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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
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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Bloomberg:
Justice Watchdog Opens Probe of Comey, FBI Election Actions — Pre-election decision to re-open Clinton probe to be examined — Democrats say FBI's moves undermined Clinton's candidacy — The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general opened an investigation into whether …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI — The Department of Justice Inspector General will review broad allegations of misconduct involving the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's email practices and the bureau's controversial decision shortly …
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New York Times:
Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review …
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
DOJ watchdog investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ watchdog opens review of Comey's Clinton email investigation
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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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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rex Tillerson's struggles show the risk of a president and secretary of state …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends'
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TMZ.com:
Obama Dog Sunny Bites White House Guest (PHOTO) — Obama Dog Sunny — Bites White House Guest — EXCLUSIVE — President Obama had to deal with a small domestic crisis at the White House — a family friend was bitten by Sunny, the First Family's 4-year-old dog.
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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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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Mattis breaks with Trump on Iran, Russia — Breaking with President-elect Donald Trump, James Mattis said Thursday in his confirmation hearing to be defense secretary that he supports a permanent U.S. military presence in the Baltics to deter Russia — and reiterated that he believes …
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The Guardian:
Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for credibility of report's author — Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele, named as writer of Donald Trump memo, is ‘highly regarded professional’ — His denials - at least some of them - were emphatic, even by the standards that Donald Trump has come to be judged by.
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, 'terrified …
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Paul Wood / BBC:
Trump ‘compromising’ claims: How and why did we get here?
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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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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Schumer opposes Sessions for AG
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Earnest implicitly rebukes Sean Spicer after press conference — White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday issued an implicit rebuke of his successor, Sean Spicer, who tangled with a CNN reporter in New York on Wednesday at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect.
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Trump's CNN tirade may affect Time Warner-AT&T merger
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Doris Truong / Washington Post:
Trolls decided I was taking pictures of Rex Tillerson's notes. I wasn't even there. — What it's like to be at the center of a fake-news conspiracy theory. — There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same. That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late Wednesday …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him — Well, that sure escalated quickly. — “That” was Donald J. Trump's inaugural news conference as a duly elected United States president-to-be, in which he called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” dismissed CNN as …
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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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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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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
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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz, Graham offer bill to cut off funding to UN over Israel vote — (Texas) introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut off funding to the United Nations over a recent resolution denouncing Israeli settlements. — The bill would stop the flow of funds until the president confirms …
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