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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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Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign — ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally — White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Donald Trump “doesn't really think” that Barack Obama “tapped his phone personally,” seeming to walk back Trump's explosive and unsubstantiated claim …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Chris Cuomo refuses to let Kellyanne Conway wriggle away from Trump's bizarre wiretapping claims
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’
The Daily Beast:
Conway: Magic Microwaves May Have Spied on Trump
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Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen
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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 …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
24 million would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 under GOP's Obamacare replacement, new estimate says — Fourteen million people would become uninsured next year if the top Republican proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare is signed into law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.
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American Health Care Act — CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current law.
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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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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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Speaker.gov:
Speaker Ryan Statement on American Health Care Act CBO Score
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: 24 Million More Uninsured By 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill
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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'
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
King defends controversial tweet: ‘I meant exactly what I said’
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
King doubles down on controversial ‘babies’ tweet
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Shree:
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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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 …
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
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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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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Snoop Dogg shoots clown dressed as Trump in latest music video
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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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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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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Schumer Warns of Government Shutdown Over Trump's Border Wall — Democratic leader also cites plan to defund Planned Parenthood — Congress must pass spending bill by April 28 to avoid shutdown — Senate Democrats warned Republicans Monday that attempts to take funding away …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems warn against border wall in shutdown fight
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Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea's Kim regime — The annual Foal Eagle military drills between the US and South Korea will include some heavy hitters this year — the Navy SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden, Army Special Forces, and F-35s — South Korea's Joon Gang Daily reports.
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