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Bloomberg:
Senate Moves Obamacare Repeal to Slow Lane After House Squeaker — Recent changes to House measure complicate path in Senate — Murkowski says she hopes Senate GOP starts with ‘clean slate’ — Passage of the House's health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling …
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Marginal REVOLUTION
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Cheers a Big Victory. But Has It Stirred a 'Hornet's Nest'? — WASHINGTON — No one knows better than House Democrats how a contentious health care vote can exact a steep political price — losing control of the House in the first midterm election of an untested new president's tenure for example.
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Political Wire, Daily Kos and The Week
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate won't vote on House-passed healthcare bill — Senate Republicans said Thursday they won't vote on the House-passed bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but will write their own legislation instead. — A Senate proposal is now being developed by a 12-member working group.
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New York Times:
In Rare Unity, Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Criticize Health Bill — It is a rare unifying moment. Hospitals, doctors, health insurers and some consumer groups, with few exceptions, are speaking with one voice and urging significant changes to the Republican health care legislation that passed the House on Thursday.
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Political Wire, The Week, DCReport.org, New York Magazine, Politico and Outside the Beltway
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
A Few Grafs That Explain Why America Hates Vacuous Political Reporting — As you may have heard, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives today passed a bill that would take health insurance away from more than 20 million people and make health insurance that many people have worse …
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Washington Examiner, The Talking Dog, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics — (CNN)When House Republicans secured their 216th “yes” on the American Health Care Act Thursday, Democrats immediately began taunting their across-the-aisle rivals. — “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye,” Democrats sang at Republicans.
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
The Trumpcare Disaster — House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans falsely accused Democrats of rushing the Affordable Care Act through Congress. On Thursday, in a display of breathtaking hypocrisy, House Republicans — without holding any hearings or giving the Congressional Budget Office …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Republicans just wave bye-bye to their House majority?
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Power Line
Avik Roy / Forbes:
If The Senate Doesn't Fix The House's Obamacare Replacement, The GOP Will Pay A Steep Price
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The House G.O.P.'s Shameful Health-Care Victory
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Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, ABC News and The Guardian
Ben Westcott / CNN:
Trump praises Australia's universal health care after Obamacare repeal
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The Root and Patterico's Pontifications
Fox News:
ObamaCare replacement bill approved in House
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Scared Monkeys, Fox News Insider, BizPac Review, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, CNN and Snopes.com
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine activists spark a state's worst measles outbreak in decades — MINNEAPOLIS — The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant community here. Don't let your children get the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella — it causes autism, they said.
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
Mayoral candidate Bo Dietl admits Fox News hired him to dig up dirt on women making sexual harassment claims — Federal investigators looking into sexual harassment settlements and alleged intimidation tactics at Fox News are eyeing mayoral hopeful Bo Dietl's work for the network, according to reports.
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Political Wire
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Wall Street Journal:
Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens — Federal investigators have interviewed network executives and on-air talent, asking about sexual-harassment settlements — Federal authorities have interviewed current and former Fox News employees and on-air talent in a widening inquiry …
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AOL, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times, The Week, Deadline, Media Matters for America and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
'The White House just couldn't let this go' — Donald Trump had had it. — The Obamacare repeal bill that the president had just boasted was on the cusp of passage was suddenly in trouble again, and the president demanded to talk to the influential congressman who dropped a bombshell hours earlier …
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House 2018: Rating Changes in 20 Districts — Republicans' 217-213 passage of the American Health Care Act on Thursday guarantees Democrats will have at least one major on-the-record vote to exploit in the next elections. Although it's the first of potentially many explosive votes …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Political Wire
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018
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The Week and Motherboard
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Islamic State magazine steers followers to U.S. gun shows for ‘easy’ access to weapons — In August, a former Islamic State recruit caused a stir when he described how the terrorist organization sought to exploit America's lax gun laws. — “They say the Americans are dumb …
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Watch: Chris Collins admits he didn't read health care bill — WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Collins told CNN that he didn't read the entire Republican health care bill that the House passed Thursday. — And then he told The Buffalo News that he was unaware of a key provision in the bill …
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Jasmin Fox-Skelly / BBC:
There are diseases hidden in ice, and they are waking up — Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms — Throughout history, humans have existed side-by-side with bacteria and viruses.
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Axios
National Review:
A Half Measure on Religious Liberty — In response to the ongoing federal assault upon Americans' religious liberties, President Donald Trump has responded with an executive order that will entrust these liberties to the discretion of IRS agents. — Maybe this one needs a bit more thought.
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Vox and Washington Post
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
ACLU won't sue, says ‘religious freedom’ order was ‘elaborate photo-op’
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RedState, Occupy Democrats and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
On Politics What Democrat would be crazy enough to challenge Nancy Pelosi on her home turf? Meet Stephen Jaffe — After narrowly winning her seat in a 1987 special election, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has been routinely reelected with about 80% of the vote. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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Washington Free Beacon
Fox News:
Pentagon eyes Iran-North Korea military connection — When Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a “midget” submarine earlier this week, Pentagon officials saw more evidence of North Korean influence in the Islamic Republic - with intelligence reports saying the submarine was based …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade authorities — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Uber Technologies Inc's use of a software tool that helped its drivers evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the situation said.
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The Week, CityLab, New York Times, Above the Law, New York Magazine, The Verge, Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: Pentagon investigation: US hit mosque complex in Syria — US denies airstrikes destroyed a mosque (March) — Washington (CNN)A US Central Command investigation found that a March US airstrike in northern Syria did in fact strike a building that was part of a “mosque complex,” two US defense officials told CNN Thursday.
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RT
Barbara Starr / CNN:
US military member killed in action in Somalia — The US troops were part of an ongoing US military program to advise and assist Somali ground forces — (CNN)A US military member was killed and two others were wounded in Somalia when they were attacked while on a mission advising Somali …
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