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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world …
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Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Has Now Granted More Commutations than Any President in this Nation's History — Today, 273 individuals learned that the President has given them a second chance. With today's 209 grants of commutation, the President has now commuted the sentences of 1,385 individuals …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence — President Obama on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of former Army soldier Chelsea Manning, according to the White House. — Manning was convicted in 2013 of leaking classified information about U.S. national security activities that were later disclosed by WikiLeaks.
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New York Times:
Mr. Obama, Pick Up Your Pardon Pen
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Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Betsy DeVos says guns in schools may be necessary to protect students from grizzly bears — Trump's Education nominee tells Newtown's former representative that bears justify the presence of guns in schools. — On Tuesday, Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's Education Secretary nominee …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump set to take office without most of his Cabinet
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Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build “God's Kingdom”
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Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos says she'll support ‘great’ public schools
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
As GOP Pushes Repeal, Obamacare Has Never Been More Popular: NBC News/WSJ poll — As Republicans get closer to repealing it, President Barack Obama's federal health-care law — or Obamacare — has never been more popular, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
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Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage says civil rights icon John Lewis should thank Lincoln for freeing the slaves — During his weekly radio appearance, the governor said that U.S. Rep. John Lewis should also thank presidents Rutherford Hayes and Ulysses Grant. — Listen to Gov. LePage's comments on WVOM.
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Chris Massie / CNN:
Rep. Steve King: John Lewis trades on status as civil rights icon, hasn't contributed since — Rep. John Lewis returns to the Edmund Pettus Bridge — Iowa Rep. Steve King said Tuesday that Georgia Rep. John Lewis trades on his status as a civil rights icon.
Kayleigh McEnany / The Hill:
John Lewis, Democrats are boycotting America, not inauguration
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How Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premiums — CBO reports on the estimated changes in health insurance coverage and premiums that would result from leaving the Affordable Care Act's insurance market reforms in place while repealing the law's mandate penalties and subsidies.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
CBO report: Obamacare repeal would lead to 32 million more uninsured by 2026
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Confidence drops in Trump transition — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the lowest of any recent president and 44 points below that of President Barack Obama, the 44th president.
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Hair stylist to Marla Maples: No free services in exchange for Inauguration Day ‘exposure’
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
The New Trump Defamation Lawsuit Is Daring Trump to Incriminate Himself in Court — LOS ANGELES—One of the women who accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct last year has filed a defamation lawsuit against the president-elect. Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who alleged …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant sues Trump for defamation for denying alleged groping
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Claims To Have Met Putin In Newly Resurfaced Interview From 2015 (AUDIO) — In a newly resurfaced 2015 radio interview, Donald Trump claimed that he met Russian President Vladimir Putin and that they “got along great,” contradicting his later campaign trail claims that he never met or spoke with Putin.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Michael Moore on Why Donald Trump Will Build a Wall and Ban Muslims — Michael Moore saw this coming. Last summer, when Hillary Clinton was enjoying a seemingly insurmountable lead over Donald Trump, the documentary filmmaker correctly predicted that the billionaire businessman would capture the White House.
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CNN:
Trump wrote inauguration speech himself — Washington (CNN)President-elect Trump has written his inauguration address draft himself, two senior Trump transition officials told CNN Tuesday. — Last month, Trump told guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as well as presidential historian …
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David M Jackson / USA Today:
Attacked by Trump, Lewis acknowledges he boycotted Bush inauguration, too — 1.3k Shares — Donald Trump reignited his feud with John Lewis on Tuesday, citing news reports that the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon also boycotted George W. Bush's inauguration 16 years ago.
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Guttmacher Institute:
U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Decline, Hits Historic Low — Improvements in Contraceptive Use Are Likely Contributing to the Decline, But Punitive Abortion Restrictions May Also Be a Factor — For the first time since 1975, the number of abortions in the United States dropped under one million …
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Boom: Trump eyes 10% spending cuts, 20% slash of federal workers — Making good on a promise to slash government, President-elect Trump has asked his incoming team to pursue spending and staffing cuts. — Insiders said that the spending reductions in some departments could go as high …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Alt-Right Comes to Washington — East Lansing, Michigan—Lounging at the back of his tour bus in a parking lot behind the Springhill Suites, Milo Yiannopoulos, the flamboyant right-wing British provocateur known for his bleach-blond frosted tips and relentless campaign against Islam …
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Philly mayor: 'I'd take George W. back in a minute' — With just days to go before Donald Trump takes office, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says he and his fellow mayors have no idea what to expect from the incoming administration. — “I'd take George W. back in a minute,” …
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Molly Redden / The Guardian:
Healthcare without Planned Parenthood: Wisconsin and Texas point to dark future — As Republicans prepare to defund Planned Parenthood nationally, those left to provide contraception and other services in states which have already done so say women of color and from low-income groups will surely be hit the hardest
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