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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump to conservative leaders: If this plan fails, I'll blame Democrats  —  Washington (CNN)In an Oval Office meeting featuring several leaders of conservative groups already lining up against the House Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump revealed his plan …
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Washington Examiner:
Trump says privately second healthcare bill ready as early as next week  —  President Trump told a closed-door meeting of grassroots conservative leaders on Wednesday to expect another, companion healthcare bill to hit the House as early as next week, according to sources present for the meeting.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has a secret backup plan to kill Obamacare.  It's actually brilliant.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The GOP drive to destroy Obamacare took another hit Thursday morning, when conservative Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted that the House GOP repeal-and-replace bill is probably dead on arrival in the Senate.
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Professor Paul Ryan's Health-care Pitch: This Is the Bill
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
GOP health-care plan: Two House panels approve legislation as Trump tweets reassurance
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ryan: This is the last chance to repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Political Wire
Marie Le Conte / BuzzFeed:
Nigel Farage Just Visited The Ecuadorian Embassy In London  —  Asked by BuzzFeed News if he'd been visiting Julian Assange, the former UKIP leader said he couldn't remember what he'd been doing in the building.  —  Nigel Farage visited the Ecuadorian embassy in west London on Thursday …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
President Mike Pence Doesn't Sound Quite So Bad, Some Top Democrats Say  —  “I'd sleep easier with almost any other human being as president than Donald Trump,” said a former Obama speechwriter.  And they won't say so publicly, but several elected Democrats told BuzzFeed News they would much prefer …
Jon Stone / The Independent:
Nigel Farage visited Ecuadorian Embassy to meet Julian Assange, Ukip source says
Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: After lobbying from Trump, Orrin Hatch plans to run again  —  (CNN)Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving GOP senator, told CNN he is planning to run for re-election next year, abandoning his plans to quit the chamber after four decades of service.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
White House Pushes Back on McConnell: We're Getting Tax Reform Done By August
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
‘No Comment,’ Justice Dept. Says, Asked About a Trump Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — With questions still swirling over President Trump's unsubstantiated claims that he was wiretapped on orders of President Barack Obama, the Justice Department on Thursday declined to confirm statements a day earlier …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
FISA-gate: The Times Revises History in Real Time  —  Donald Trump and President Barack Obama, right, arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony (Reuters: J. Scott Applewhite)  —  For four months, media wanted us to think that Obama was investigating Trump; now they don't.
Discussion: Power Line, IJR and Snopes.com
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Run of Dumb Luck
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
EPA chief Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming  —  EPA takes aim at CAFE standards: Scott Pruitt  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
Lauren Katz / Vox:
How has the ACA impacted your life?  We asked, you answered.  —  Millions of Americans aren't sure what will happen next for their health coverage.  —  House Republicans released their bill to replace Obamacare, the American Health Care Act, on Monday.  Vox senior policy correspondent Sarah Kliff explains:
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Circa:
Widespread frustration  —  U.S. officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said there is widespread frustration among intelligence professionals who have watched in horror as a normally secretive process has been distorted by media leaks …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Russian ambassador denied meeting with Trump or campaign officials in October speech  —  (CNN)In an October speech to the Detroit Economic Club, Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, denied meeting with Donald Trump or campaign officials during the course of 2016 presidential election …
Discussion: Business Insider
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Roger Stone's Russian Hacking “Hero”  —  Trump loyalist communicated with “Guccifer 2.0,” target of FBI probe  —  In the months before Election Day, a longtime confidante and political consultant for Donald Trump was in contact with the Russian hacking group that U.S. intelligence officials …
Discussion: Raw Story, ThinkProgress and Mediaite
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
FBI has records of Trump trickster Roger Stone communicating with Russians behind DNC hacks: report
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CANNONFIRE
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Why the Russia Story Is a Minefield for Democrats and the Media
Discussion: JustOneMinute and twitchy.com
BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Helped Preserve DACA But Democrats And Activists Aren't Celebrating  —  They're bracing for what's coming: millions of deportations and further crackdowns on both legal and illegal immigration.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration doesn't want to talk about it.
Discussion: RedState, Daily Wire and The Week
CNN:
Sources: FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization  —  (CNN)Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN.
Josephine McKenna / Religion News Service:
Claims of sex orgies, prostitution and porn videos shake Catholic Church in Italy  —  ROME (RNS) Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the way to the Vatican and challenging …
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Independent:
Pope Francis issues veiled warning about Donald Trump: ‘Populism is evil’
Discussion: Daily Wire
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Sex Columnist Dan Savage Calls Melania Trump ‘Ugly on the Inside’  —  Savage says first lady gets a pass from some liberals because of her looks, but “is as ugly on the inside as she is pretty on the outside”  —  Author and sex columnist Dan Savage says many liberals are giving first lady Melania …
Mark Molloy / Telegraph:
Burger-flipping robot replaces humans on first day at work  —  A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant in California, replacing humans at the grill.  —  Flippy has mastered the art of cooking the perfect burger and has just started work at CaliBurger, a fast-food chain.
New York Times:
C.I.A. Scrambles to Contain Damage From WikiLeaks Documents  —  WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. scrambled on Wednesday to assess and contain the damage from the release by WikiLeaks of thousands of documents that cataloged the agency's cyberspying capabilities, temporarily halting work on some projects …
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John Bacon / USA Today:
WikiLeaks will give tech firms access to CIA hacking tools: Assange
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Almost 7,000 IRS Documents Relating To Targeting Scandal Found.  Bad News: No Clue When They'll Be Public  —  In 2013, the IRS was involved in a scandal regarding its Exempt Organizations Unit and conservative nonprofits.  Tea Party and other right-leaning groups claimed that they were targeted for audits …
Associated Press:
Former Trump aide Flynn says lobbying may have helped Turkey  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
At least five states join up to block revised Trump travel ban  —  At least five states are banding together in a legal drive to block key elements of President Donald Trump's second travel ban.  —  Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said his office is filing a motion asking …
Discussion: NPR, Daily Kos, The Week and Axios
 
 
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Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Ethics office rebukes White House over Kellyanne Conway's Ivanka Trump plug
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Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
Fix Is In: House Committee on ‘Russian Hacking’ Includes Only DNC-Hired Tech Experts
Discussion: Sputnik International
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Up to five injured after ‘axe-wielding man’ …
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Wine bar owners sue President Trump, saying D.C. hotel unfairly takes away business
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Top general expects more US troops will be sent to Afghanistan
Lou Michel / The Buffalo News:
Union tips off Border Patrol in immigration crackdown
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Tax reform unlikely by August
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The budget rule you've never heard of that ties Republicans' hands on Obamacare
John Sides / Washington Post:
The 40-year decline in the tolerance of college students, graphed
Discussion: Hit & Run, Daily Wire and The Week
John Harwood / CNBC:
The Republican health-care bill threatens Trump's voters
Discussion: Liberal Values and Daily Kos
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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