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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Thursday vote on health care bill canceled — President Donald Trump and House Freedom Caucus members failed to strike a deal on the GOP Obamacare replacement Thursday, endangering the prospects of passage and all but assuring any immediate vote on the measure would fail.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House leaders postpone vote on their health-care plan — House leaders postponed a vote Thursday on their plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, as they and President Trump struggled to meet demands of conservative lawmakers who said they could not support the bill.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers leave Trump White House with no deal — GOP lawmakers leaving the White House after a meeting with President Trump said they have not reached a deal that would allow them to support an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill set for a vote Thursday.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The health care bill could be Donald Trump's Iraq War — Sold on lies, poorly planned, deadly to thousands, and a catastrophe for its authors. — If it passes, the American Health Care Act will be Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's Iraq War. It's been sold with lies.
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Freedom Caucus Closing In On Deal To Rewrite Health Care Bill At 11th Hour — Republicans are considering changes that could doom the bill in the Senate and save face in the House. — WASHINGTON Just hours before an expected Thursday vote in the House, congressional Republicans …
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The Daily Caller, Vox, Talking Points Memo and Politico
New York Times:
House Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act Is Postponed, Despite Trump's Effort
House Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act Is Postponed, Despite Trump's Effort
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The Hill:
GOP lawmakers say ObamaCare repeal vote may be delayed
GOP lawmakers say ObamaCare repeal vote may be delayed
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
What the GOP's plan to kill essential health benefits means
What the GOP's plan to kill essential health benefits means
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Republicans Are Rushing To Vote on a Health Care Bill They Haven't Read. They Learned Nothing From Obamacare.
Republicans Are Rushing To Vote on a Health Care Bill They Haven't Read. They Learned Nothing From Obamacare.
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Senator Apologizes After Joke About Losing His Mammograms In GOP Bill
Senator Apologizes After Joke About Losing His Mammograms In GOP Bill
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy
Late G.O.P. Proposal Could Mean Plans That Cover Aromatherapy but Not Chemotherapy
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TIME:
Read President Trump's Interview With TIME on Truth and Falsehoods — President Trump spoke with TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer on March 22 for a cover story about the way he has handled truth and falsehood in his career. — This is a transcript of the exchange, with some minor edits.
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Can President Trump Handle the Truth? — Generations of American children have learned the apocryphal tale of young George Washington, bravely admitting to his father that he chopped down the cherry tree. The story sprang from a culture that wanted even its fables to serve the ideal of truth.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Defense of His Lies: 'I'm President and You're Not' — It is remarkable — and perhaps praiseworthy — that Donald Trump gave a long and detailed interview on the subject of his being a pathological liar. The interview, with Time's Michael Scherer, covers a wide range of Trump's lies …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time — “I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not.” — In an exclusive interview with Time's Michael Scherer, published Thursday, President Donald Trump basically gives three types of explanations …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump's cascade of false claims in Time's interview on his falsehoods
President Trump's cascade of false claims in Time's interview on his falsehoods
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CNN:
Nunes apologizes to House Intel Committee, member says — “Basically what he has done is he has scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation,” Cummings said — (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes apologized to committee members Thursday, a Democrat on the panel told reporters …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McCain: Nunes actions ‘very disturbing’
McCain: Nunes actions ‘very disturbing’
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Politico, U.S. House of …, RedState and The Daily Signal
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Nunes shows why he's incapable of running an investigation
Nunes shows why he's incapable of running an investigation
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Nunes apologizes for going directly to White House with monitoring claims
Nunes apologizes for going directly to White House with monitoring claims
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
What The Heck Is Devin Nunes Talking About? A Guide for the Perplexed
What The Heck Is Devin Nunes Talking About? A Guide for the Perplexed
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Vox and Washington Post
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Nunes regrets briefing Trump before Intelligence panel
Nunes regrets briefing Trump before Intelligence panel
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Politico, RedState and Politicus USA
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination — As the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing from witnesses for and against Judge Neil Gorsuch, his Supreme Court nomination was delivered a critical blow: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced he would oppose Gorsuch …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Democrats are going to filibuster Gorsuch. It's the right thing to do.
Democrats are going to filibuster Gorsuch. It's the right thing to do.
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The Washington Times http / Washington Times:
Schumer says Dems will filibuster Gorsuch
Schumer says Dems will filibuster Gorsuch
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Rick Perry / Houston Chronicle:
Did A&M shun due process in the name of ‘diversity’? — As Texas' first Aggie governor and as someone who was twice elected Yell Leader of Texas A&M University, I am deeply troubled by the recent conduct of A&M's administration and Student Government Association (SGA) during the Aggie student-body president elections for 2017-2018.
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Brookings Institution:
Senior Scholar - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — In “Mortality and morbidity in the 21st Century,” Princeton Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton follow up on their groundbreaking 2015 paper that revealed a shocking increase in midlife mortality among white non …
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds
Death Rates Rise for Wide Swath of White Adults, Study Finds
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The Atlantic and emptywheel
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
New research identifies a ‘sea of despair’ among white, working-class Americans
New research identifies a ‘sea of despair’ among white, working-class Americans
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Raw Story
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hunter under criminal investigation for alleged campaign finance violations — Rep. Duncan Hunter is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department over alleged campaign finance violations, the House Ethics Committee announced Thursday. — The California Republican spent tens …
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Jerusalem Post:
‘Dual US-Israeli citizen behind most JCC bomb threat calls’ — Israeli authorities have arrested an 19-year-old suspect on suspicion of instigating a series of threats to Jewish communities in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand over the past six months.
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Rotten Tomatoes is ‘the destruction of our business,’ says director — Director and producing mogul Brett Ratner says film critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes is a destructive force in Hollywood. — Speaking at the Sun Valley Film Festival last weekend, the Rush Hour director wanted …
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The Guardian:
London attack: police confirm seven people arrested - live — Seven arrested in six counter-terrorism raids in London, Birmingham and elsewhere following Wednesday's terrorist attack on London … French authorities have launched an inquiry into the London attack after it became clear three …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
4-Year-Old Brings Shell Casing to Preschool. Principal Suspends Him for 7 Days, Calls Child Services. — An Illinois preschool is teaching a 4-year-old boy quite the lesson. Officials suspended him for a full week—and also called the Department of Children and Family Services on his parents.
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