The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, reports AP.

• The Hill: Russian Lawyer’s Email Points to Sanctions as Focus of Trump Tower Meeting, Not Clinton
• WashExaminer: Tom Cotton: Trump Staff Should Resign If They Oppose Iran Strategy
• Free Beacon: Dissident Reveals Secret Chinese Intelligence Plans Targeting US
• Daily Caller: Top Executives Ditch Clinton’s Laureate Education Company
• WashExaminer: Ivana Trump: ‘I’m First Lady’

The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that sharply limits the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, a move that could mean many American women would no longer have access to birth control free of charge, reports The Washington Post.

• The Hill: Trump: Filibuster a ‘Death Sentence’ for GOP
• AP: Trump Religious Objection Order Upends LGBT Protections
• WashExaminer: Religious Right, Meet Alt-Right: Steve Bannon To Headline Value Voters Summit
• Daily Caller: Democratic Lawmaker Rapped About Shooting ‘Snitches,’ Dragging Their Bodies [VIDEO]
• Ars Technica: Russia Reportedly Stole NSA Secrets With Help of Kaspersky—What We Know Now

The partisan split in America is the highest it’s been in two decades, with Republicans and Democrats holding vastly disparate views on race, immigration and the role of government, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center, reports NPR.

• The Hill: Graham Introduces 20-Week Abortion Ban With 45 Cosponsors
• Business Insider: Republicans Are Signaling That They Might Pass at Least One Gun Control Measure After Vegas Shooting
• Free Beacon: Indiana’s Joe Donnelly Ranked Least Effective Democrat in Senate
• WashExaminer: Justice Department Rolls out New Initiative to Fight Violent Crime
• AP: Tracker: Trump Tops Pope as Most-Followed Leader on Twitter