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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan — The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year. — GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
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Associated Press:
Boehner, McConnell: Pipeline veto purely political — The White House should look for common ground on Keystone, not interest group approval. — Tuesday, as promised, the new Congress is sending the White House legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
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The Hill, Fox News, The Atlantic Online, Politico and Washington Post
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
If SCOTUS kills Obamacare subsidies, Republicans don't have an exit strategy — If the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, the decision would eliminate billions of dollars in subsidies received by Americans who bought coverage on Healthcare.gov. And Republicans …
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Washington Monthly and US News
Gallup:
Story Highlights — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to greater reductions — No state reported a statistically significant increase in uninsured — Nationwide, full-year uninsured rate drops 3.5 points from 2013 to 2014 — This story is part of Gallup's annual …
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Washington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
The Hill:
McConnell moves to prevent Homeland Security shutdown
McConnell moves to prevent Homeland Security shutdown
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Politico, The Huffington Post, New Hampshire Journal, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Mediaite, ImmigrationProf Blog and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic
On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, CBS New York, Mediaite and New York Magazine
President Obama / The Hill:
Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system
New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting — The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences.
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Mother Jones:
CBS Has Released The Falklands Protest Footage Bill O'Reilly Asked For. It Doesn't Support His Claims. — The Fox News host says he was in a “war zone” where police gunned down civilians. The video doesn't show that. — CBS News today posted its reports from Buenos Aires at the end …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bill O'Reilly threatens N.Y. Times reporter — Fox News host Bill O'Reilly threatened a New York Times reporter on Monday night, promising to come after the reporter “with everything I have” if he felt that any of the reporter's coverage about his Falklands war controversy was inappropriate.
David Wood / The Huffington Post:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald Falsely Claimed He Served In ‘Special Forces’ — WASHINGTON — Robert McDonald, the secretary of veterans affairs, wrongly claimed in a videotaped comment earlier this year that he served in the Army's elite special forces, when his military service of five years …
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MilitaryTimes:
VA secretary sorry for false special forces claim
VA secretary sorry for false special forces claim
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
VA chief falsely claimed special forces service
New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter on Al Sharpton: 'He's all about the money' — Al Sharpton (left) and Erica Snipes. — Al Sharpton is all about the Benjamins, a daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner claims in a bombshell videotape. — Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily …
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Mediaite, Pat Dollard, Truth Revolt, BizPac Review, Hinterland Gazette, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’ — The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
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Steve Quinn / Reuters:
Alaska allows recreational marijuana as campaign spreads — (Reuters) - Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska on Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States' wild northwest frontier. — The Republican-leaning state …
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Anchorage Daily News, The Atlantic Online and The Daily Caller
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Marijuana Is Now Legal In Alaska, The 3rd US State With Legal Pot
Marijuana Is Now Legal In Alaska, The 3rd US State With Legal Pot
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Molly Dischner / Associated Press:
Alaska pot news guide: Marijuana becomes legal in Alaska
Alaska pot news guide: Marijuana becomes legal in Alaska
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Walker Criticizes Media's ‘Gotcha Moments’ — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gov. Scott Walker on Monday said news reporters had created “gotcha moments” that are of little concern to most people and that he would seek to build a campaign that addresses issues important to “everyday Americans.”
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CNN, FOX News Radio, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Hill and RedState
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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Scott Walker Is a Threat to the Existing Social Order
Scott Walker Is a Threat to the Existing Social Order
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Betsy's Page, Rush Limbaugh, The Texas Tribune, Hot Air and Ed Driscoll
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Black conservatives seek to draft Condoleezza Rice for Senate race — The Black Conservatives Fund wants to draft former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a Senate bid in 2016, as they argue she represents the GOP's best chance to win a Senate seat in deep-blue California.
Kimberlee Kruesi / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion — BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a small camera for doctors to conduct a remote gynecological exam.
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Kara Brown / Jezebel:
Male Politician Thinks that Your Vagina and Stomach are Connected
Male Politician Thinks that Your Vagina and Stomach are Connected
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The Huffington Post and FreakOutNation
Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Two Senate Democrats Invite Netanyahu to Separate Meeting — Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein write to the prime minister. — (Bloomberg) — Two U.S. Senate Democrats who criticized the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress next week …
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Jeb and the ‘Immortal 306’ — Today, the Republican nomination process is a muddle. The Washington Post recently christened Jeb Bush the frontrunner, and for good reason. He is pulling in the top Republican talent — the donors, consultants, and various policy advisors necessary to fund and run a top-notch campaign.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and The Atlantic Online
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Sex assault charges tied to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie — A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors said Monday was part of a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
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