
HEALTH CARE // HHS Secretary Tom Price dismissed the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis, which projected an overall increase in the number of uninsured Americans under the Obamacare replacement plan released by Republicans. “We think that the CBO simply has it wrong,” said Price. “It’s just not believable, is what we would suggest.” http://cvote.it/2mlOXQV
HEALTH CARE // President Donald Trump met with a variety of Americans who say they’ve suffered under Obamacare. “We paid $8,000 for five months and were never able to use it,” Georgia woman Brittany Ivey told Trump. http://cvote.it/2mlSWgl
BLUE COLLAR // Salena Zito interviews blue-collar voters in Steubenville, Ohio. And she talks about the misconceptions people in Washington have about people who live in cities like Steubenville. “One key assumption is that these people hate where they live, can’t wait to leave, feel tethered to their hometown’s decline, or have lost hope for a brighter future.” http://cvote.it/2mlLz8A
TUESDAY TRIVIA // Who was the first President to live in the White House?
EDUCATION // With studies showing that public school students aren’t eating what cafeterias are serving, schools are asking President Trump to end Michelle Obama’s strict lunch rules. http://cvote.it/2mlIMw4
BATHROOM BILL // Former NC Governor Pat McCroy says backlash over his state’s controversial “bathroom law” has made it hard for him to find a job. “If you disagree with the politically correct thought police on this new definition of gender, you’re a bigot, you’re the worst of evil,” McCrory said. “It’s almost as if I broke a law.” http://cvote.it/2mlPIcQ
CULTURE // More “tolerance” from our pop culture: Rapper Snoop Dogg shoots fake-President Trump in new video ‘Lavender.’ http://cvote.it/2mlFF7y
FAITH // ISIS inadvertently proves Bible historically accurate. One archaeologist was quoted as saying that ISIS’s act of “destruction has actually led us to a fantastic find.” http://cvote.it/2mm8wbH
CATHOLIC // Fr. Stanley Rother, first US-born martyr, to be beatified in September. http://cvote.it/2mlC61c
TRIVIA ANSWER // Our second president, John Adams, moved into the White House on September 1, 1800.
SAINT // Saint Maximilian – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “To the upright I will show the saving power of God.” (Ps 50:23) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
COOL // 7 of history’s most brilliant scientists people forget were Catholic. http://cvote.it/2mlSr5V