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Sean Spicer Says He Regrets Berating Reporters Over Inauguration Crowds — During his surprise comedy skit at the Emmys on Sunday, Sean Spicer may have made light of his six-month tenure as the White House press secretary, but a message was also embedded in his performance.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why did the Emmys help Sean Spicer rebrand? — Sean Spicer makes surprise cameo at Emmys — Stephen Colbert had the idea to invite Sean Spicer up on stage at the Emmys on Sunday night. He and his producers knew there would be blowback. And there's been a whole lot.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer's yucky cameo at the Emmys
Sean Spicer's yucky cameo at the Emmys
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Sean Spicer's Emmy Awards Cameo Was a Sickening, Cynical Laugh Grab
Sean Spicer's Emmy Awards Cameo Was a Sickening, Cynical Laugh Grab
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CBO's Publications:
CBO aims to provide preliminary assessment of Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week — CBO is aiming to provide a preliminary assessment of the Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week. That assessment, which is being prepared with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
On health care, Cassidy flunks his own ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who had delivered an impassioned speech on health care after his own son was born with a heart defect, he would only support a bill that would make sure that a child like Kimmel's would not lack health coverage.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Obamacare repeal plan won't get full CBO analysis by key deadline — If Senate Republicans vote to repeal Obamacare before the end of the month, they'll be flying blind — not knowing the impact their plan will have on insurance coverage or premium costs, budget scorekeepers said Monday.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
John McCain might have just received permission to vote for Obamacare repeal
John McCain might have just received permission to vote for Obamacare repeal
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: The new GOP Obamacare repeal effort faces the same old math
The Health 202: The new GOP Obamacare repeal effort faces the same old math
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Republicans Demand Another Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Republicans Demand Another Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The American Heart Association thinks the latest Obamacare repeal bill is terrible
The American Heart Association thinks the latest Obamacare repeal bill is terrible
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The AHA/ASA Newsroom:
Sixteen Patient and Provider Groups Oppose Graham/Cassidy Bill
Sixteen Patient and Provider Groups Oppose Graham/Cassidy Bill
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Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Lindsey Graham Drives Obamacare Repeal Bill on Breitbart Radio: Melt Phone Lines …
Exclusive — Lindsey Graham Drives Obamacare Repeal Bill on Breitbart Radio: Melt Phone Lines …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Hillary Clinton just floated the possibility of contesting the 2016 election — (CNN)In interviews over the last week surrounding the release of her 2016 memoir “What Happened,” Hillary Clinton has been hugely critical of President Donald Trump. She's suggested he is a misogynist …
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Terry Gross / NPR:
Clinton Won't Rule Out Questioning 2016 Election, But Says No Clear Means To Do So — Hillary Clinton says she would not rule out questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election if new information surfaces that the Russians interfered even more deeply than currently known.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Moore laments racial division between ‘reds and yellows’ — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, one of two Republicans competing in a primary runoff next week, appeared to use racially insensitive terms to describe Native Americans and Asians during a campaign speech on Sunday.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell's mortal enemy might soon be in his caucus
McConnell's mortal enemy might soon be in his caucus
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David Siders / Politico:
Jerry Brown compares Trump supporters to cave dwellers — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday called President Donald Trump's approach to climate change and North Korea “stupid and dangerous and silly,” sharpening his criticism of the president and comparing his supporters to cave dwellers.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Trump's claim there were long gas lines in North Korea has residents puzzled — TOKYO — In his latest Twitter outburst against North Korea, President Trump said that “long gas lines [are] forming in North Korea,” adding an exclamatory “Too bad!” (In the same tweet, he bestowed a new nickname on Kim Jong Un: “Rocket Man.")
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg:
Obama Goes From White House to Wall Street in Less Than One Year — Ex-president speaks to Carlyle, Cantor, Northern Trust — ‘If someone is willing to pay him to give a speech, God bless’ — Follow @bpolitics for all the latest news, and sign up for our daily Balance of Power newsletter.
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Did Jedediah Bila exit ‘The View’ because of Hillary Clinton? … Jedediah Bila shocked audiences when she departed “The View” on Monday — and according to a source, this sudden departure may have something to do with Hillary Clinton. — Clinton was on the show last Wednesday promoting her book …
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CNNMoney:
Meghan McCain in talks to join 'The View"
Meghan McCain in talks to join 'The View"
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Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Jedediah Bila leaving ‘The View’
Jedediah Bila leaving ‘The View’
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Fascists Used Twitter To Find A Neo-Nazi Walking Around Seattle And Beat Him Up — On Sunday afternoon, a Twitter account called @bigotbasher posted a photo of a man apparently riding Seattle's D line while wearing a swastika armband. — Around the same time, the photo was posted to Reddit's Seattle subreddit.
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Politico:
Kelly's West Wing crackdown tests trade adviser Navarro's pull with Trump — The chief of staff has limited the former academic's access to the Oval Office, but the president has often leaned on Navarro, even asking 'Where's my Peter?' when he's absent from meetings.
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Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
Top White House aide seeks to clarify U.S. stance on Paris deal
Top White House aide seeks to clarify U.S. stance on Paris deal
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers spill beans thanks to terrible choice of restaurant — next door to the New York Times — It is every Washington reporter's dream to sit down at a restaurant, overhear secret stuff, and get a scoop. It rarely happens. — Still, everyone in town important enough …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
WH officials fear colleagues wearing wires for Mueller: report
WH officials fear colleagues wearing wires for Mueller: report
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Susan Hogan / Washington Post:
St. Louis officers chant ‘whose streets, our streets’ while arresting protesters — St. Louis police arrested more than 80 people Sunday after a peaceful protest turned violent as night fell. In a concentrated area downtown, some protesters smashed windows and overturned trash cans …
CBS San Francisco:
Demonstrators Shout Down Pelosi At San Francisco DREAM Act Event — SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A vocal group of undocumented youths and their supporters drowned out House Minority Nancy Pelosi Monday at a news conference where she was calling on the Trump administration to immediately pass the DREAM Act.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
For those in the Party of Trump, the Republicans — not the president — are to blame — OXFORD, N.C. — During one of their usual morning gatherings at the Bojangles' restaurant in this rural town near the Virginia border, a group of retirees from a local Baptist church shook their heads …
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Samantha Phillips / WKBN-TV:
Boardman man wears clown mask to scare daughter, gunshot is fired — BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) - A father decided to prank his daughter by wearing a clown mask and chasing her, which resulted in a gunshot and charges against two Boardman men. — Vernon Barrett Jr. wore a clown mask and chased …