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7:10 AM ET, December 17, 2015

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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Congress's $12 billion giveaway to health insurers  —  As Congress rushes to pass an omnibus tax/spending bill for the coming year, it's concocting a special tax break for health-insurance companies.  —  And it amounts to a back-door bailout.  —  Until this week, insurance-company lobbyists …
Discussion: Newsalert
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House praises sweeping omnibus, tax deal  —  The White House gave a thumbs-up on Wednesday to a sweeping year-end deal on taxes and government funding.  —  “We feel good about the outcome, primarily because we got a compromise budget agreement,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.
Jim Newell / Slate:
The Paul Ryan Compromise  —  The new speaker's first big deal is just like all of the ones that infuriated conservatives under Boehner.  —  When Paul Ryan was handed the speaker's gavel in late October, he pledged to restore normal order to the People's House and eliminate the sort …
Discussion: The Week
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Budget Deal Raises Spending, and the Deficit, Through Tax Breaks
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Digs in on Claim That General's Retirement Was Due to Obama Dispute
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fiorina Stands by Claim Ex-General Keane Was Pushed Out by Obama (Which Keane Refuted)  —  Carly Fiorina today stood by her debate claim about a general she said was pushed out by President Obama, even though that general did not serve in this administration.
Discussion: alan.com
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Strike Two For Pair of New York Times Reporters  —  Today, FBI director James Comey said that the San Bernardino shooters never talked openly about violent jihadism on social media: “So far, in this investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period …
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Fox News:
Chattanooga shooting a ‘terror attack,’ FBI Director James Comey says
Discussion: Pamela Geller
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate  —  A key Senate Republican is looking into whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed classified information during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.  —  “I'm having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Did Ted Cruz Reveal Classified Information During The GOP Debate?
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Joe Scarborough Notices Something During Debate That Has Him Convinced Trump, Cruz Made 'Inside Deal …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter relied on a personal email account to conduct a portion of his government business during his first months at the Pentagon, according to White House …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The GOP's worst nightmare: A runaway convention  —  With the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas dramatizing again the divisions plaguing the GOP, the unfolding battle for the presidential nomination suggests the growing odds of a runaway convention that could choose an unelectable nominee …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I really don't want Jeb's endorsement'
Discussion: Western Journalism
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sheldon Adelson responds to speculation he bought Las Vegas paper  —  “I have no personal interest” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said Tuesday night, in his first public comments about the mysterious sale of Nevada's biggest newspaper.
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New York Times:
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Diverge in Approach to Their Hispanic Identity  —  MIAMI — One candidate, Marco Rubio, nurtured by the sprawling Cuban-American community here, bounces effortlessly between two cultures — fritas and hamburgers, Spanish and English — in a city so comfortably bilingual …
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Marco Rubio's Gordian knot
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
7 Ways the GOP Debate Did (and Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
Discussion: Politico, abc7.com and abc13.com
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Wheaton College professor put on leave after wearing hijab in solidarity with Muslims  —  A tenured Wheaton College professor who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslims was put on administrative leave Tuesday by the evangelical Christian school.  —  Larycia Hawkins, a Christian political science professor …
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Isite Design / Wheaton College Home:
Wheaton College Statement Regarding Dr. Larycia Hawkins
Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune:
Wheaton College suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas  — The placemat was created by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in collaboration with the Freshmen Dean's Office and were distributed in an undergraduate dining hall.  —  The Office for Equity, Diversity …
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Idrees M. Kahloon / Harvard News:
The Placemat Problem  —  In Annenberg Hall and at least …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Baltimore Sun:
Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray  —  Protesters took to the streets on Wednesday evening, marching and chanting for justice in reaction to the mistrial in the case of Officer William Porter.  (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video)
The Hill:
Fiscal deal winners and losers  —  The sweeping year-end tax and spending bills unveiled this week in Congress follow months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill.  —  The final legislation, at nearly 2,250 pages …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server  —  “To think that Mrs. Clinton could secure something like that in her home is ludicrous.”  —  Win Mcnamee / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas …
Lisa Cox / Sydney Morning Herald:
Julie Bishop defends ASIO chief Duncan Lewis over calls schooling Coalition MPs  —  ASIO chief: ‘No guarantees’ against future attacks  —  ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis says intelligence and security authorities can offer ‘no guarantees’ there is no possibility of another terror attack in Australia.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and John Quiggin
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Dana Loesch Explodes on ‘Godless Left’ in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem...and I'm Not Watching My Language'  —  Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.
 
 
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Unaccompanied children crossing southern border in greater numbers again, raising fears of new migrant crisis
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Feds Fund Plays About Food Stamps, Gun Control Activist Lesbians
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified.
Discussion: Blogs For Victory and Truth Revolt
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Warren Buffett Endorses Hillary Clinton and Calls for Higher Taxes on Wealthy
John Wagner / Washington Post:
At Washington mosque, Sanders blasts Trump's ‘bigoted’ proposal for Muslims
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump hits back: I don't want Jeb's endorsement anyway
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
UMass brass cash in despite budget woes
Discussion: Politico
Rush Limbaugh:
Ted Cruz: Happy Conservative Warrior
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Capitol Hill Sledding a Big Winner in Spending Deal
Discussion: The Verge
Jennifer Feehan / Toledo Blade:
Backlash hits Bowling Green paper over editor's termination
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since …
 

 
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Michael Kan / PCMag:
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers

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Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure
 
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