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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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How Republicans Plan to Ration Health Care — It looks as if Republicans want to bring back health care rationing. — In 2010, Mark Price, a 37-year-old resident of Goodyear, Ariz., was struggling to pay the bills for his leukemia treatment. His house was under foreclosure.
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Wall Street Journal:
A Historic Health-Care Moment — The House plan isn't perfect, but it's the only reform opportunity Republicans will get. — The do-or-die moment for the Trump Administration and the GOP Congress arrived on Monday, as House Republicans rolled out their ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sen. Cotton: House GOP moving ‘too quickly’ on Obamacare repeal
Sen. Cotton: House GOP moving ‘too quickly’ on Obamacare repeal
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
One tweet that explains Republicans' big health care bill challenge
One tweet that explains Republicans' big health care bill challenge
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The Republican Plan Is Even Worse Than Obamacare
The Republican Plan Is Even Worse Than Obamacare
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New York Times:
Who Wins and Who Loses Under Republicans' Health Care Plan
Who Wins and Who Loses Under Republicans' Health Care Plan
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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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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Can Trump Save the Republican Health-Care Bill?
Can Trump Save the Republican Health-Care Bill?
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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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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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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The divide over the health care bill — THE BIG STORY: Get ready for Trump at war. That's what it will take if President Trump hopes to salvage his health care bill - and it is his bill now - against the accumulated weight of the AARP, the House Freedom Caucus …
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Is McConnell Rushing Through a Trumpcare Bill Everybody Hates?
Why Is McConnell Rushing Through a Trumpcare Bill Everybody Hates?
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus members say GOP doesn't have votes to pass healthcare plan
Freedom Caucus members say GOP doesn't have votes to pass healthcare plan
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter Wants to Know Who Wrote ‘This Piece of Crap Obamacare Replacement Bill’
Ann Coulter Wants to Know Who Wrote ‘This Piece of Crap Obamacare Replacement Bill’
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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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D. Watkins / Salon:
Ben Carson's infinite fall from grace — If we use Ben Carson's logic on enslaved “immigrants,” Frederick Douglass made it big after a plantation internship — “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less.”
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
11 Times Barack Obama Compared Slaves To Immigrants
11 Times Barack Obama Compared Slaves To Immigrants
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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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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Ben Carson's immigrant/slave speech is remarkably similar to an address Obama gave last year
Ben Carson's immigrant/slave speech is remarkably similar to an address Obama gave last year
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Samantha Cooney / TIME:
Meet the Organizers Behind the Upcoming Worldwide Women's Strike — 'Nobody else will defend our rights if we don't do it' — Women across the country are going on strike. — On Wednesday — International Women's Day — some women will take the day off from their jobs and household responsibilities …
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Valentina Zarya / Fortune:
A Brief But Fascinating History of International Women's Day
A Brief But Fascinating History of International Women's Day
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Susan Miller / USA Today:
A Day Without a Woman: What you need to know
A Day Without a Woman: What you need to know
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Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti wins reelection in landslide as City Council incumbents prevail — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won reelection Tuesday in what appeared to be one of the biggest landslides in the city's history, crushing 10 little-known rivals and strengthening his standing for a potential run for higher office.
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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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John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Immigrant Teen Beheaded His Mother, Say Police
Illegal Immigrant Teen Beheaded His Mother, Say Police
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump clothing line reports record sales — Ivanka Trump's eponymous women's fashion line is reporting record sales figures despite calls for a boycott and controversies surrounding President Trump. — “Since the beginning of February, they were some of the best performing weeks …
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Twin Cities:
Son of Sen. Tim Kaine one of six arrested after protesters disrupt Trump rally at state Capitol Saturday — The youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's 2016 running mate, was one of six people arrested Saturday after counter-protesters disrupted a rally in support of President Donald Trump at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Tweets and temperament are tripping up President Trump — WASHINGTON — President Trump gets high marks for leadership amid growing economic optimism, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but questions about his temperament and his tweets have cost him the political boost …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security — The Trump administration, searching for money to build the president's planned multibillion-dollar border wall and crack down on illegal immigration, is weighing significant cuts to the Coast Guard …
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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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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Ex-CIA director: When Trump tweets unproven allegations, it ‘weakens the office of the presidency’ … Former CIA director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised concerns Tuesday that President Trump's allegation that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower prior to the presidential election “weakens” his office.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
NEW REALITY with OBAMACARE replacement — New POLITICO/Morning Consult poll: voters want a special prosecutor to probe Russia-Trump ties — PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: Tory Burch — DRIVING THE DAY — TRUMP SPEAKS — @realDonaldTrump at 6:12 a.m.: “I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles …
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Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Comey: I intend to serve my 10-year term — CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — FBI director James Comey said he plans to serve his entire 10-year term as FBI director in his remarks at a Boston College conference on cybersecurity. — “You're stuck with me for another six and a half years,” …
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