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Jeff Stein / Vox:
One tweet that explains Republicans' big health care bill challenge — The day after unveiling their new bill to replace Obamacare, the Republican authors of the Affordable Health Care Act find themselves in a bind. — Even if the new bill has the votes in the House, it will also have to pass the Senate.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is McConnell Rushing Through a Trumpcare Bill Everybody Hates? — Following the unveiling of the House Republican plan to shrink Obamacare dramatically, two surprising things happened. The first is that the conservative-movement apparatus has lined up rapidly against the bill.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter Wants to Know Who Wrote ‘This Piece of Crap Obamacare Replacement Bill’ — White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that what the House GOP released last night is the Obamacare repeal that everyone's been waiting for. — And while Vice President Mike Pence said today …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus members say GOP doesn't have votes to pass healthcare plan — House Freedom Caucus members said Tuesday the GOP's ObamaCare repeal and replace plan does not have the votes necessary to pass the lower chamber. — The 40-member conservative caucus didn't take a formal position …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump begins healthcare push: 'Let's get it done'
Trump begins healthcare push: 'Let's get it done'
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence warns GOP lawmakers against healthcare revolt
Mike Pence warns GOP lawmakers against healthcare revolt
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Can Trump Save the Republican Health-Care Bill?
Can Trump Save the Republican Health-Care Bill?
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Sean Spicer Inaccurately Claims Paul Ryan's Health Care Bill ‘Fully’ Repeals Obamacare
Sean Spicer Inaccurately Claims Paul Ryan's Health Care Bill ‘Fully’ Repeals Obamacare
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New York Times:
Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say — WASHINGTON — Millions of people who get private health coverage through the Affordable Care Act would be at risk of losing it under the replacement legislation proposed by House Republicans, analysts said Tuesday …
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions — Otherwise, It's Great
GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions — Otherwise, It's Great
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Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
The House GOP Leadership's Health Care Bill Is ObamaCare-Lite — Or Worse
The House GOP Leadership's Health Care Bill Is ObamaCare-Lite — Or Worse
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Paul Ryan's Health-Care Vise
Paul Ryan's Health-Care Vise
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
10 million may lose health insurance coverage under GOP's Obamacare replacement plan, S&P says
10 million may lose health insurance coverage under GOP's Obamacare replacement plan, S&P says
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Republican Obamacare plan signals that liberalism has already won
Republican Obamacare plan signals that liberalism has already won
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Curt Mills / US News:
NSA Whistleblower Backs Trump Up on Wiretap Claims — Bill Binney, who resigned from NSA in 2001, did not elaborate on President Obama's specific role in surveilling Trump. — A veteran of the NSA has said President Donald Trump is righ to claim he was wiretapped and monitored. (ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES)
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Wall Street Journal:
Rapport Between Donald Trump, Barack Obama Crumbles — Budding feud is new distraction in a Trump presidency that has been struggling to enact its agenda — The rapport between Barack Obama and Donald Trump is unraveling, with the president convinced that Mr. Obama is undermining …
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Wiretap Tweets Raise Risk of Impeachment
Trump's Wiretap Tweets Raise Risk of Impeachment
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
11 Times Barack Obama Compared Slaves To Immigrants — This week, liberals savagely mocked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for allegedly comparing slaves to immigrants. It looks like they've completely forgotten about all the times Barack Obama did the exact same thing.
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Ben Carson's immigrant/slave speech is remarkably similar to an address Obama gave last year — Outrage directed at Ben Carson this week for referring to American slaves as immigrants is looking like a political double standard considering former President Obama's use of remarkably similar language …
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Armstrong Williams / The Hill:
Armstrong Williams op-ed: Like Carson, Obama made the same ‘immigrant’ comparison
Armstrong Williams op-ed: Like Carson, Obama made the same ‘immigrant’ comparison
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Sorry Ben Carson Critics: Obama Also Referred to Slaves as Immigrants
Sorry Ben Carson Critics: Obama Also Referred to Slaves as Immigrants
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New York Times:
WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents — WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smart phones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions.
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Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
WikiLeaks: CIA Uses ‘Stolen’ Malware to ‘Attribute’ Cyberattacks to Nations Like Russia
WikiLeaks: CIA Uses ‘Stolen’ Malware to ‘Attribute’ Cyberattacks to Nations Like Russia
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI prepares for new hunt for WikiLeaks' source
Max Bearak / Washington Post:
Khizr Khan's claim that the U.S. is restricting his travel may be unraveling — Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father whose impassioned speech at the Democratic National Convention last July called on Americans to reject a ban on Muslims entering the United States, claimed that his …
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BostonGlobe.com:
R.I. lawmaker surprised by ‘insane amount of drinking’ at State House — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island lawmaker says she's surprised by the “insane amount of drinking” that goes on in the State House. — Providence Democratic Rep. Moira Walsh tells WPRO-AM that lawmakers have “file cabinets full of booze.”
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Doug MacGunnigle / WPRO-AM:
Rep Walsh - “Insane amount of drinking” at the State House
Senator Bernie Sanders:
What should we do if the president is a liar? — We face a very serious political problem in this country, and that problem is manifested in a post written yesterday by Amber Phillips of The Washington Post. In her piece, Phillips criticizes me for lowering the state of our political discourse …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Al Franken: I think Jeff Sessions committed perjury — Washington (CNN)Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Hawaii plans to file first lawsuit against new travel ban — Trump's new travel ban: One thing to know — Lawyers for the challengers say the new travel ban suffers from the same “constitutional and statutory defects” as the original one — (CNN)Hawaii is not wasting any time challenging President Donald Trump's new travel ban.
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CNN:
Trump warns House GOP members of electoral ‘bloodbath’ if repeal and replace fails — Trump ‘proud to support’ GOP health care plan — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump warned House Republicans Tuesday if they can't get pass health care legislation after seven years of promises it could be a …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Grants Oval Office Meeting to TMZ Founder — Since Inauguration Day, President Trump has spent his time meeting with heads of state, titans of industry, economic advisers and public health specialists. — And the founder of TMZ. — Mr. Trump, in a meeting last Wednesday …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House official terrorizes network green rooms — White House official Boris Epshteyn, a combative Trump loyalist tasked with plugging the president's message on television, threatened earlier this year to pull all West Wing officials from appearing on Fox News after a tense appearance on anchor Bill Hemmer's show.
abc11.com:
FRANKLIN COUNTY TEEN WHO DECAPITATED MOTHER IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc11.com/video/embed/ ?pid=1789353" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — FRANKLIN COUNTY, North Carolina (WTVD) — The Franklin County District Attorney said Tuesday …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's split screen: A two-hour virtual conversation between the president and ‘Fox and Friends’ — Early Tuesday morning, President Trump tuned into “Fox and Friends.” — For several days, Trump's staff kept him away from television cameras. He spent the weekend hidden away …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News:
Newsmax/WSJ: Trump met Russian Amb. Kislyak last April — Contradicting repeated denials from Donald Trump and his team, Newsmax reported on May 14, 2016 that Trump met Russian Ambassador Kislyak at a VIP reception in Washington on April 27. — And while meeting the Russian ambassador is fine, why lie about it?
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