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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Stop Blaming. Start Governing. — Who's to blame for the failure of the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare? Who cares? What matters now is that Democrats stop gloating, Republicans stop sulking, and each party come to the table to improve a health-care system that both parties agree needs work.
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Priebus on ObamaCare overhaul: It's time for GOP to ‘start governing’ — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Sunday acknowledged that Democrats are not the culprits in Republicans' failed ObamaCare overhaul bill, saying it's time for the GOP to “start governing.”
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal — Speaker Paul Ryan and House leaders had been toiling behind closed doors for weeks assembling their Obamacare repeal bill as suspicion on the far-right simmered to a boil. — So on March 7, just hours after Ryan unveiled …
Fox News:
Trump hits Freedom Caucus, Washington conservatives for nixing ObamaCare overhaul
Trump hits Freedom Caucus, Washington conservatives for nixing ObamaCare overhaul
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Washington Post, The Daily Signal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hill, IJR and Politico
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump shifts blame to conservatives on health care bill failure
Trump shifts blame to conservatives on health care bill failure
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The Times & The Sunday Times:
Germany slams ‘intimidating’ £300bn White House bill — Donald Trump handed the German chancellor Angela Merkel a bill — thought to be for more than £300bn — for money her country “owed” Nato for defending it when they met last weekend, German government sources have revealed.
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Rebecca Flood / The Independent:
Donald Trump printed out made-up £300bn Nato invoice and handed it to Angela Merkel
Donald Trump printed out made-up £300bn Nato invoice and handed it to Angela Merkel
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Shake up causes drama at Glenn Beck's TheBlaze — MORE FROM: … Tomi Lahren won't be appearing on Glenn Beck's multiplatform network, TheBlaze, anymore. — Sources say Lahren — who was suspended last week after flip-flopping on abortion and declaring herself pro-choice — has been banned permanently.
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New York Times:
Trump Puts a Presidential-Size Spotlight on His Brand — WASHINGTON — President Trump's Saturday started with a trip to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. — By Saturday night, on one of the few weekends since the inauguration that Mr. Trump remained in Washington …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property
Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property
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Marc Bennetts / Politico:
Massive opposition protests challenge Putin — Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, arrested during Sunday's large demonstration, seeks to tap into frustration with corruption. — MOSCOW — Russian police detained Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin critic who wants to take on Vladimir Putin …
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Two months out of office, Barack Obama is having a post-presidency like no other — The first cocktail party at Barack Obama's new office last month was certainly more casual than any he had hosted in recent years. The wine bore a random assortment of labels, as if assembled potluck-style.
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Axios
Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
60 Minutes Preview, Mike Cernovich Calls Out Scott Pelley During Heated Interview — During a contentious debate on the nature of truth and what is “fake news,” Mike Cernovich told Scott Pelley what story 60 Minutes would publish before the episode had aired. Find an excerpt of this interview below:
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Trump vs. Congress: Now What? — After the president suffered his first defeat on Capitol Hill, can the White House still make good on its legislative promises? — On Monday, Jan. 9, less than two weeks before President Trump's inauguration, the House speaker, Paul Ryan …
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Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Two girls barred from United flight for wearing leggings — A United Airlines gate agent barred two girls from boarding a flight Sunday morning because the girls were wearing leggings. — Another girl who was wearing gray leggings had to change before she was allowed to board the flight from Denver to Minneapolis, a witness said.
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why Trump's approval ratings don't matter — MORE FROM: … YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — While pundits breathlessly reported this week that President Trump's Gallup approval rating has plummeted to a historic low (dipping to 37 points), not all approval ratings are created equal.
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
Passing Tax Reform Will Be As Difficult As Repealing Obamacare — As you switch your attention from this past week's spectacularly-failed effort by House Republicans and the Trump administration to repeal and replace Obamacare to the GOP's next big legislative priority of corporate tax reform …
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Graham: Left is ‘going insane’ after Trump's win — Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) in an interview Sunday morning slammed Democrats for opposing Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, saying the “left is going insane after Trump won the election.” — “This has nothing to do with Neil …
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
President Trump And America's National Nervous Breakdown — There's an old Sprite commercial, from the 1990s, in which it's a hot summer day on a city basketball court. Someone cracks open a Sprite, then jumps and cannonballs into the blacktop. It's OK, though, because the asphalt has become a swimming pool.
Trent Baker / Breitbart:
Judge Jeanine: ‘Paul Ryan Needs to Step Down’ — During her opening statement on Fox News Channel's “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro ripped House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling for him to step down after his healthcare bill to replace Obamacare failed miserably. — “Paul Ryan needs to step down as speaker of the house,” Pirro began.
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WLWT Digital / WLWT-TV:
Police: At least 15 shot, 1 fatally, at Cincinnati nightclub — News conference expected at 11 a.m. — CINCINNATI — A shooting that left one person dead and at least 14 others wounded stemmed from a conflict earlier in the day, Cincinnati police said.
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