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Wall Street Journal:
Little-Noted Provision of GOP Health Bill Could Alter Employer Plans — Many people who obtain health insurance through their employers could be at risk of losing protections that limit out-of-pocket costs due to a provision proposed in the House Republican health-care bill.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill: Special Education — WASHINGTON — While House Republicans lined up votes Wednesday for a Thursday showdown over their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Vickie Glenn sat in her Murphysboro, Ill., office and prayed for it to fail.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Health-Care Bill Is an Abdication of Responsibility and a Moral Disgrace — In John Boehner's angry, rousing 2010 floor speech denouncing the Affordable Care Act - the one in which he famously shouted “hell no!” repeatedly - the Republican House leader ended on a magnanimous note.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The New Study That Shows Trumpcare's Damage — When Massachusetts expanded health insurance a decade ago, state officials unknowingly created an experiment. It's turned out to be an experiment that offers real-world evidence of what would happen if the House Republicans' health bill were to become law.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Congress is voting Thursday on a bill to replace Obamacare. The CBO still hasn't scored it. — This is the web version of VoxCare, a daily newsletter from Vox on the latest twists and turns in America's health care debate. Like what you're reading? Sign up to get VoxCare in your inbox here.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: The health care costs for Republicans — NOTABLES —HOUSE TO HOLD VOTE ON GOP HEALTH CARE BILL TODAY: The House of Representatives will vote today on the Republican-backed health care bill. According to the schedule sent out House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
The Hill:
GOP rushing to vote on healthcare without analysis of changes — House Republicans are once again fast-tracking consideration of their ObamaCare replacement bill without knowing the full impact of the legislation they'll vote on Thursday. — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's health-care rush reeks of hypocrisy and recklessness
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Politico:
House to vote Thursday on Obamacare repeal bill
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David Nather / Axios:
What to know about today's House health care vote
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
House Republicans Say They Will Vote On Their Health Care Plan
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer: House ObamaCare repeal bill can't pass Senate
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New York Times:
With $8 Billion Deal on Health Bill, House G.O.P. Leader Says ‘We Have Enough Votes’
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Joe and Mika Are Getting Hitched — After years of rumors, gossip, and intrigue, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal their engagement, how it all went down, and the unlikely guy (Donald Trump) who asked to oversee their vows.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged — MORE FROM: … The first couple of cable news Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged to be married, sources have exclusively confirmed to Page Six. — The MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts got engaged this past weekend during …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged — Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged. — The news puts an end to years of speculation about a romance between the MSNBC co-hosts. The engagement was confirmed by two “sources with knowledge of the situation.”
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump has a dangerous disability — It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about President Trump's inability to do either. This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability. It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft …
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Raheem Kassam / Breitbart:
Macron's ‘Deplorables’ Moment? Establishment Candidate Brands 8m Le Pen Voters ‘Hateful Cowards’ — French Presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron this week lashed out at Front National voters, branding them “anti-France” and “true enemies”. — In a moment resembling Hillary Clinton's infamous …
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Gregory Viscusi / Bloomberg:
French Sports Personalities Call for Voting Macron Over Le Pen
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Emmanuel Macron is 39 and his wife is 64. French women say it's about time.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Stephen Colbert reacts to online backlash over Trump jokes — Stephen Colbert responded Wednesday to the online backlash and #FireColbert internet campaign that cropped up after he made insult-laden jokes about President Trump. — Colbert will open his show Wednesday night by saying …
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama's $400,000 speech could prompt Congress to go after his pension — WASHINGTON — Last year, then-president Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have curbed the pensions of former presidents if they took outside income of $400,000 or more. — So now that former president Barack Obama …
Amanda Knox / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Amanda Knox: Donald Trump supported me when I was wrongly accused of murder. What do I owe him? — Amanda Knox cries following the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, on Oct. 3, 2011.
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BBC:
Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal engagements — The Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from royal duties this autumn, Buckingham Palace has announced. — The decision was made by Prince Philip himself and is supported by the Queen, a palace spokesman said.
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
First on CNN: Rice refuses Senate request to testify on Russian hacking — Susan Rice responds to Trump's accusations — Washington (CNN)Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's former national security adviser, on Wednesday declined Sen. Lindsey Graham's request to participate …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump to sign executive order making it easier for churches to support political candidates — President Trump on Thursday plans to relax rules barring tax-exempt churches from participating in politics as part of a much-anticipated executive order on religious liberties, according to two senior White House officials.
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Christopher Ruddy / New York Times:
Don't Like Trump's Bluster? Sometimes It Works. — As President Trump ended his first 100 days in office last week, I found myself in China, a good place to judge how he has transformed the presidency's bully pulpit. — During the campaign, Mr. Trump denounced Chinese trade policies …
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Pentagon Pulls Security Clearance of Trump White House Aide — The Pentagon this week suspended the security clearance of a White House National Security Council analyst that U.S. officials say was the target of political retribution by government bureaucrats opposed to President Trump's appointees.
Cassandra Fairbanks / Big League Politics:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Screenshots Reveal BuzzFeed Director Wishing for Trump Assassination — BuzzFeed News, the outlet behind the infamous and absurd “Golden Showers” dossier has more than a bit of disdain for President Donald Trump — as proven through these leaked conversations from their private workplace chat.
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