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Speaker Ryan Statement on American Health Care Act CBO Score — WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office's scoring of the American Health Care Act:
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump official slams CBO score: It's ‘just not believable’ … The Trump administration on Monday slammed the Congressional Budget Office's projection that millions of people would lose their health insurance under the Republicans' plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan — Seven experts responded to a NYT request to predict what the Congressional Budget Office might say about the Republican Obamacare replacement bill in five different areas: long-term costs, how many people will lose health insurance …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows — WASHINGTON — The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cause 24 million people to lose health insurance within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.
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CBO's Publications:
American Health Care Act
American Health Care Act
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Vox, Mother Jones, KTLA, Washington Post, The Week, Obamacare Facts and FOX40
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
24 million would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 under GOP's Obamacare replacement, new estimate says
24 million would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 under GOP's Obamacare replacement, new estimate says
Elana Schor / Politico:
Sanders: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’ because of GOP Obamacare repeal bill
Sanders: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’ because of GOP Obamacare repeal bill
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Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
CBO estimates 24 million lose coverage under GOP plan. The devastating report, explained.
CBO estimates 24 million lose coverage under GOP plan. The devastating report, explained.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sanders responds to CBO score: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’
Sanders responds to CBO score: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’
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Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The CBO just delivered a huge blow to Republicans' Obamacare replacement
The CBO just delivered a huge blow to Republicans' Obamacare replacement
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Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Warns It Could Take Several Years for Health Costs to Drop
Trump Warns It Could Take Several Years for Health Costs to Drop
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Business Insider and Hot Air
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Here's how many people could die if Trumpcare becomes law
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Spicer: Trump didn't mean wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping — Spicer walks back Trump's wiretapping claims — (CNN)The White House on Monday walked back key point of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election.
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
White House wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof — President Trump's administration has asked for more time to comply with a House Intelligence Committee request for evidence substantiating Trump's claims of wiretapping. — “This afternoon, the Department …
Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally
Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Chris Cuomo refuses to let Kellyanne Conway wriggle away from Trump's bizarre wiretapping claims
Chris Cuomo refuses to let Kellyanne Conway wriggle away from Trump's bizarre wiretapping claims
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The Root
Sarah Posner / Washington Post:
Why are we hearing crickets from the GOP on Steve King's ugly Tweet? — Over the weekend, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa ) tweeted that Dutch far-right nationalist Geert Wilders has been right in saying that “culture and demographics are our destiny,” adding that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Steve King Says Civilization Can't Be Restored With 'Somebody Else's Babies'
Steve King Says Civilization Can't Be Restored With 'Somebody Else's Babies'
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
King defends controversial tweet: ‘I meant exactly what I said’
King defends controversial tweet: ‘I meant exactly what I said’
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gave CIA Power to Launch Drone Strikes — New authority departs from Obama-era policy under which only the Pentagon conducted the operations — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists …
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Axios and Political Wire
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate — State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, filed House Bill 4260 Friday, which would fine men $100 for masturbating. — When it comes to issues related to health, state Rep. Jessica Farrar …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Texas state rep. proposes fines for masturbation
Texas state rep. proposes fines for masturbation
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Bloomberg:
Kushners Set to Get $400 Million From Chinese on Marquee Tower — Family company of president's son-in-law in deal with Anbang — Plan is circulating among investors for more equity partners — A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser …
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Such a Great Country, Such Nasty Bigotry — The night of the election, my iPhone screen shattered. The joke I like to make is that there was glass shattering on November 8th but not the kind we wanted. — There's something symbolic about the shattered glass on my phone and it serves …
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CNN:
New surveillance footage of Michael Brown sparks protests — (CNN)New video captured hours before Michael Brown was killed shows the 18-year-old exchanging marijuana for cigarillos with the clerks of a Ferguson, Missouri, store, a documentary director told CNN on Monday.
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps? — At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites. The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat. — In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Health Plan Would Hit Rural Areas Hard — Poor, older Americans would see largest increase in insurance-coverage costs, analysis shows — The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Hot Air and The Week
Adelle Platon / Billboard:
Snoop Dogg on ‘Lavender’ Video Parodying Trump: 'Nobody's Dealing With the Real Issue With This F—king Clown as President' — The rapper's latest video features a Snoop Loops commercial, Michael Rapaport and a clown mocking president Donald Trump. — The concept for Snoop Dogg's new video for …
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Facebook and Privacy:
We are committed to building a community where people can feel safe making their voices heard. Our approach involves making careful decisions every day about how we use and protect data at Facebook. We also adopt policies that limit how developers, advertisers, and others can use our platform.
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Jordan Freiman / Death and Taxes:
Trump unfollows ‘Morning Joe’ hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski on Twitter — At some point in the last 24 hours, President Trump unfollowed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Twitter. While the pair were some of Trump's earliest supporters when he first declared …