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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Courts Issue Conflicting Rulings on Health Care Law — WASHINGTON — Two federal appeals court panels issued conflicting rulings Tuesday on whether the government could subsidize health insurance premiums for people in three dozen states that use the federal insurance exchange.
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Adrianna McIntyre / Vox:
Why a federal court just ruled Obamacare subsidies are illegal in 36 states — Halbig v. Burwell is arguably the Affordable Care Act's greatest existential threat since the Supreme Court case decided in 2012. — On July 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a ruling …
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
This Shamefully Dishonest Obamacare Ruling Could Blow Up in the GOP's Face — The case of Halbig v. Burwell (formerly Halbig v. Sebelius), in which plaintiffs are attempting to void Affordable Care Act subsidies in states that didn't set up their own healthcare exchanges …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court Deals Major Blow To Obamacare — A federal appeals court dealt a huge blow to Obamacare on Tuesday, banning — the federal exchange from providing subsidies to residents of the 36 states it serves. — A divided three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled …
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Court Rules That Subsidies in Obamacare's Federal Exchange are Illegal, Dealing Huge Legal Blow to Health Law — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit delivered a huge blow to Obamacare this morning, ruling that the insurance subsidies granted through the federally run health exchange …
Tom Goldstein / Washington Post:
Why Obamacare probably isn't doomed — The Affordable Care Act took a potentially serious hit today when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a rule that extended the law's health-care subsidies to residents of the three-dozen states where the federal government runs a health insurance exchange.
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Appeals courts split on whether ObamaCare subsidies are legal
Appeals courts split on whether ObamaCare subsidies are legal
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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Order Obamacare Defunded
BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Order Obamacare Defunded
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Michael F. Cannon / Forbes:
Halbig v. Burwell Would Free More Than 57 Million Americans From The ACA's Individual & Employer Mandates
Halbig v. Burwell Would Free More Than 57 Million Americans From The ACA's Individual & Employer Mandates
Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
BREAKING — D.C. Circuit strikes down tax credits in federal exchanges
BREAKING — D.C. Circuit strikes down tax credits in federal exchanges
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Washington Post:
Federal appeals courts issue contradictory rulings on health-law subsidies
Federal appeals courts issue contradictory rulings on health-law subsidies
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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
A stinging defeat for the government
A stinging defeat for the government
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Federal judge throws out Ron Johnson's Obamacare lawsuit
Federal judge throws out Ron Johnson's Obamacare lawsuit
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William Deresiewicz / The New Republic:
Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League — The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies — In the spring of 2008, I did a daylong stint on the Yale admissions committee. We that is, three admissions staff, a member of the college dean's office, and me, the faculty representative …
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Reuters:
Israel pounds Gaza despite international peace efforts — (Reuters) - Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying no ceasefire was near as top U.S. and U.N. diplomats pursued talks on halting fighting that has claimed more than 500 lives.
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Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
For second time, rockets found at UN school in Gaza
For second time, rockets found at UN school in Gaza
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
New Surveillance Whistleblower: The NSA Violates the Constitution — John Napier Tye is speaking out to warn Americans about illegal spying. The former State Department official, who served in the Obama administration from 2011 to 2014, declared Friday that ongoing NSA surveillance abuses …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
News Outlets Fall For Parody That Took Credit For Brooklyn Bridge White Flags — Two prominent news outlets were fooled Tuesday by a Twitter parody account that claimed responsibility for replacing two American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge with white flags.
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Thomas Tracy / NY Daily News:
White flags planted on Brooklyn Bridge, American flags missing as mystery deepens — The NYPD started removing the white banners at 11 a.m. Tuesday — but it remained unclear what happened to the missing Stars and Stripes or how the thieves scaled the towers, which are under constant surveillance.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
While Hillary Clinton offers a resume, Elizabeth Warren offers a plan — DEMOCRATIC PARTY HILLARY CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS ELIZABETH WARREN — It seems almost too obvious to mention, but presidential candidates need a clear idea of why they want to be president.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
It's virtually impossible to be a successful modern president
It's virtually impossible to be a successful modern president
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS: Lerner emails may exist after all — The IRS might not have lost the backups of former agency administrator Lois Lerner's emails after all, according to a top IRS official. — In testimony released Monday, Thomas Kane, the IRS's deputy associate chief counsel, told House Oversight investigators …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings calls for end to ‘public harassment’ of IRS chief John Koskinen
Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings calls for end to ‘public harassment’ of IRS chief John Koskinen
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Jillian Kay Melchior / National Review:
Welfare Cash for Weed in Colorado — For the past six months, welfare beneficiaries in Colorado have repeatedly withdrawn their cash benefits at marijuana retailers and dispensaries, according to a new analysis by National Review Online. Such apparent abuses have caught the eye …
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Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
How Jon Stewart Made It Okay to Care About Palestinian Suffering — This Gaza war has brought a new level of American awareness of the pain of Palestinian civilians. And we have Jon Stewart to thank. — When I interviewed The Daily Show's Jon Stewart two years ago for a documentary I co-directed …
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Charles E. Schumer / New York Times:
Charles Schumer: Adopt the Open Primary — WASHINGTON — POLARIZATION and partisanship are a plague on American politics. — Political scientists have found that the two parties have each grown more ideologically homogeneous since the 1970s. The Senate hasn't been so polarized since Reconstruction …
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