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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, center, speaks as he meets with Republican senators on health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, listen (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Little progress evident as GOP hunts health bill votes

By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters after GOP leadership announce they are delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer uses Senate rule to delay intel meeting; unmasking controversy sure to come up

By Andrea Noble and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet with President Trump to discuss a controversial U.S. missile defense system and nuclear issues with North Korea. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in to meet on North Korea, THAAD

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence applauds during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Pence is scheduled to visit suburban Cleveland on Wednesday, June 28, to meet with small business owners. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pence: Trump will repeal Obama’s health law by summer’s end

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, center, speaks as he meets with Republican senators on health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Seated with him, from left, are Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump group’s Republican war over health care frustrates GOP

By JULIE BYKOWICZ - Associated Press

Former U.S. President Barack Obama, center, talks to his staff during his visit at Tirta Empul temple in Bali island, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Obama and his family arrived last week on the resort island for a vacation in the country where he lived for several years as a child. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Obama and family move from Bali to Java on Indonesia holiday

By SLAMET RIYADI - Associated Press

Former U.S. President Barack Obama, center, talks to his staff during his visit at Tirta Empul temple in Bali island, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Obama and his family arrived last week on the resort island for a vacation in the country where he lived for several years as a child. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s loyal ladies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this June 22, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks amid a crush of reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Somewhere along the way, the Republican crusade to repeal &quot;Obamacare&quot; also turned into an effort to limit the future growth of Medicaid. That bit of mission creep is complicating prospects for the GOP, and could lead to deadlock. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

EDITORIAL: Saving Obamacare repeal, again

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, speaks during a new conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017, about the Senate Republicans health care bill. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week &quot;a little offensive.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

These senators will make or break the GOP’s health care push

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas depart after speaking with the media after they and other Senate Republicans had a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: McConnell says good progress made on health bill

Associated Press

Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, during the subcommittee's on Crime and Terrorism hearing: "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election." Committee ranking member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., listens at right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lindsey Graham demands to know if he was unmasked; intelligence officials demur

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs President Donald Trump as Modi departs the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump’s falling overseas favor good news for America

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Carl Paladino, right, walks with his lawyers outside the state Department of Education building after the first day of testimony before Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who will decide if Paladino should be removed from his position on the Buffalo Board of Education in Albany, N.Y. Paladino’s accused of disclosing information about teacher contract negotiations discussed in closed-door sessions. The hearing’s expected to conclude Wednesday, June 28. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Man who trashed Obama speaks at hearing on school board role

Associated Press

Former U.S. President Barack Obama, center, talks to his staff during his visit at Tirta Empul temple in Bali island, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Obama and his family arrived last week on the resort island for a vacation in the country where he lived for several years as a child. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Newt Gingrich: Congress must call Obama to testify on Russia meddling

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Protesters block Utah street over US Senate health care bill

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, talks with his chief of staff Sharon Soderstrom, right, and communications staff director Antonia Ferrier, left, as they walk to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. Senate Republicans unveil a revised health care bill in hopes of securing support from wavering GOP lawmakers, including one who calls the drive to whip his party's bill through the Senate this week &quot;a little offensive.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: 3 GOP senators threaten to oppose health bill

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with then-U.S. President Barack Obama in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Obama officials hit back at Trump, GOP over Russia claims

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"All we do is win, win, win," President Trump said last week after special elections in Georgia and South Carolina. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump blames Barack Obama for failing to stop Russian interference, hindering hacking probe

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 16, 2017, photo, Danielle Ramos, 30, poses at MassBay Community College in Wellesley, Mass., where she pursued her education after being defrauded by a for-profit college. Thousands of students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges were told by the Obama administration that their student loans would be forgiven, but the Trump administration has yet to keep that promise. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Promised college loan forgiveness, borrowers wait and wait

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press