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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare — PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.
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Politico, Vox, Kaiser Health News, alan.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Axios, Daily Kos, Politicus USA, Liberal Values, The Gateway Pundit, The Week and NPR
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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
In private meeting, Pence vows ‘full evaluation of voting rolls’ over claims of fraud — In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States …
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Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Another Bogus Obamacare Argument From Donald Trump And Paul Ryan
Another Bogus Obamacare Argument From Donald Trump And Paul Ryan
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The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's First Week: Governing Without a Script — The new president seems to be running his administration much like he ran his company and campaign, eager to weigh in on every issue and willing to make last-minute calls — A directive to revive two controversial oil pipelines awaited …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump and the Republicans Are on a Suicide Mission Together — And we'll all have to live with the fallout. — One of the things supposedly driving President Donald Trump to distraction, in what should be a celebratory first week in office, is that he isn't getting a honeymoon period from the media and the general public.
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Washington Post and The Guardian
David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees — In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, President Donald Trump says persecuted Christians will be given priority when it comes to applying for refugee status in the United States.
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Reuters, The Guardian, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and The Week
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David Brody / CBN.com:
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Calls Mainstream Media The “Opposition Party.”
Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Calls Mainstream Media The “Opposition Party.”
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Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Business Insider
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Mexico Tantrum — Less than a week into the job, President Trump on Thursday raised the specter of a trade war with America's third-largest partner, Mexico, as the White House warned that the United States could impose a 20 percent tariff on Mexican imports.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Mexico's Vicente Fox to Trump: We are ‘ready for the trade war’
Mexico's Vicente Fox to Trump: We are ‘ready for the trade war’
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ABC News, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
No Mention Of Jews In Trump Holocaust Statement Breaks With Tradition — President Donald Trump did not explicitly mention Jews in his Friday statement commemorating the millions exterminated by the Nazis, an omission that the Anti-Defamation League called “troubling” and out of step with past presidential statements.
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Politicus USA
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Jim Miller / Sacramento Bee:
Calexit backers can begin collecting signatures to qualify for 2018 ballot — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment seeking California's secession from the U.S. can begin collecting voter signatures to qualify for the 2018 ballot, the secretary of state's office said Thursday.
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Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit and The American Mirror
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
‘Calexit’ organizers can now start collecting signatures to get California secession on the ballot
‘Calexit’ organizers can now start collecting signatures to get California secession on the ballot
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American Renaissance and Hit & Run
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't Photoshop an image of the president's hand — Dana Schwartz, a writer for the New York Observer, claimed to have noticed something interesting about one of the photos displayed during President Trump's interview with ABC News that aired this week.
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The Verge, Hot Air, Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Austin Wright / Politico:
McConnell to Trump: Do not lift sanctions on Russia — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan are drawing a hard line against easing sanctions on Russia, issuing stern warnings ahead of President Donald Trump's first official communication with Vladimir Putin since his inauguration last week.
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ABC News and The Atlantic
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain warns Trump he'll fight on lifting Russian sanctions
McCain warns Trump he'll fight on lifting Russian sanctions
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Politico, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Sheila Weller / Vanity Fair:
How Author Timothy Tyson Found the Woman at the Center of the Emmett Till Case — With a renewed cultural interest in the 1955 murder that catalyzed the 20th century civil rights movement, an interview with the author of a new book who tracked down the long-hidden woman at its center.
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis orders review of F-35, Air Force One programs — Defense Secretary James Mattis has ordered the Pentagon to review the F-35 fighter jet and Air Force One replacement programs following President Trump's criticism of the costs, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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Axios
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The Hill:
McConnell all but rules out filibuster change — (R-Ky.) on Friday all but ruled out the possibility of a change to the filibuster rule this year. — McConnell made his comment in an interview with The Hill one day after President Trump said he wants Senate Republicans to strip Democrats …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A viral Washington Post story about State Department resignations is very misleading — On Thursday morning, the Washington Post published a piece with an explosive headline: “The State Department's entire senior management team just resigned.” The piece alleged that Undersecretary …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The end of Sarah Palin is here … Remember how former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was going to use her political celebrity to build an army of like-minded politicians via her political action committee? — Yeah, not so much. — Michael Beckel of the Center for Public Integrity flagged for me this news …
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Heat Street
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Trump Signs Executive Orders at Pentagon — President Trump today made his first trip to the Pentagon as commander in chief and signed two executive orders related to national security. — The first focused on what Trump described as a “great rebuilding” of the military …
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Trump argument bolstered: Clinton received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, study finds — Hillary Clinton garnered more than 800,000 votes from noncitizens on Nov. 8, an approximation far short of President Trump's estimate of up to 5 million illegal voters but supportive of his charges of fraud.
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Washington Post, New York Times, The Lid, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon and Althouse
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Huge shakeup at ‘Today’ to make way for Megyn Kelly — More On: — NBC is canceling the third hour of “Today” to make way for new star Megyn Kelly, sources exclusively confirm to Page Six. — We're told Kelly will take over either the 9 a.m. hour from Tamron Hall and Al Roker or will replace Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford.
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Melania Trump wins round in libel suit over blogger's ‘escort’ claims — First lady Melania Trump prevailed Friday in the first round of a $150 million libel suit she filed against a Maryland blogger over a report he published last summer about claims that Trump worked as a “high-end escort.”
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RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »