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Senate Braces For a Health Care Showdown on a Still-Unclear Plan
New York Times
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said he would move ahead with a procedural vote on Tuesday to take up the health care overhaul that narrowly passed the House in May. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times.

Kushner questioned by Senate investigators on Russia
Washington Post
Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, spent two hours Monday answering questions from Senate investigators about his contacts with Russian officials, as the various probes into Russian interference during the 2016 election ...

Israel begins to remove metal detectors from al-Aqsa Mosque following protests
Washington Post
JERUSALEM In a major reversal, Israeli security forces began removing controversial metal detectors early Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered placed at the entrances to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.