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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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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, New York Magazine, DCReport.org, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Snopes.com
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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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, Business Insider, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, The Atlantic, ABC News, The Guardian and Rewire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Health Care Bill Could Be A Job-Killer For GOP Incumbents
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IJR, Mother Jones, Fox News Insider, The Week, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Occupy Democrats, Washington Post, Refinery29, Politicus USA, NPR, Salon, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Avalere Health, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Media Matters for America
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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Taylor Marsh, Raw Story, The Week, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and Politico
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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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The Talking Dog, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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 …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
31 seconds of the healthcare vote that shows why people hate politics
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Republicans just wave bye-bye to their House majority?
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Power Line
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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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
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Cook Report Moves 20 House Seats In Dems' Favor After O'Care Repeal Vote
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The Week
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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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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Washington Post, Shakesville, Vox and bradford-delong.com
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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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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 …
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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Defense One
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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The Daily Caller and Axios
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 211,000 jobs in April, vs 185,000 jobs expected — Job creation in April bounced back from a disappointing March, with nonfarm payrolls growing by 211,000 while the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent, its lowest since May 2007. — Economists surveyed by Reuters …
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Politico and b-us.econoday.com
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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
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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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 …
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
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 …
Danielle Dreilinger / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Ben Franklin students confront racial slur by teacher — Ben Franklin High is investigating an incident where a white teacher defended his right to use a racial slur. (Handout) — Students at Louisiana's top public high school rushed to respond after a teacher used a racial epithet in class Thursday (May 4).
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