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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
5 GOP Senators Propose Delay On O'Care Repeal To Work Out Replacement — After publicly airing some of their grievances with the GOP's current strategy of repealing Obamacare without a replacement plan, a handful of Republican senators put their concerns in legislative writing.
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Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal — More support for ‘repeal and replace’ to happen simultaneously — Republicans increasingly open to delaying repeal of tax hikes — A breakaway group of five moderate Senate Republicans pushed Monday to delay …
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night that he wanted to work in a step by step manner to repeal Obamcare once a replacement was “available to the American people ” — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is the chairman of the Senate's HELP Committee and has been a leading voice …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan — Voters want — and expect — President-elect Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress to repeal the 2010 health care law, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released Tuesday, but they are skeptical …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say — Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.
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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General — Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22 — Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …
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The Hill:
Five things to watch for in Sessions confirmation hearing — (R-Ala.), who has emerged as one of President-elect Donald Trump — 's most polarizing Cabinet picks, will face his colleagues in the Senate on Tuesday as he seeks confirmation to become the country's next attorney general.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for attorney general
First on CNN: Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for attorney general
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How Jeff Sessions would change the Justice Department
How Jeff Sessions would change the Justice Department
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Kenneth Lipp / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Wanted to ‘Drop the Case’ Against KKK Lynching, Attorney Testified
Jeff Sessions Wanted to ‘Drop the Case’ Against KKK Lynching, Attorney Testified
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Grace Watkins / Politico:
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation — Monica Crowley, President-Elect Donald J. Trump's pick for a top National Security Council job, plagiarized numerous passages in her Ph.D. dissertation, Politico Magazine has found. — An examination of the dissertation …
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The Trump team's embarrassing defense of fraudulence — President-elect Donald Trump's ability to inhabit his own private, convenient reality is a firmly established part of his style right now. And one of the many insidious things about his coming presidency is his attempt to force the rest …
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New York Times:
Obama Watchdog in Congress Has New Target in Trump Era: Postal Reform — An Obama watchdog has changed his tune now that a Republican will be in the White House. — President-elect Donald J. Trump, after an intelligence report concluded that Russia tried to help him get elected, is going after ... Meryl Streep.
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Diana Pearl / People.com:
D.C. Dress Shops Dispute Trump's Claim That They Are ‘Sold-Out’ for Inauguration: 'There's Never Been Less Demand'
D.C. Dress Shops Dispute Trump's Claim That They Are ‘Sold-Out’ for Inauguration: 'There's Never Been Less Demand'
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career …
Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career …
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Robby Mook / New York Times:
Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start — Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick — The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has postponed the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary.
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos' donations spark questions about her stance on campus sexual assault
DeVos' donations spark questions about her stance on campus sexual assault
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Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Women's March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race — Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation's capital for the Women's March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration. Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.
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Ryan Mac / Forbes:
A Troll Outside Trump Tower Is Helping To Pick Your Next Government — An internet troll, who was once called “the most hated man on the internet” and is banned from Twitter, is recommending candidates to serve in the Trump administration. — Charles “Chuck” Johnson …
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Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Shocked waitress is left a racist note by white couple who 'don't tip black people' even after they admitted she gave them ‘great service’ — A waitress who served a white couple at a Virginia restaurant was left a racist message instead of a tip. — The waitress, Kelly Carter …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump's plans could double US GDP growth by 2018, Deutsche Bank says — Trump era ushers in new market strategy: Mark Grant — President-elect Donald Trump's policies have the potential to trigger a new age in U.S. economic growth that could serve as a global template, according to a Deutsche Bank forecast.
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘Much too early’ to say if I'll run for president again — (I-Vt.) said it is “much too early” for him to consider a 2020 presidential run. — “It is much too early to talk about that,” Sanders said during a CNN town hall Monday night. — Sanders, who will be 79 years old in 2020 …
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New York Times:
Trump's National Security Pick Sees Ally in Fight Against Islamists: Russia — WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for national security adviser, traveled to Moscow about a year after he took charge of the Defense Intelligence Agency to cultivate …
Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Alabama's Bathroom Bill Would Have People Guarding Stalls — Alabama might place attendants in public restrooms as part of the state's potential transgender bathroom bill. — The bathroom bill, called the Alabama Privacy Act, would put attendants in mixed gender public bathrooms to guard against potential …