affordable-care-act/2017/07/26/a7206f62-71e8-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html) / [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/health-care-bill-wednesday/index.html))
+2/ **The Senate rejected the GOP repeal-only measure**, which would have repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement. The vote failed 45-55. The last viable path for Senate Republicans is to now try their "skinny repeal," which rolls back the mandate that most people have insurance, but leaves most of Obama’s health law in place. Senators would then take their narrow bill into negotiations with the House. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/health-care-senate-vote.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-embarks-on-new-round-of-voting-to-peel-back-affordable-care-act/2017/07/26/a7206f62-71e8-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html) / [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/health-care-bill-wednesday/index.html))
 
 * **The CBO estimated that the “skinny repeal” would lead to 15 million fewer Americans having health insurance 10 years from now**. The skinny repeal would repeal the individual mandate, the employer mandate, and some taxes on the health care industry, while leaving most of Obamacare in place. ([Vox](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/26/16029976/senate-health-care-bill-skinny-obamacare-repeal-now))
 
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 6/ **At a rally in Ohio, Trump claimed he can be "more presidential than any president that's ever held this office"** – except for Lincoln. He said that it's easier to "act presidential than what we are doing here tonight" (give a speech) and that "with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what we've done in his first six months. Not even close." ([The Hill](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news-other-administration/343774-trump-i-can-be-the-most-presidential) / [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/trump-youngstown-ohio-campaign-rally/index.html))
 
-7/ **Trump attacked Jeff Sessions for not firing Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe** after James Comey was fired in May. The attack came, predictably, via Twitter, where he wrote in a pair of tweets: “Why didn’t A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got big dollars ($700,000) for his wife’s political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!” At news conference yesterday, Trump was asked if he would fire Sessions. “We’ll see what happens,’’ Trump said. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/trump-twitter-attacks-jeff-sessions-240981) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-standoff-between-trump-and-sessions-escalates/2017/07/25/5a51f3fc-7172-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html))
+7/ **Trump attacked Jeff Sessions for not firing Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe** after James Comey was fired in May. The attack came, predictably, via Twitter, where he wrote in a pair of tweets: “Why didn’t A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got big dollars ($700,000) for his wife’s political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!” At a news conference yesterday, Trump was asked if he would fire Sessions. “We’ll see what happens,’’ Trump said. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/trump-twitter-attacks-jeff-sessions-240981) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-standoff-between-trump-and-sessions-escalates/2017/07/25/5a51f3fc-7172-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html))
 
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 9/ **Rex Tillerson is "just taking a little time off,"** but has no plans to resign as Secretary of State. After Trump's public attack on Jeff Sessions, rumors swirled that [Tillerson could resign](https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/07/24/day-186/#7-after-trumps-rebuke-of-sessions-re) from his role citing Trump's behavior as unprofessional. Tillerson took some days off earlier this week, but returned to work today after "a lengthy meeting with the vice president at the White House on some important policy issues." ([USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/25/rex-tillerson-taking-little-time-off/510355001/) / [The Hill](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343932-tillerson-meets-with-pence-defying-resignation-rumors))
 
-10/ **North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader**. Meanwhile, US intelligence agencies believe North Korea will be capable of delivering a missile that can reach the continental US in a year. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-strike-us/) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/north-korea-missiles.html))
+10/ **North Korea threatened a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader**. Meanwhile, US intelligence agencies believe North Korea will be capable of delivering a missile that can reach the continental US within a year. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-strike-us/) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/us/politics/north-korea-missiles.html))
 
 poll/ **49% of Trump voters believe Trump won the popular vote**. Kris Kobach — the vice chair of Trump’s election commission — floated the idea that "we may never know" whether Clinton won the popular vote. ([Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/26/trump-clinton-popular-vote-240966))
 
-poll/ **45% of Republicans favor shutting down "biased" media outlets**. Meanwhile, 18% of Democrats favor the courts to shut down news media outlets for publishing or broadcasting stories that are biased or\
-inaccurate. ([The Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/poll-45-of-republicans-favor-shutting-down-biased-media-outlets))
+poll/ **45% of Republicans favor shutting down "biased" media outlets**. Meanwhile, 18% of Democrats favor the courts to shut down news media outlets for publishing or broadcasting stories that are biased or inaccurate. ([The Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/poll-45-of-republicans-favor-shutting-down-biased-media-outlets))
 
-poll/ **Trump's job approval is 43% in 11 states he won**. Overall, Trump has a 40% approval rating among all adults over his first six months. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/trump-approval-underwater-11-states/index.html))
+poll/ **Trump's job approval stands at 43% in 11 states he won**. Overall, Trump has a 40% approval rating among all adults over his first six months. ([CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/trump-approval-underwater-11-states/index.html))
