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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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State auditor fires professor who made controversial ‘Obamacare’ remarks
State auditor fires professor who made controversial ‘Obamacare’ remarks
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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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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi …
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Lauren French / Politico:
House Intel Committee dismisses some Benghazi myths — The House Intelligence Committee dismissed on Friday a number of the most persistent myths about the 2012 terrorist attacks at a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi. — The committee, chaired by Republican Chairman Mike Rogers of Michigan …
Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
Arpaio Filing Lawsuit Against Obama For Executive Actions On Immigration — PHOENIX, Ariz. (CBSDC/AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Thursday evening that he is filing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for the executive action he is taking on immigration.
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Zoltan L. Hajnal / New York Times:
The Democrats' Immigration Problem
The Democrats' Immigration Problem
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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
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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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
The GOP Reaction to Obama's Immigration Order Will Be Way More Damaging Than They Realize — There are several reasons why Obama's executive action on immigration has put Republicans in a terrible bind. There's the fact that conservatives are likely to respond by demanding a hardline position …
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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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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Reid Is Unapologetic As Aide Steps on Toes, Even the President's — WASHINGTON — 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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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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Michael Wilson / New York Times:
Officer's Errant Shot Kills Unarmed Brooklyn Man — Two police officers prepared to enter the pitch-black eighth-floor stairwell of a building in a Brooklyn housing project, one of them with his sidearm drawn. At the same time, a man and his girlfriend, frustrated by a long wait for an elevator …
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
FBI Sends 100 Agents to Ferguson Ahead of Grand Jury Decision … The FBI has sent about 100 agents to the St. Louis area to help deal with any problems that could arise from the grand jury decision in the police shooting of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown. — In addition to the FBI …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul Likens Obama Exec Action To Japanese Internment Camp Order — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened President Barack Obama's decision to take executive action on immigration to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order authorizing putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.
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Mike Huckabee / Facebook:
It is interesting that Obama cites Scripture as the justification for him taking unilateral action on illegal immigrants. — Funny how, for the first six years of his Administration, even the two years when he had unstoppable majorities in both houses, Scripture did not compel immediate action.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Louie Gohmert Claims Obama And ‘Liberal Attack People’ Want Violence And Mayhem — In an interview yesterday with Dan Cofall, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, accused President Obama of using immigration and the Ferguson case to provoke violence. — When Cofall asked Gohmert about Sen. Tom Coburn's claim …
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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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton still giving paid speeches — Hillary Clinton is set to give a paid speech at a women's conference in Silicon Valley in February, an appearance that indicates her time on the speaking circuit is not yet coming to an end with a likely presidential campaign looming.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP bill would defund immigration order — Reps. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Diane Black (R-Tenn.) have introduced legislation to prohibit funding to implement President Obama's executive action on immigration. — Their bill, titled The Separation of Powers Act, would block the use of funds …
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Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Report: Medical, school professionals missed chances to help Sandy Hook shooter — Medical professionals and school staff missed multiple opportunities to help Adam Lanza with his severe emotional and psychiatric disorders before he burst into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. …
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