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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Why Steve Bannon Might Be the Winner of the GOP's Health-Care Civil War — With hours to go before the House is set to (finally) vote on Paul Ryan's health-care bill, the Trump administration is putting a full-court press on recalcitrant Republicans to rally votes.
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Axios:
Health care bill might get yanked from House floor — The prospect of pulling the Obamacare replacement bill is now a matter of discussion among House leaders, according to sources familiar with the conversations. As House Speaker Paul Ryan heads to the White House to brief the president …
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New York Times:
A Brave Front, but Regrets? On Health Bill, Trump Has a Few — WASHINGTON — President Trump, the author of “The Art of the Deal,” has been projecting his usual bravado in public this week about the prospects of repealing the Affordable Care Act. Privately he is grappling with rare bouts of self-doubt.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Bannon Tells Trump: ‘Keep a S**t List’ of Republicans Who Opposed You — If TrumpCare dies, the White House won't forget who killed it — and plans on keeping a “s**t list” of Republicans who stood in their way. — According to multiple Trump administration officials speaking to The Daily Beast …
New York Times:
Paul Ryan Rushes to White House to Tell Trump Votes Are Lacking to Repeal Obamacare — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing a revolt among conservative and moderate Republicans, rushed to the White House Friday afternoon to inform President Trump he did not have the votes …
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Bloomberg:
White House Preparing to Blame Ryan If Health Bill Fails, Official Says — But Trump says ‘yes’ when asked if Ryan should remain speaker — Legislation advances toward crucial House vote on Friday — In public, President Donald Trump is standing by House Speaker Paul Ryan over the Obamacare replacement bill.
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CNN:
Ryan visiting Trump, not delivering good news on health care — Washington (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan is at the White House to brief President Donald Trump on the GOP health care bill, and it is not to deliver good news, a Republican source tells CNN. — Efforts on Capitol Hill …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The health care ultimatum — The big story: So there is a law of political physics that applies to Donald Trump after all. Actually, this one is basic math, in that House leaders and the White House have never had the majority they assumed they could get, as we approach today's showdown.
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Bloomberg:
GOP Leaders Not Confident They Have Votes to Pass Health Bill — Speaker Ryan heading to White House to brief president — House vote is scheduled to be held on Friday afternoon — House GOP leaders aren't confident they have enough votes to pass their embattled health-care bill …
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Rodney Frelinghuysen:
Statement of Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) — American Health Care Act — March 24, 2017 — “Seven years after enactment of Obamacare, I wanted to support legislation that made positive changes to rescue healthcare in America. — “Unfortunately, the legislation before the House today …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
What the G.O.P. Doesn't Get About Who Pays for Health Care
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Breitbart:
Report: Steve Bannon Says American Health Care Act ‘Written by the Insurance Industry’
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's health care ultimatum is straight out of ‘The Art of the Deal.’ It just might work.
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Madeline Farber / Fortune:
The GOP Health Care Bill Would Require New Moms on Medicaid to Find Work 60 Days after Childbirth
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Nunes: Manafort volunteered to interview with Intel panel … President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has volunteered to interview with the House Intelligence Committee's probe of Russia's interference in last year's election, Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) announced Friday.
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Fox News:
Potential ‘smoking gun’ showing Obama administration spied on Trump team, source says — Republican congressional investigators expect a potential “smoking gun” establishing that the Obama administration spied on the Trump transition team, and possibly the president-elect himself …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Nunes: I Had ‘Duty’ To Brief Trump Since He's ‘Taking Lot Of Heat’ In Media
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Peter Hoekstra / Wall Street Journal:
Did Obama Abuse Raw Intelligence?
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CNN:
Manafort volunteers for questionings at House intel committee
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Nunes: Manafort has agreed to be interviewed by House intel committee
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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Confusion over essential health benefits — The post has been revised to take into account feedback on how best to understand the manager's amendment. — Last night, House Republicans released the text of the final manager's amendment to the American Health Care Act …
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
After Promising Not To Talk Business With Father, Eric Trump Says He'll Give Him Financial Reports — Eric Trump sits behind a desk on the 25th floor of Trump Tower in New York City, dressed in a slightly less formal version of his father's go-to power uniform—blue suit, white buttoned-down shirt, no tie.
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Matthew Guariglia / MuckRock:
The same billionaire that funded Trump's campaign bankrolled Milo's college speaking tour — University of Washington records confirm Yiannopoulos' speaking fee as zero dollars, and entirely self-financed — Over the last year, Breitbart's former ethno-nationalist troll-provocateur got …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Tea Party Express backs Trump's ObamaCare bill — The Tea Party Express has decided to back the GOP bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare hours before a pivotal vote in the House. — “Admittedly, this is far from a perfect repeal, and no conservative would propose this if it weren't for the reality …
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Media Matters for America:
The Life Cycle Of A Donald Trump Lie — On March 4, President Donald Trump declared himself the victim of a scandal on the level of the the Watergate crimes that brought down President Richard Nixon. In an early-morning tweetstorm apparently triggered by reading a Breitbart article …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mulvaney: If Your State Doesn't Mandate Maternity Care, Change Your State — Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, one of the top administration officials who had been working to pass the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, on Friday morning brushed off concerns …
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Chris Erskine / Los Angeles Times:
Mammoth got so much snow this winter it called in the National Guard for help — Some of the National Guard members sent to Mammoth to help with snow removal. (California National Guard) (California National Guard) — Hey, Mammoth Lakes, add this group shot of the National Guard to your winter scrapbook.
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Axios:
Mnuchin: Losing human jobs to AI “not even on our radar screen” — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin joined Axios' Mike Allen this morning at the debut of his News Shapers event series to talk about his new role in the Trump Administration. — On AI supplanting human jobs …
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Ann Friedman / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Just like her mother, Chelsea Clinton never gets a break — Chelsea Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press) — This week, Variety magazine announced that it would honor former first daughter Chelsea Clinton …
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