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Mark J. Mazur / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Continuing to Implement the ACA in a Careful, Thoughtful Manner — Over the past several months, the Administration has been engaging in a dialogue with businesses - many of which already provide health coverage for their workers - about the new employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Bloomberg:
Health-Law Employer Mandate Said to Be Delayed to 2015 — Businesses won't be penalized next year if they don't provide workers health insurance after the Obama administration decided to delay a key requirement under its health-care law, two administration officials said.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare's employer mandate shouldn't be delayed. It should be repealed. — Delaying Obamacare's employer mandate is the right thing to do. Frankly, eliminating it — or at least utterly overhauling it — is probably the right thing to do. But the administration executing …
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Valerie B. Jarrett / White House.gov Blog:
We're Listening to Businesses about the Health Care Law — From the start, this Administration has encouraged an ongoing dialogue with the leaders of our nation's businesses, large and small. There's more to do, but working together we've helped rebuild our economy.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare employer mandate delayed until after 2014 midterms
ObamaCare employer mandate delayed until after 2014 midterms
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New York Times:
Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law
Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law
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Daily Mail:
Obamacare employer mandate delayed until 2015 to give Democrats breathing room until …
Obamacare employer mandate delayed until 2015 to give Democrats breathing room until …
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New York Times:
Morsi and Egyptian Generals Edge Closer to Conflict — By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, BEN HUBBARD and ALAN COWELL — CAIRO — Egypt's top generals summoned civilian political leaders to an emergency meeting Wednesday just hours before the deadline they have set for President Mohamed Morsi to leave power.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Egypt's Morsi defiant under pressure as deadline looms — CAIRO — Sporadic bursts of automatic gunfire shut down streets in central Cairo overnight as supporters of President Mohamed Morsi clashed violently with opposition protesters outside Cairo University, where the president's supporters had gathered.
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Reuters:
Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown
Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown
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New York Times:
Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
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Samer S. Shehata / New York Times:
In Egypt, Democrats vs. Liberals
In Egypt, Democrats vs. Liberals
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Egypt army plan would scrap constitution, parliament - sources
Exclusive: Egypt army plan would scrap constitution, parliament - sources
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People?
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People?
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Carlos Valdez / bigstory.ap.org:
BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR — You are here — Home » Evo Morales » Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear — LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday …
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Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Bolivian president's jet rerouted amid suspicions Edward Snowden on board — France and Portugal accused of refusing entry to their airspace, while plane lands in Vienna with no sign of Snowden — • Read live updates on the diplomatic crisis — Bolivia reacted with fury …
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Angelika Gruber / Reuters:
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Rubio to Introduce Senate Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks — Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today agreed to be the lead sponsor of a Senate bill to ban abortion after an unborn child is 20 weeks old. A similar measure passed the House last month and a state version is now being debated …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Could Perry be a player in 2016? — (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has found himself squarely in the middle of the national political conversation as he clashes with Democrats over a restrictive anti-abortion bill that has drawn thousands of protesters to Austin.
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Texas Democrats Use Wendy Davis Filibuster To Register New Voters
Texas Democrats Use Wendy Davis Filibuster To Register New Voters
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Mark Binker / @NCCapitol:
Senate tacks sweeping abortion legislation onto Sharia law bill — RALEIGH, N.C. — Senators tacked a suite of new restrictions and regulations pertaining to abortion clinics onto a bill dealing with the application of foreign laws in North Carolina family courts Tuesday.
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Michal Conger / Washington Examiner:
State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’ — State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
OMG! State Department Dropped $630,000 on Facebook “Likes”
OMG! State Department Dropped $630,000 on Facebook “Likes”
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Intelligence director Clapper apologizes for lying to Congress on snooping — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has apologized for a “clearly erroneous” statement he made to Congress over the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Clapper: I gave ‘erroneous’ answer because I forgot about Patriot Act
Clapper: I gave ‘erroneous’ answer because I forgot about Patriot Act
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Cahnman / Cahnman's Musings:
Texas Capital Abortion Supporters chant “Hail Satan” — It's been a very interesting day at the Texas State Capitol. Cahnman's Musings hasn't been following the hearing. Instead, we've been participating in the surrounding events. LetTexasSpeak has been doing a live broadcast …
Alan Duke / CNN:
Paula Deen invokes same-sex marriage ruling in lawsuit defense — (CNN) — Celebrity chef Paula Deen hopes the Supreme Court's ruling allowing same-sex marriage to be legal in California will help in her defense against a racial discrimination lawsuit. — The woman alleging that she was subjected …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Paula Deen Cites Prop 8 Ruling To Defend Herself Against Racism Lawsuit
Paula Deen Cites Prop 8 Ruling To Defend Herself Against Racism Lawsuit
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Toddstarnes / Fox News:
University Tells Student to Remove Cross Necklace — A Sonoma State University student was ordered to remove a cross necklace by a supervisor who thought other students might find it offensive, in a case that prompted even one campus official to speculate that “political correctness got out of hand.”
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Fox News wouldn't discuss state of GOP — Rush Limbaugh says Fox News did not want him to talk about the state of the Republican Party on the network and he called the move “quite telling.” — “They asked me, what do you want to talk about, I didn't want to talk about Egypt …