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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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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’
Priebus on ObamaCare overhaul: It's time for GOP to ‘start governing’
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
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Trump hits Freedom Caucus, Washington conservatives for nixing ObamaCare overhaul
Trump hits Freedom Caucus, Washington conservatives for nixing ObamaCare overhaul
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Republicans turn fire on each other
Republicans turn fire on each other
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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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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 — President estimated Germany's underspend on alliance over the past 12 years, then added interest — Angela Merkel will reportedly ignore Donald Trump's attempts to extricate £300bn from Germany …
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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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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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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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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.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas — President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans …
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.
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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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Chairman and partisan: The dual roles of Devin Nunes raise questions about House investigation — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee was on his way to an event in Washington late Tuesday when the evening's plans abruptly changed. After taking a brief phone call, Rep. Devin Nunes …
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Ryan pleaded on one knee for ObamaCare repeal vote — The Washington Post detailed the House GOP's fight over the ObamaCare repeal and replacement plan this week, rounding up the dramatic details of leadership's fight to win support for the measure. — At one point, the paper said, House Speaker Paul Ryan
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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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