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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Kellyanne Conway Defends Medicaid Cuts, Says Adults Can Always Find Jobs — Reality check: Most of them have jobs already. — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday came right out and said what so many Republicans are probably thinking that taking Medicaid away from able-bodied adults …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Kellyanne Conway on Senate health bill: ‘These are not cuts to Medicaid’
Kellyanne Conway on Senate health bill: ‘These are not cuts to Medicaid’
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Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo
Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress:
Trump advisers claim GOP health care bill won't cut Medicaid. It will.
Trump advisers claim GOP health care bill won't cut Medicaid. It will.
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Daily Kos
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans face key week as more lawmakers waver in support for health-care bill
Senate Republicans face key week as more lawmakers waver in support for health-care bill
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Axios
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Tom Price promises GOP won't pull ‘rug out’ on health care
Harriet Sinclair / Newsweek:
Gay Pride marchers with Jewish flags told to leave Chicago parade — U.S. LGBT PRIDE LGBT ISRAEL-PALESTINE — Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them ‘offensive.’ — The Jewish Star of David flag …
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Haaretz:
Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Bans Jewish Pride Flags: ‘They Made People Feel Unsafe’ — Dyke March organizers removed participants waving Jewish Pride flags because they were ‘triggering’ — Three people carrying Jewish Pride flags were asked to leave the annual Chicago Dyke March on Saturday.
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John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Moscow Is Finally Recalling Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — After nearly ten years at the nexus of US-Russia relations, Washington's most radioactive diplomat is headed home … Ending one the most turbulent tenures of a Washington-based ambassador in recent memory …
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Newsweek, RedState, New York Magazine, The Week, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Axios
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Kushner firm's $285 million Deutsche Bank loan came just before Election Day — One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner's real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan. — The loan came at a critical moment.
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The Week and Balloon Juice
Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage — The decision came after the network deleted and retracted a post on Friday. — CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions for online articles involving Russia after the network deleted a story and then issued a retraction late Friday …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump's Deflections and Denials on Russia Frustrate Even His Allies — In the span of 72 hours, President Trump described the email hacking that roiled the 2016 campaign as a Democratic “hoax” and as clear aggression by Russia that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, failed to address.
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump insisted he won popular vote in our first meeting — Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Sunday evening at New York City's 92 Street Y, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described her first meeting with President Donald Trump — “Don't tell anybody I told you this,” …
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Raw Story
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Italian Runoff Elections Boost Center-Right Parties — ROME — Center-right parties scored victories Sunday evening in runoff elections in more than 100 Italian towns and cities, a result that emboldened right-wing parties, raised the prospect of shifting coalitions and took the political temperature …
David Lat / Above the Law:
No, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Is Not Retiring Tomorrow — Based on this weekend's reunion of his law clerks, reports of AMK's retirement are greatly exaggerated. — [Please note the UPDATES I have added, and will continue to add, at the end of this story.]
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Video shows a teen falling off a Six Flags ride — and a crowd gathering to catch her … A teenage girl escaped serious injury Saturday evening after falling 25 feet from an amusement park ride in Upstate New York — and into the arms of a crowd that had gathered below to catch her.
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Mashable and Loren Lent
Washington Post:
Europe has been working to expose Russian meddling for years — RIGA, Latvia — As the United States grapples with the implications of Kremlin interference in American politics, European countries are deploying a variety of bold tactics and tools to expose Russian attempts to sway voters and weaken European unity.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Ernst polls supporters on Obamacare repeal plan — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who has not yet taken a position on Senate Republicans' ObamaCare repeal and replace plan, is polling her constituents to gauge their feelings on the bill. — “Traveling across Iowa on my 99 county tour …
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The Daily Caller
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Paper ballots are hack-proof. It's time to bring them back. — We like to tell citizens that every vote counts. But actually, no vote counts unless it is counted. — I've been talking about the importance of protecting against voting-machine hacks since 2002. And now, finally, people are starting to take me seriously.
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Leaked CNN Memo: Top Execs to Review All Russia Stories After Very Fake News Retraction — CNNMoney Executive Editor Rich Barbieri has sent an internal memo to all staff instructing them that all Russia-related stories must be cleared by him or another high-ranking executive …
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MILO NEWS and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
WCIV:
Woman charged after tearing Confederate flag off truck, hitting man — A woman is facing charges after police say she tore a Confederate flag “tag” off a truck and then backed into the truck's owner. — According to a release from Charleston police, 43-year-old Ann Lee Walters is charged …
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The Daily Caller
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group's health care offensive warns GOP senators to get in line — A new campaign by top White House allies targeting the GOP's most vulnerable senator over health care sends a loud message to those resistant to the Trump agenda: We're coming after you.
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New York Times