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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Manafort had plan to benefit Putin government — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
President Trump appears unable to make a substantive case for the AHCA — When he tries to sell it, he either talks politics or says Obamacare is bad. — The fate of the Republican health bill in the House could rest on President Donald Trump's salesmanship.
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ThinkProgress and Occupy Democrats
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Democrats accuse Gorsuch of hiding his legal views — Senate Democrats accused Neil Gorsuch of not being forthcoming with his views Wednesday, sparking a quick backlash from Republicans who said Democrats were holding the Supreme Court nominee to an unfair standard.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Manafort worked to ‘benefit Putin government’: report
Manafort worked to ‘benefit Putin government’: report
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Wall Street Journal:
A President's Credibility — Trump's falsehoods are eroding public trust, at home and abroad. — If President Trump announces that North Korea launched a missile that landed within 100 miles of Hawaii, would most Americans believe him? Would the rest of the world?
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Tim Sculthorpe / Daily Mail:
HOW PARLIAMENT HAS BEEFED UP SECURITY TO PROTECT AGAINST A TERROR ATTACK — Extra Metropolitan Police firearms officers are regularly put on detail around the grounds of the Houses of Parliament in the aftermath of terror attacks. — Following the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris two years ago …
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The Guardian:
Parliament attack: man shot after police officer stabbed at House of Commons - live updates
Parliament attack: man shot after police officer stabbed at House of Commons - live updates
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Toby Melville / Reuters:
Assailant shot, policeman stabbed and several injured in UK parliament incident
Assailant shot, policeman stabbed and several injured in UK parliament incident
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Telegraph, Daily Wire, Axios, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Axios:
Why deductibles would rise under the GOP health care plan — Health care is complicated, as the president has discovered. But here is one thing that is not so complicated: if people have modest means and limited tax credits, and coverage is expensive, they will mostly buy health plans with lower premiums — and high deductibles.
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Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
We Fact-Checked Lawmakers' Letters to Constituents on Health Care — When Louisiana resident Andrea Mongler wrote to her senator, Bill Cassidy, in support of the Affordable Care Act, she wasn't surprised to get an email back detailing the law's faults. Cassidy, a Republican who is also a physician, has been a vocal critic.
Erin McPike / IJR:
Trump's Diplomat — “I didn't want this job. I didn't seek this job.”
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump, GOP struggle to find healthcare votes — House Republican leaders on Tuesday struggled to pick up votes for their ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, even after President Trump visited Capitol Hill to sell the plan. — With only a day before a scheduled vote on the House floor, the White House and Speaker Paul Ryan
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
'I'll Criticize Judges,' Trump Says, Hours After a Scolding for Doing Just That
'I'll Criticize Judges,' Trump Says, Hours After a Scolding for Doing Just That
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New York Times:
Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats
Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Ryan's Leadership Is Tested by GOP's Civil War on Health Bill
Ryan's Leadership Is Tested by GOP's Civil War on Health Bill
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Approval wanes for GOP health bill — Support for the GOP proposal to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law is fading, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted just before an expected House vote on the legislation. — Voters are divided on the measure …
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
What Hardcore Conservatives Really Want for Health Care
What Hardcore Conservatives Really Want for Health Care
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Jon Reid / Morning Consult:
Voters Want GOP to Hit Brakes on Health Care Overhaul as Support Dips
Voters Want GOP to Hit Brakes on Health Care Overhaul as Support Dips
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The Hill, Political Wire and AOL
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Ex-Colo. GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he's charged with voter fraud. — The 2016 election was just a month away when Steve Curtis, a conservative radio host and former Colorado Republican Party chairman, devoted an entire episode of his morning talk show to the heated topic of voter fraud.
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Blair Miller / TheDenverChannel.com:
Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud
Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud
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Politicus USA and Political Wire
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: By 2 to 1 margin, registered voters reject Comey — FBI Director James Comey is unpopular across the political spectrum, according to a new poll that finds voters have a negative opinion of Comey by a more than two-to-one margin. — According to data from a Harvard-Harris Poll survey …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
While Gorusch was testifying, the Supreme Court unanimously said he was wrong — Awkward. — About 40 minutes after Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch began his second day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, all eight of the justices he hopes to join said a major disability decision Gorsuch wrote in 2008 was wrong.
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Susan E. Rice / Washington Post:
Susan Rice: When the White House twists the truth, we are all less safe — Susan E. Rice was national security adviser from 2013 to 2017 and U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013. — Last week, the British intelligence agency GCHQ took the rare step of debunking as …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Eyeing Trump's Budget Plan, Republican Governors Say ‘No, Thanks’ — Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky was unrestrained in his praise for President Trump: Opening for him at a rally on Monday, Mr. Bevin, a conservative Republican, echoed Mr. Trump's “America First” slogan and only gently noted the nagging divisions in their party.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Didn't Sign Trump's Ethics Pledge — The White House's former top national security official did not sign an ethics pledge ostensibly required of all Trump administration appointees barring them from ethically questionable lobbying activities, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Washington Post:
New poll: only 3% of Trump voters regret their vote — Within weeks of the November 2016 U.S. presidential election, social media posts expressing voters' second thoughts began trending. While some Donald Trump voters felt he was backtracking on initial hard-line positions …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton to get lifetime achievement award — Chelsea Clinton will be honored with a Variety's lifetime achievement award next month, the magazine announced Tuesday. — The 37-year-old former first daughter, a vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, is rumored to be eyeing a run …
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Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Grieving father: 'I don't play Trump songs anymore' — Man who attended 45 rallies now opposes Trump — GOP health care bill would end the requirement that addiction, mental health treatment be covered under Medicaid — (CNN)Last year, Kraig Moss sold the equipment for his construction business …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
House Obamacare repeal DOA in the Senate — Forget the House GOP's troubles passing a health care bill. The party's bigger problem looms in the Senate. — Mitch McConnell is being tasked with fixing what GOP senators and House members say is a flawed Obamacare repeal proposal …
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