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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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions: Analysis — The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare does not allocate nearly enough money to protect people with pre-existing health conditions from potentially higher insurance premiums, an analysis finds.
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Under the GOP's health plan, sexual assault could be considered a pre-existing condition — After failing to bring their Affordable Care Act replacement to a vote in March, GOP legislators have come armed with a new health care plan that may be even more heartless than their last.
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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans don't really like the health care bill they're about to pass — Republicans are excited about repealing Obamacare. They are not as excited about their legislation that will do it. — The House is expected to pass the American Health Care Act on Thursday afternoon …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: 10 storylines to follow as the House votes on health care
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The GOP Health-Care Bill Is an Abdication of Responsibility and a Moral Disgrace
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Congressional exemption from GOP healthcare plan to be addressed separately
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The New Study That Shows Trumpcare's Damage
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Sarah Spellings / New York Magazine:
In Trump's America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition
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The Hill, Politicus USA and Media Matters for America
The Hill:
GOP rushing to vote on healthcare without analysis of changes
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's Obamacare replacement rush reeks of hypocrisy and recklessness
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Pre-Existing Conditions: Evaluating Competing Claims
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Congress is voting Thursday on a bill to replace Obamacare. The CBO still hasn't scored it.
David Nather / Axios:
What to know about today's House health care vote
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Politico:
House to vote Thursday on Obamacare repeal bill
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
House Republicans Say They Will Vote On Their Health Care Plan
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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 …
Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
French election: Macron hailed as winner of bruising Le Pen TV debate — Majority of French people polled feel that centrist candidate outperformed far right leader in ill-tempered clash … Emmanuel Macron appeared to have kept his frontrunner status against Marine Le Pen …
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Raheem Kassam / Breitbart:
Macron's ‘Deplorables’ Moment? Establishment Candidate Brands 8m Le Pen Voters ‘Hateful Cowards’
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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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New York Magazine
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Will Never Stop Being Alex Jones … AUSTIN — It was the winter of 1997 and Alex Jones couldn't stop getting punched in the face. — Out on the cracked asphalt of Austin Public Access Television's parking lot, under the sprawling Texas live oaks, Jones was very much losing …
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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 …
Daily Mail:
Queen calls her entire household to ‘highly unusual’ emergency meeting at Buckingham Palace today but mystery surrounds the reason why — By , REBECCA ENGLISH ROYAL CORRESPONDENT and RICHARD KAY FOR THE DAILY MAIL — Speculation amongst Buckingham Palace staff is rampant this morning …
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BBC:
Prince Philip to step down from carrying out royal engagements
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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.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump to visit the Vatican on first foreign trip as president — President Donald Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, followed by Israel and the Vatican, in his first foreign trip later this month. — Trump cast the trip as “historic” and a way to promote religious tolerance in remarks …
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Cecilia Vega / ABC News:
Trump signs executive order to ease restrictions on religious participation in politics — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Thursday with the intention of easing restrictions imposed by the Johnson Amendment, the rule limiting political participation by tax-exempt religious groups.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Groups brace for Trump's religious liberty order
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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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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Dems tout Day of Reason as alternative to National Day of Prayer — Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) is pushing a resolution to designate May 4 as the National Day of Reason as a response to the National Day of Prayer. — Lieu thanked Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Reps. Jamie Raskin …
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