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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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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
About that Rose Garden health care photo with all the white guys.... (CNN)House Republicans marched to the White House on Thursday afternoon to celebrate their victory: Passage of the American Health Care Act. — President Trump welcomed them with a Rose Garden celebration.
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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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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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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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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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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What the GOP's Health-Care Gamble Means for 2018
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Cook Report Moves 20 House Seats In Dems' Favor After O'Care Repeal Vote
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
If The Senate Doesn't Fix The House's Obamacare Replacement, The GOP Will Pay A Steep Price
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
The Trumpcare Disaster — House Speaker Paul Ryan …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The House G.O.P.'s Shameful Health-Care Victory
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Republicans just wave bye-bye to their House majority?
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
White House fires its chief usher — the first woman in that job — The White House has fired its chief usher, Angella Reid, the first woman and second African American to hold the position. — When the White House residence staff arrived at work Friday morning, they were told that Reid …
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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.
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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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New York Times:
Second Chance for ‘Obamacare’ Repeal. And for Reince Priebus. — WASHINGTON — The Republican health care overhaul might never become law, but it has already changed the life of one American: Reince Priebus, who knew it was his best and perhaps last hope of becoming an empowered White House chief of staff.
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
No, Reince Priebus Did Not Screw Up That Football Analogy
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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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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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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Another Hate Crime Hoax: Church Organist Admits He Vandalized His Own Church with Trump and Nazi Slogans — An Indiana community was shocked after a local church was vandalized with Nazi slogans and Donald Trump graffiti, but now police say it is a hate crime hoax and the church was not attacked by an outsider.
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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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's forbidden love: Single-payer health care — President Trump claimed a victory Thursday after the House approved a more free-market approach to health care. — Then he capped it off by praising a country with government-run, universal health care.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
State Dept. takes down retweet promoting Ivanka Trump's book — A State Department sub-agency's Twitter feed on Thursday retweeted an Ivanka Trump tweet promoting the first daughter's book before undoing the action amid criticism. — The agency's Office of Global Women's Issues used …
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Laura Bassett / HuffPost:
State Department Promotes Ivanka Trump's Book In Another Ethics Blunder
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: ObamaCare repeal must pass ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said on Friday that a Senate plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare should pass the “Jimmy Kimmel test,” after the comedian revealed his son was born with a heart defect. — “I ask does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test?
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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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Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
U.S. Job Gains Rebound; Unemployment Falls to Pre-Crisis Low — Payrolls rise more-than-expected 211,000, jobless rate at 4.4% — Wages are below forecast at 2.5% year-over-year increase — U.S. payroll gains rebounded in April by more than forecast and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. job growth rebounds sharply, unemployment rate hits 4.4 percent
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Hot Air
Dan Morse / Washington Post:
Rape charges to be dropped against immigrant teens in Md. case — Maryland prosecutors will drop rape and sex offense charges against two immigrant teens accused of attacking a 14-year-old classmate in a high school bathroom stall, according to attorneys in a case that shocked local parents …
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