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Booker to testify against fellow senator Sessions in unprecedented move — Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is set to testify against Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Wednesday in an unprecedented move during his attorney general confirmation. — This would be the first time in Senate history …
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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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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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Sessions' strategy to combat racism allegations — The Trump team and Senate Republicans have a strategy to usher Sen. Jeff Sessions through his attorney general confirmation hearing that will highlight his ties to moderate Republicans and Democrats and efforts on bipartisan legislation …
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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The Voter Fraud Case Jeff Sessions Lost and Can't Escape — When Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Donald J. Trump's choice for attorney general, answers questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, he can expect to revisit a long-ago case that has followed him.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight — The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare. Unfortunately for Republicans …
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The Huffington Post:
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal — Cries to slow down and wait for a replacement are getting louder. — Senior National Correspondent, The Huffington Post — Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours — Democrats ceded back the Senate floor early Tuesday morning, ending a more than 5-hour protest of GOP efforts to repeal ObamaCare. — Democrats painted the late-night talkathon as the first test against a Republican-led government …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal
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Bloomberg:
Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal
Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
5 GOP Senators Propose Delay On O'Care Repeal To Work Out Replacement
5 GOP Senators Propose Delay On O'Care Repeal To Work Out Replacement
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night …
A lead Republican in the fight to repeal Obamacare said Monday night …
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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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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 …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Russia hacking report is an indictment of Obama, not Trump
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
The Trump team's embarrassing defense of fraudulence
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Pompeo's confirmation hearing to be CIA director postponed one day — Senators have postponed by a day the confirmation hearing for Rep. Mike Pompeo to serve as CIA director, Senate aides said. — Pompeo (R-Kan.) will now meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday …
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick
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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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Josephine Mendez / Herald-Dispatch.com:
Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets — HUNTINGTON — A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
U2 delays album release after Trump win — The band U2 is delaying the release of its new album in the aftermath of the unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump — The band is reconsidering some aspects of “Songs of Experience,” a follow-up to its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump speech — President Obama's top spokesman on Monday defended actress Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump — “She clearly was delivering a thoughtful, carefully considered message that she believes in deeply …
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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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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
If You're Freaking Out Over Donald Trump's Presidential Powers, Thank a Liberal!
If You're Freaking Out Over Donald Trump's Presidential Powers, Thank a Liberal!
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Vince Golle / Bloomberg:
U.S. Small-Business Optimism Index Surges by Most Since 1980 — NFIB gauge jumps to 105.8 in month after presidential election — Expectations for business conditions are highest since 2002 — Optimism among America's small businesses soared in December by the most since 1980 as expectations …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Russian town wants to name street for Donald Trump — has boasted about the many buildings and products that bear his name. Now, he could add a Russian street to that list. — Residents of Ryazan, a town about 125 miles southeast of Moscow, are circulating a petition to rename Godless Street …
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Steve Cuozzo / New York Post:
Margaritaville restaurant planned for NYC falls through — MORE FROM: — Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville is coming to Broadway as a musical, but not to the Brill Building as a giant theme restaurant — at least not yet. — A much-touted prospective deal for Buffett to launch a New York outpost of his …
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