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SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON HEALTH CARE REFORM — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on health care reform: — “As I have repeatedly stressed, health care reform legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the Senate.
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Joe Lawlorstaff / Press Herald:
Sen. Collins says she's leaning ‘no’ on Graham-Cassidy health care bill — The Republican from Maine listed serious deficiences in her party's latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins all but said she would vote “no” on an Affordable Care Act repeal bill …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Behind New Obamacare Repeal Vote: ‘Furious’ G.O.P. Donors — WASHINGTON — As more than 40 subdued Republican senators lunched on Chick-fil-A at a closed-door session last week, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado painted a dire picture for his colleagues. Campaign fund-raising was drying up …
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How will the Graham-Cassidy proposal affect the number of people with health insurance coverage? — Editor's Note: … On September 13, Senators Graham and Cassidy, together with two other Republican colleagues, introduced legislation that would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans to Murkowski: Nice State You Have There. Shame If Something Should Happen to It. — Wall Street Journal writer Kimberley Strassel's column typically channels talking points from congressional Republicans, and today's effort is dedicated to putting the squeeze on Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski.
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The Daily Beast:
Jimmy Kimmel Got a Hand From Chuck Schumer in His Fight Against Obamacare Repeal … Over the past week, opposition to the latest Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare has been driven by a late-night talk show host who had expressed little interest in health care policy prior to this year.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The Cassidy-Graham bill probably won't become law. And more than half of America is good with that. — Republicans' last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare was always a moonshot. — A bill proposed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) looks like it doesn't have enough support …
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New York Times:
McCain Announces Opposition to Republican Health Bill, Likely Dooming It — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain of Arizona announced on Friday that he would oppose the latest proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, leaving Republican leaders with little hope of succeeding in their last-ditch attempt to dismantle the health law.
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Politico:
Trump publicly backs healthcare effort, privately harbors doubts
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain to vote no on ObamaCare repeal
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Shivving Repeal, McCain Tells Congress To Return To Bipartisan Obamacare Fix
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Wisconsin Elections Commission:
Wisconsin Notified of Unsuccessful Russian Hacking Attempt — MADISON, WI - This afternoon, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified the Wisconsin Elections Commission for the first time that “Russian government cyber actors” unsuccessfully targeted the state's voter registration system in 2016.
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Associated Press:
Federal government notifies 21 states of election hacking — https://apnews.com/cb8a753a9b0948589cc3 72a3c037a567 — Link copied! — The federal government on Friday told election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems before last year's presidential election.
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
DHS tells 21 states they were Russia hacking targets before 2016 election
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USA Today:
Russians tried to hack election systems of 21 states in 2016, Wisconsin officials say
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times:
Russian hackers tried to access Washington state's voting systems, officials say
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Pam Fessler / NPR:
10 Months After Election Day, Feds Tell States More About Russian Hacking
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Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea's leader personally before his fiery U.N. address — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called President Trump “mentally deranged” and said Trump will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea. (STR / AFP/Getty Images)
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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Beyond ‘dotard’: A history of epic North Korean insults
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
New details cast doubt on why Tom Price needed a private jet — HHS Secretary Tom Price has been taking private jets because an unreliable commercial flight once forced him to cancel an important meeting, an HHS spokesperson says, part of his agenda to meet with average Americans outside of Washington.
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Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
How Tom Price decided chartered, private jets were a good use of taxpayer money
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Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Inspector general to investigate Price's travel on private charter planes
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Funds Donald Trump's Defense in Russia Probe With Help From a Handful of Wealthy People — Payment arrangement is legal, but ethics experts warn that reliance on party and campaign accounts could raise thorny political issues — President Donald Trump's attorneys in the probe …
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CNN:
The former FBI director spoke at Howard University. It did not go well. — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Students at Howard University loudly protested former FBI Director James Comey Friday as he delivered a convocation address. — As Comey, making a rare public appearance since leaving …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Protesters disrupt James Comey's Howard University convocation speech
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump is ‘prepping his base’ for a constitutional crisis to stop the Russia probe: Dem lawmaker — President Donald Trump is preparing his base for the constitutional crisis he'll trigger by firing special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a congressional investigator.
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Bob Grip / WALA-TV:
Roy Moore leads Luther Strange in FOX10 News poll — If the Alabama GOP Senate runoff election were held today, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore would defeat incumbent Senator Luther Strange, according to an exclusive, FOX10 News/Strategy Research statewide poll, conducted Wednesday.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The mysterious group that's picking Breitbart apart, one tweet at a time — Hardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. “Are you aware that you're advertising on Breitbart, the alt-right's biggest champion …
New York Times:
Betsy DeVos Reverses Obama-era Policy on Campus Sexual Assault Investigations — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday scrapped a key part of government policy on campus sexual assault, saying she was giving colleges more freedom to balance the rights of accused students with the need to crack down on serious misconduct.
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CNN:
CNN poll: 54% say Russia-backed content on social media moved 2016 election — Facebook to hand over Russian ads to Congress — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Poll finds nearly 70-point gap in partisan views on the influence of Russia-backed social media content
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump says this is all a hoax. Mueller, Congress and Facebook disagree.
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
Bill Clinton's first novel to become a Showtime TV series in major deal — Clinton and James Patterson's upcoming thriller, The President Is Missing, getting series treatment — Bill Clinton has landed a major TV series deal. — The former president and bestselling author James Patterson …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Finalizes New Restrictions to Replace Travel Ban — Targeted rules would affect about eight or nine countries, vary based on factors including cooperation with U.S. mandates — The Trump administration is preparing to replace its controversial travel ban …
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Oliver Laughland / The Guardian:
Donald Trump poised to expand travel ban as review period expires on Sunday
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sebastian Gorka Gave A Classified “Tirade” About Radical Islam — The former Trump aide delivered a two-and-a-half-hour speech to students at a US Army elite special operations center, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. People who were there said it was a fiery speech …
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