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Toni Clarke / Reuters:
Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says — The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell: We won't delay hearings
McConnell: We won't delay hearings
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TMZ.com:
Ft. Lauderdale Shooting — Video of First Shots Fired — The Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooter walked casually through baggage claim before suddenly pulling his gun out and wreaking havoc. — TMZ has obtained video of the shooting ... we are only showing the seconds leading up to the first shots fired and the panic that ensued.
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Heat Street:
ABC Enrages NFL Viewers With Anti-Trump ‘Black-ish’ Promo — The liberal ABC-Disney Television Network generated outrage during its televised coverage of the Houston Texans' victory over the Oakland Raiders Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the AFC Playoffs, but it had nothing to do with the football.
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Globe gobbledygook memo ominous sign — Like Chipotle, the Cleveland Browns and the Democratic Party, the bust-out Boston Globe is trying to “reinvent” itself. — In a memo to his decimated staff this week, editor Brian McGrory says the Globe will no longer be the “paper of record” (as if it ever was).
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Instapundit
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Suspended From Twitter After Harassing A Teen Vogue Writer — This is journalist Lauren Duca. — Last month, Duca had a massive viral hit when she penned a Teen Vogue opinion piece that argued Donald Trump had conned the American public.
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Reince Priebus: 'There's No Reason' To Do Background Checks On Trump's Cabinet Picks — Reince Priebus, chief of staff to Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that there was “no reason” to complete background checks on the president-elect's cabinet appointments. — The Office of Government Ethics warned …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's Cabinet picks undergo grueling prep for hearings
Trump's Cabinet picks undergo grueling prep for hearings
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ABC News and Washington Post
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Tapper Grills Conway: If WikiLeaks Didn't Influence the Election, Why Did Trump Invoke Them So Much? — CNN's Jake Tapper had Kellyanne Conway on State of the Union, where he asked the Donald Trump adviser about the President-elect's response to the intelligence that Russia meddled with the 2016 election
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama: I didn't underestimate the threats from Vladimir Putin — President Obama said in an interview that he did not misjudge the potential threats of Vladimir Putin, despite the U.S. intelligence report that the Russian president personally ordered an “influence campaign” to meddle in the U.S. presidential elections.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Pro-Trump Californians hope his victory can fuel a GOP revival in the Golden State — Candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd during an April rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) — Hundreds of Donald Trump's California supporters gathered Saturday …
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The Daily Caller
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
President Obama Says He and Donald Trump ‘Are Sort of Opposites’
President Obama Says He and Donald Trump ‘Are Sort of Opposites’
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Receives Ovation at ‘The Color Purple’ — Hillary Clinton, who has kept a relatively low public profile since losing the presidential election two months ago, on Sunday showed up at the final performance of a revival of “The Color Purple” on Broadway.
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Washington Post, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
RT:
From Istanbul to Moscow, cold snap wreaks havoc across Europe (PHOTOS) — Bone-freezing cold, heavy snowstorms, and floods have been plaguing the European continent this week, causing power outages, traffic jams, cancelled flights, and even a stream of plastic eggs with toys washing up on a German island.
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The Deplorable Climate …
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy — More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats. — While those images were amusing, they didn't really capture the true nature of bureaucracy.
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Power Line
Jerusalem Post:
Jerusalem ramming attack: Four killed as truck rams into IDF soldiers … Police confirm that the perpetrator has been neutralized; police chief identifies driver as east Jerusalem resident. — Four soldiers were killed, and 17 wounded, after a flatbed truck driven by an Arab terrorist rammed …
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Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
4 killed as driver plows truck into troops in Jerusalem terror attack
4 killed as driver plows truck into troops in Jerusalem terror attack
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Israel Matzav, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
UK prime minister: Trump's comments about groping women ‘unacceptable’ — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump — for the lewd comments he was heard making about women in a 2005 tape that surfaced last year. — “I think that's unacceptable,” May said in an interview with Sky News.
Mike Carter-Conneen / WJLA-TV:
Inaugural parade announcer since 1957 not invited back for Trump's big day — WASHINGTON (WJLA) - Exactly two weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, we're learning the longtime and legendary voice of the parade will not be behind the microphone this year.
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New York Times:
Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track — WASHINGTON — During nearly two decades in the Senate, Jeff Sessions had never endorsed anyone in a presidential primary. But last January, the Alabama Republican, afraid that his party was floundering, sent a five-point questionnaire …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Celebrities give Obama emotional farewell in video — Celebrities, activists and others gave an emotional goodbye to President Obama in a new video by the White House titled “Yes We Can: Your Most Memorable Moments from the Obama Presidency.” — The video features figures including Leonardo DiCaprio …
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MichelleMalkin.com, The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Obama says he thinks ObamaCare will survive — President Obama said he thinks ObamaCare, his signature healthcare legislation, will survive. — “I think it will,” he said in an interview on ABC's “This Week.” “It may be called something else. And as I said, I don't mind.”
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
President Obama Says ‘Obamacare’ Will Survive Beyond His Presidency
President Obama Says ‘Obamacare’ Will Survive Beyond His Presidency
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BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, alan.com and Politico