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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal — Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff. — House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP health bill changes exempt members of Congress — A new amendment to the Republican ObamaCare replacement bill exempts members of Congress and their staff from its effects. — The new changes to the bill would allow states to apply for waivers to repeal key ObamaCare provisions …
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Axios, Health Affairs Blog, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and Washington Post
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
GOP still optimistic about health care revival — GOP House members came out of a conference meeting Wednesday morning still optimistic about a health care vote next week, provided the deal-making amendment gets fixed to subject Congress to the same Affordable Care Act regulation waivers as everyone else.
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Political Wire and Vox
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
House Freedom Caucus leaders back new health-care plan
House Freedom Caucus leaders back new health-care plan
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Politico, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Shakesville and The Week
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans are still very far from repealing Obamacare
Republicans are still very far from repealing Obamacare
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Hit & Run and Axios
New York Times:
Trump's Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His — President Trump plans to unveil a tax cut blueprint on Wednesday that would apply a vastly reduced, 15 percent business tax rate not only to corporations but also to companies that now pay taxes through the personal income tax code …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump to propose large increase in deductions Americans can claim on their taxes
Trump to propose large increase in deductions Americans can claim on their taxes
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Shakesville, Bloomberg, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Times, Vox and The Daily Caller
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Instead of launching tax reform, Trump could ground it
Instead of launching tax reform, Trump could ground it
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Axios, Mother Jones, Bloomberg and Talking Points Memo
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Arthur Laffer's Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More
Arthur Laffer's Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More
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Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Donald Trump's Massive Corporate Tax Cut Literally Cannot Pass Congress
Donald Trump's Massive Corporate Tax Cut Literally Cannot Pass Congress
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Lynnley Browning / Bloomberg:
Trump's 15% Corporate Tax Plan May Just Be His Opening Gambit
Trump's 15% Corporate Tax Plan May Just Be His Opening Gambit
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Politico
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump attacks judiciary for blocking order on sanctuary cities — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the nation's judiciary Wednesday, blaming the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the ruling by a federal district court judge that blocked Trump's move to deny federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
White House: Judge's sanctuary cities ruling a ‘gift’ to criminals — The White House on Tuesday tore into a San Francisco judge's ruling blocking enforcement of President Trump's sanctuary cities order, saying the judge “unilaterally rewrote immigration policy for our Nation.”
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Politico, Fox News Insider, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Ann Coulter On Verge of Pulling Out of Speech at Berkeley — Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she is likely to cancel her planned appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, because she faced threats of violence and felt she was left without the support of local law enforcement who have said it cannot guarantee her safety.
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Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Views on Russian influence reflect partisan finger-pointing (POLL) — It's a partisan cold war right here at home: A majority of Democrats think now-President Donald Trump's campaign tried to help Russia influence the 2016 election, while a majority of Republicans think former President …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law — We've already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous. Now there's a new complication: It may also violate international law. — The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation …
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Power Line, RedState, ACASignups.net and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump contradicts her father on Syrian refugees: Admittance to U.S. ‘has to be part of the discussion’ — Ivanka Trump stepped out publicly on the international stage for the first time this week, and she's now speaking out on one of the most controversial issues of her father's presidency: Syrian refugees.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's tax day
The Note: Trump's tax day
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Politico, Political Wire and Associated Press
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Caitlyn Jenner: ‘I would seriously look at a run’ for office … Caitlyn Jenner says she is “seriously” considering a run for public office, if she decides that she would be most effective serving the gay and transgender communities in such a position. — “Yes, I would have to look …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News anchor joins lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, harassment at network — Fox News still under grand jury probe — Fox News' legal troubles grew even larger Tuesday, with new plaintiffs, including an anchor, joining a suit alleging racial discrimination and harassment at the network.
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New York Post:
When will Obama have made enough money? — Cantor Fitzgerald LP will pay former President Barack Obama $400,000 to speak at a conference in September, likely the first of many lucrative Wall Street paydays. — Good for him. — SEE ALSO — Obama doesn't really need the money …
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Daily Mail:
Kim readies for war: North Korean leader salutes as his army fires rockets and torpedoes at mock enemy warships during country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills — North Korea marked military anniversary with the country's ‘largest ever’ live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Full Senate heads to rare classified meeting at the White House on North Korea
Full Senate heads to rare classified meeting at the White House on North Korea
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The Sun:
WHO BUN IT? Brit bunny riddle as rabbit destined to be world's biggest dies on United Airlines jet to US — Three foot Simon died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after leaving Heathrow — SCANDAL-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.
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Mathew Burciaga / The Greybull Standard:
Enzi's comments at Greybull High School stir controversy — Last Thursday, April 20, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) visited Greybull High School for a scheduled Q&A with students in grades 6-12. During his visit Enzi called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “illegal,” …
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Chrissacca / LOWERCASE capital:
Hanging up my spurs. — A couple years ago, my wife Crystal and I were cleaning out our garage in Truckee when we came across an old notebook of mine from when I lived in Ireland at age 20. Back then, a friend had asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Flynn is ‘central to what FBI believes is cover-up’ … CNN commentator Carl Bernstein suggested Wednesday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's is key to helping the FBI unravel a vast “cover-up” of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Ivanka Trump's new fund for female entrepreneurs — Ivanka Trump told me yesterday from Berlin that she has begun building a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe. Both countries and companies will contribute to create a pool of capital to economically empower women.
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The Hill, Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Jeff Stein / Vox:
The NYT's new columnist defends his views on Arabs, Black Lives Matter, campus rape — On April 12, the New York Times's vaunted editorial page got a new addition. Bret Stephens, formerly a columnist at the Wall Street Journal, will join Ross Douthat and David Brooks among the stable of in-house conservatives at the Gray Lady.