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New York Times:
Senate Takes Major Step Toward Repealing Health Care Law — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took their first major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, approving a budget blueprint that would allow them to gut the health care law without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.
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In one night, the GOP voted to take away these 6 essential health benefits — Republicans showed exactly where they stand. — By Melissa Boteach and Jeremy Slevin — Last night while you were sleeping, the Senate debated and ultimately passed a budget resolution that provides a pathway …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
While You Were Sleeping, Senators Took the First Step Toward Obamacare Repeal — The Senate took a meaningful step toward repealing Obamacare in the early hours of Thursday morning, with Republicans voting nearly unanimously to approve a budget that would kill the health-care law.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nancy Pelosi's one Obamacare regret? Relying too much on other Democrats for messaging.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Senate Republicans Take The First Big Step Toward Repealing Obamacare
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New York Times:
Intelligence Chief's Olive Branch to Trump Gets Twisted in Translation — James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, offered a public olive branch to President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday night, which Mr. Trump appears to have twisted. — Team Trump went to war …
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ODNI Newsroom Feed:
DNI Clapper Statement on Conversation with President-elect Trump — This evening, I had the opportunity to speak with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing last Friday. I expressed my profound dismay at the leaks that have been appearing in the press …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Schumer opposes Sessions for AG — Schumer said the next attorney general must have a proven track record in fighting for the rights of all Americans — Multiple civil rights groups, along with Democratic lawmakers, have expressed concern about Sessions
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis views on women in combat takes center stage — Retired Gen. James Mattis's stance on women in combat and LGBT troops will be thrust in the spotlight Thursday when he faces senators for his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of Defense. — The man whom Mattis is in line to replace …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump Pentagon likely to abandon social experiments for core mission under Mattis, say experts
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Mattis Says He Supports NATO ‘100 Percent,’ Expects Trump Will Do Same
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, ‘terrified for his safety’ and went to ground before name released — A former MI6 officer who produced a dossier making lurid allegations about Donald Trump is “terrified for his safety” after he was unmasked by a US publication.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
Why the media's Trump dossier coverage is suicidal — The media is sinking to Donald Trump's level. — Reeling from their inability to stop his election, envious of his power to make people believe his most ridiculous statements, and rinsed by a needy mood for self-soothing …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
At His First News Conference As President-elect, Trump Owns the Press
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Graham apologizes for calling for Cruz's murder — (R-Texas) Thursday for joking that it was possible to get away with murdering the Texas senator if it happened in the Senate. — Graham's remarks represent a truce of sorts between the two senators, who repeatedly feuded during …
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GreatAgain:
President-Elect Trump Announces Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to Lend Expertise to Cyber Security Efforts — (New York, NY)—President-elect Trump is very pleased to announce former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Noted Tech Genius Rudy Giuliani to Form Trump's Cybersecurity Team
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Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire George Soros Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Weeks After Trump Election — Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election.
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Trump's CNN tirade may affect Time Warner-AT&T merger — Is this any way to start off a relationship? — Nine days before CNN parent Time Warner will have to negotiate with Donald Trump's antitrust cops, the cable news network got a dressing down by the President-elect.
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Paul Wood / BBC:
Trump ‘compromising’ claims: How and why did we get here? — Donald Trump has described as “fake news” allegations published in some media that his election team colluded with Russia - and that Russia held compromising material about his private life. The BBC's Paul Wood saw the allegations …
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Mediaite, The Guardian, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Trump aide Monica Crowley plagiarized thousands of words in Ph.D. dissertation — By Andrew Kaczynski, Chris Massie, and Nathan McDermott, design by Tal Yellin — Conservative commentator Monica Crowley, who is slated to serve in a top national security communications role …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends' — Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson expressed hope that relations with Russia could be moderately improved under his stewardship, explaining that Kremlin aggression is mainly about one thing: bruised ego.
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
If state lawmakers have their way, California schoolchildren may be taught how to spot ‘fake news’ — It was a divisive presidential election muddied further by false news from false news sources aiming to smear both sides in the campaign. — These stories, one of which claimed …
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
A pair of bills introduced by California lawmakers aim to combat so-called fake news
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Corey Charlton / The Sun:
FACEBOOK DEATH Girl, 12, streams her own suicide on Facebook Live for 20 minutes after being ‘sexually abused by a relative’ - and cops are powerless to take it down — Cops say they have asked websites to remove the video of Katelyn Nicole Davis's death but admit they are unable to do more
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In Iowa, Trump Voters Are Unfazed by Controversies — MONTICELLO, Iowa — The Table of Knowledge was delving into President-elect Donald J. Trump's plans to upend government, and marveling at how he had forced his fellow Republicans in the House to reverse themselves on gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics.
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Ynetnews:
US intel sources warn Israel against sharing secrets with Trump administration — Israeli intelligence officials fear that top-secret information that has been exposed to the United States will be leaked to Russia—and from Russia to its close ally, Iran. — Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration …
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