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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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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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Fox News:
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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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Bannon Pushed Trump to Use Health Care Vote to Write Up “Enemies List” — Following the embarrassing collapse of Trumpcare, everyone is asking the same question, What went wrong? And while there are several different angles to answer the question, there seems to be one constant …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal
How a secret Freedom Caucus pact brought down Obamacare repeal
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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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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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Republicans turn fire on each other
Republicans turn fire on each other
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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property — For the eighth weekend in a row, President Trump has visited a property that bears his name. He has done so on 21 of the 66 days he has been in office, meaning that for the equivalent of three full weeks …
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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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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Mary Katharine Ham Is Not Here to Entertain You — The right-wing pundit doesn't much care about shock value or tossing red meat to the base—yet somehow she's more popular than ever. How she managed to scale the ranks of Washington media while grieving the death of her liberal-activist husband.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House blame game intensifies as Trump agenda stalls — With President Donald Trump's sweeping agenda hitting the rocks as he edges toward the 100-day mark, top aides, political allies and donors are embroiled in a furious round of finger-pointing over who is at fault.
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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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:
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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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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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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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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 …
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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