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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Republicans Sue Obama Administration Over Health Law — WASHINGTON — House Republicans filed a long-threatened lawsuit Friday against the Obama administration over unilateral actions on the health care law that they say are abuses of the president's executive authority.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Finally Sues Obama On Obamacare (READ)
House GOP Finally Sues Obama On Obamacare (READ)
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Zoltan L. Hajnal / New York Times:
The Democrats' Immigration Problem — SAN DIEGO — PRESIDENT OBAMA'S executive order eliminating the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants is good policy. It is the right thing to do. But it is a dangerous move for the Democratic Party.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Obama's advantage is that he has an immigration policy. Republicans don't.
Obama's advantage is that he has an immigration policy. Republicans don't.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama's Immigration Action Has Precedents, but May Set a New One
Obama's Immigration Action Has Precedents, but May Set a New One
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Some in G.O.P. Fear That Their Hard-Liners Will Alienate Latino Voters
Some in G.O.P. Fear That Their Hard-Liners Will Alienate Latino Voters
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Republicans confront own worst enemy on immigration — Just two weeks ago, Republicans handed President Obama a humiliating defeat at the polls, winning full control of Congress. But already, GOP leaders fear that the conservative uproar over the president's immigration actions will doom …
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
The GOP Reaction to Obama's Immigration Order Will Be Way More Damaging Than They Realize
The GOP Reaction to Obama's Immigration Order Will Be Way More Damaging Than They Realize
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Immigration Order: The Right Thing in the Wrong Way
Obama's Immigration Order: The Right Thing in the Wrong Way
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Walter Dellinger / Slate:
It's Legal — The underpinnings of the president's immigration plan are anything but radical. — The idea that the immigration plan just announced by President Obama is a lawless power grab is absurd. As the Justice Department legal analysis that was just released amply demonstrates …
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Ilya Somin / Washington Post:
Obama, immigration, and the rule of law [updated with additional material on precedents for Obama's action]
Obama, immigration, and the rule of law [updated with additional material on precedents for Obama's action]
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
No, ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ Does Not Justify Obama's Lawless Amnesty
No, ‘Prosecutorial Discretion’ Does Not Justify Obama's Lawless Amnesty
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Obama's claims on illegal immigration — 2 photos — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made some notable omissions Thursday night in his remarks about the unilateral actions he's taking on immigration. — A look at his statements and how they compare with the facts:
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CNN:
Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in talks to resign from police force, sources say — Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed teenager Michael Brown on August 9, is in the final stages of negotiations with city officials to resign, according to people close to the talks.
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Steven Dennis / Roll Call:
Obama Would Veto Any Bill Undoing Immigration Executive Action (Updated) (Video) — President Barack Obama would veto any legislation hatched by Republicans to undo his immigration executive action granting relief to millions, according to a senior administration official.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama's sweeping action on immigration
Obama's sweeping action on immigration
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Dept. questioned 2012 Obama immigration action
Justice Dept. questioned 2012 Obama immigration action
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Reid Unapologetic as Aide Steps on Toes, Including Obama's — President Obama called Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, to broach a particularly delicate subject. It was during last year's government shutdown and standoff with Republicans, but Mr. Obama's frustration focused on one of their own.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Cruz turns to Roman orations to bash Obama immigration order — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) turned to the Roman orations of Cicero to bash President Obama's coming executive order on immigration Thursday. — He took to the floor of the Senate and delivered a speech that included one of Cicero's …
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NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Another actress accuses Bill Cosby of sexual assault in Las Vegas hotel — Model-actress Angela Leslie is the eighth woman to come forward accusing Cosby of sexual harassment or worse. She tells the Daily News he plied her with alcohol, may have tried to drug her and forced …
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The Huffington Post:
Torture Report Fight Erupts In Chaos — WASHINGTON — Before White House chief of staff Denis McDonough came to brief Senate Democrats on Thursday afternoon, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had a little pep talk with his flock. Every Tuesday, during the weekly caucus lunches, he said, you all gripe and moan about the White House.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
White House: Republicans Won The Election, We Won The After-Election — Senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer: “We feel very good about how the last two and half weeks have gone.” — Jim Bourg / Reuters — WASHINGTON — President Obama's strategy of rolling out progressive policy …
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FiveThirtyEight:
The Election Map Alone Doesn't Explain The 2014 Republican Wave — Throughout the 2014 campaign, we kept hearing that Republicans were going to do well because of the “map.” To take back the Senate, all they had to do was win seats in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana …
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Washington Monthly
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Obama Puts The Republic Out Of Its Misery — “This is how democracy works,” Barack Obama lectured the country before giving everyone the specifics of his expansive one-man executive overreach on immigration. If you enjoy platitudinous straw men but are turned off by open debate and constitutional order, this speech was for you.
Ed Gillespie / New York Times:
An Obamacare Do-Over — MANY political analysts were surprised by how close I came to winning the Virginia Senate race earlier this month. I received more than a million votes running on a five-point plan for economic growth, and the first point was a specific proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act.