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White House delays health insurance mandate for medium-sized employers until 2016 — The Obama administration announced Monday it would give medium-sized employers an extra year, until 2016, before they must offer health insurance to their full-time workers.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
The White House is relaxing the employer mandate again — The Treasury Department on Monday rolled out more tweaks to the health-care law's requirement that all large employers—those with 50 or more workers—provide insurance coverage to their workers. This is the part of Obamacare …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Reince Priebus: ‘Truckload’ against Hillary Clinton — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday that when it comes to Hillary Clinton, Republicans will have a “truckload” of material to use against her, and it's all fair game. — Priebus said recent …
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Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Hoyer predicts Democrats positioned to win back the House in 2014 — Washington (CNN) - The second ranking House Democrat predicted his party was in good position to retake control of the House of Representatives in the 2014 midterm election. — House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer pointed …
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CNN's GUT CHECK for February 10, 2014 — n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle — DEVELOPING .... A NINETIES FLASHBACK — DOCUMENTS REVEAL HILLARY CLINTON'S PRIVATE REACTION TO HER HUSBAND'S CHEATING SCANDAL WITH MONICA LEWINSKY …
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Joe Scarborough believed to be taking idea of 2016 presidential bid seriously — Sources close to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough think he is seriously considering the prospect of leaving morning television to run for president in 2016. — Last week, Scarborough was all smiles …
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New York Post:
Bridgegate probe to check Christie chopper rides
Bridgegate probe to check Christie chopper rides
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Joe Scarborough: Chris Christie ‘distraction’ for RGA
Joe Scarborough: Chris Christie ‘distraction’ for RGA
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Democrats Have Christie 'Buyer's Remorse,' Buono Says
Democrats Have Christie 'Buyer's Remorse,' Buono Says
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama: ‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’ — President Obama “quipped” today during a visit to Monticello with the French president, “That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.” — Via the pool report: … The comment came around the time the White House announced …
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Dodai Stewart / Jezebel:
French Media Convinced Beyoncé and President Obama Are Having Affair
French Media Convinced Beyoncé and President Obama Are Having Affair
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Duraid Adnan / New York Times:
Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills Iraqi Pupils — BAGHDAD — A group of Sunni militants attending a suicide bombing training class at a camp north of Baghdad were killed on Monday when their commander unwittingly conducted a demonstration with a belt that was packed with explosives, army and police officials said.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Correction: Scott Walker Didn't Say He Voted For Reagan — Last month, I did an interview with Scott Walker. Here's an excerpt from that interview which seemed insignificant at the time that has gotten a lot of attention from liberal blogs today. I remember, I was a teenager …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Scott Walker Says He Voted For Reagan — But He Wasn't Old Enough
Scott Walker Says He Voted For Reagan — But He Wasn't Old Enough
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
HOLDER V. ROBERTS … - ARCHIVE - OLYMPICS - PHOTO BOOTH - DAILY SHOUTS - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - JOHN CASSIDY - ANDY BOROWITZ - SHOP
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Disputes Report That Holder Will Resign
DOJ Disputes Report That Holder Will Resign
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Attorney General Formalizes “Broad” Federal Recognition Of Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
Attorney General Formalizes “Broad” Federal Recognition Of Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
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Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Video shows U.S. abduction of accused al-Qaeda terrorist on trial for embassy bombings — After dawn prayers Oct. 5, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, a wanted al-Qaeda terrorism suspect, returned to his family's home in Tripoli, Libya. — He stopped his car in front of the house …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Welcome to The Intercept — We are very excited to welcome everyone to The Intercept, a publication of First Look Media (FLM). The Intercept, which the three of us created, is the first of what will be numerous digital magazines published by FLM. — As soon as we resolved to build The Intercept …
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Laura Poitras / The Intercept:
New Photos of the NSA and Other Top Intelligence Agencies Revealed for First Time
New Photos of the NSA and Other Top Intelligence Agencies Revealed for First Time
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The Atlantic Online:
Why Democrats Will Win on Unemployment Insurance — For the fifth time this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brought an unemployment-insurance extension to the floor last week, even though several members of his party admitted that they didn't have the votes to pass it. — They came close.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid again eyes Senate rulebook
Reid again eyes Senate rulebook
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CNN:
Zoo official on Marius the giraffe: Conservation isn't always clean — (CNN) — Outrage over the recent killing of a healthy giraffe at a Danish zoo misses a crucial point, an official argued. — “Conservation is not always simple. It's not always clean,” said Lesley Dickie …
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Doug Elmendorf / CBO's Publications:
Frequently Asked Questions About CBO's Estimates of the Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act — Last week CBO released its latest report on the outlook for the budget and the economy; we also released a companion report that takes a closer look at the slow recovery of the labor market.
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Jesse Hathaway / Media Trackers:
Ohio National Guard Training Envisions Right-Wing Terrorism — Documents from an Ohio National Guard (ONG) training drill conducted last January reveal the details of a mock disaster where Second Amendment supporters with “anti-government” opinions were portrayed as domestic terrorists.
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