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ThinkProgress:
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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
DOJ watchdog investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it would probe a Federal Bureau of Investigation decision to announce it was reopening an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails shortly before the November presidential election …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ watchdog opens review of Comey's Clinton email investigation
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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
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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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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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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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The Guardian:
Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for credibility of report's author
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Oppo Firm Behind Trump Dossier Is Also A Hired Gun For Planned Parenthood
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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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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rex Tillerson's struggles show the risk of a president and secretary of state with no government experience — THE BIG IDEA: For the first time in American history, the nation is poised to have both a president and chief diplomat with no prior government, military or legislative experience.
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends'
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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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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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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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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
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