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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
HHS Sec. Tom Price: ‘Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially’ Under GOP Health Plan — WASHINGTON — No one will be adversely affected by the Republicans' new health care bill once its enacted, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. — “I firmly believe that nobody …
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The Intercept:
Next Phase of Obamacare Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage, GOP Leader Tells Allies — Photo: Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS/Getty Images — When Republican Congressman John Shimkus expressed outrage during a House committee hearing Wednesday …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Price on Obamacare replacement: ‘Nobody will be worse off financially’ — Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “nobody will be worse off financially” after Republicans in Congress repeal and replace Obamacare. — “I firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially …
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New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s High-Risk Strategy for Health Law Repeal
The G.O.P.'s High-Risk Strategy for Health Law Repeal
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Key health insurer backs GOP ObamaCare replacement plan
Key health insurer backs GOP ObamaCare replacement plan
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Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
They are poor, sick and voted for Trump. What will happen to them without Obamacare? — Another morning, another list — of patients and problems in the hands of 35-year-old Keisha Saunders. Diabetes, depression, heart disease. Robert needs lower blood pressure. Buffy needs prescriptions filled.
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
New Ferguson Video Adds Wrinkle to Michael Brown Case — In the two and a half years since Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., the explosive case has been parsed in intricate detail. Witnesses offered varying descriptions of the fatal encounter.
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Brian Whitehead / Orange County Register:
Rep. Darrell Issa's town halls draw more than 1,000 people, including crowds of protesters — OCEANSIDE - More than 1,000 people showed up at two town halls on Saturday to hear Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, explain his stances on a variety of hot-button issues.
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Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Amid Trump resistance, Virginia Democrats see surge of candidates for House of Delegates — After retiring from her environmental law career, Mary Jo Sheeley spent much of her newfound free time volunteering for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Upset by President Donald Trump's victory …
The Hill:
The future of politics is grassroots — Raucous pop-up and planned weekly public demonstrations, jam-packed town hall meetings, and millions of donations, emails, phone calls, social media posts, editorials and petitions have all been commonplace with the new administration and the 115th Congress.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 3-12-17: Mick Mulvaney, Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Elijah Cummings — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on March 12, 2017 and it will be updated. — ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Dangerous Safety of College — The moral of the recent melee at Middlebury College, where students shouted down and chased away a controversial social scientist, isn't just about free speech, though that's the rubric under which the ugly incident has been tucked. It's about emotional coddling.
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Anti-immigrant anger threatens to remake the liberal Netherlands — AMSTERDAM — Xandra Lammers lives on an island in Amsterdam, the back door of her modern and spacious four-bedroom house opening onto a graceful canal where ducks, swans and canoes glide by.
Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision — Last night I linked to the extensive ruling and findings of fact and conclusions of law in a very long-running dispute about whether Texas's congressional districting …
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Texas Congressional Maps Are Struck Down for Discrimination
New York Times:
Trump Adviser Had Twitter Contact With Figure Tied to Russians — WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., an off-and-on adviser to President Trump for decades, has acknowledged that he had contact on Twitter with Guccifer 2.0, the mysterious online figure that is believed to be a front for Russian intelligence officials.
Spiegel Online:
Can Merkel Bring Trump to Reason? — Angela Merkel is planning a dual strategy for her first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday. She wants to foster close personal relations with the new U.S. president, but she also wants to make clear the Berlin is armed for a trade war against Washington.
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Aaron Short / New York Post:
Cuomo takes key step toward launching presidential campaign — More On: — Gov. Cuomo has hired two Florida fundraisers, a sign he's building a national network to launch a presidential bid, sources told The Post. — The two consultants — one is former Hillary Clinton money man Jon Adrabi …
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
GOP senator reports hacking attempts after WikiLeaks criticism — Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) reported Saturday that he was facing hacking attempts on “basically every device, every platform, personal and govt” following his recent criticism of WikiLeaks. — Sasse tweeted from his personal account:
Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:
While Democrats Fume, Trump Becomes the Jobs President — It's the economy, stupid. We've heard the phrase so many times over the past 25 years that it has descended into cliché if not outright parody. But it's been repeated so often because it highlights a basic truth about politics: jobs matter.
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