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Trump will scrap critical Obamacare subsidies — President Donald Trump plans to cut off subsidy payments to insurers selling Obamacare coverage in his most aggressive move yet to undermine his predecessor's health care law. — The subsidies, which are worth an estimated $7 billion this year …
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Trump Unveils Full-bore Obamacare Sabotage
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Obamacare bombshell: Trump kills key payments to health insurers
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Trump's Obamacare Order Will Deepen Health Inequality
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Cutting off the cost-sharing payments.
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Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States

Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again
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Oliver Stone on Harvey Weinstein: “It's Not Easy What He's Going Through” — The director addressed the international media at the Busan International Film Festival, where he is serving as chair of the event's competition jury. — Oliver Stone intitially declined to condemn Harvey Weinstein …
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Amazon TV Producer Goes Public With Harassment Claim Against Top Exec Roy Price (Exclusive) — “You will love my d**k,” Price allegedly said to Isa Hackett, a producer on ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ who details a July 2015 incident at Comic-Con in San Diego.
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Harvey Weinstein's Contract Allowed for Sexual Harassment — Harvey Weinstein may have been fired illegally by The Weinstein Company, a company that wrote a contract that said Weinstein could get sued over and over for sexual harassment and as long as he shelled out money, that was good enough for the Company.
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Put Women in Charge — Most women I know — and probably most women you know — have stories about sexual harassment. Mine happened in college, with a professor who was older than my father and who made me think he was genuinely interested in my writing. One day in his office, he told me he wanted to “kiss and molest” me.
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Harvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined film career
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The fallout: How the Harvey Weinstein scandal exposed sexual harassment as Hollywood's dirty secret
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Amazon Suspends Entertainment Chief Roy Price (EXCLUSIVE)
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Will Harvey Weinstein Finally Kill the Old Boys' Network?
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Trump gets realist on Iran — On Friday afternoon, President Trump will outline a new Iran policy. — We expect the president will say he cannot certify that the Iran nuclear agreement is in America's national security interest. Yet we also expect the president to do so carefully …
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Trump Won't Certify Iran Nuclear Deal, but He Also Won't Unravel It
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Officials: Trump will scorn but not bolt from Iran nuke deal
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Trumps said to disparage but not bolt from Iranian nuke deal
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69 Republicans vote against aid for Puerto Rico, other disaster sites — Legislation to provide $36.5 billion in aid for communities affected by recent wildfires and hurricanes, including Puerto Rico, secured widespread support in the House on Thursday save for 69 Republicans.
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How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria — U.S. officials inadvertently included a Bloomberg reporter on an internal email list. Here's a glimpse into their bid to put relief efforts in a positive light. — Late last month, Pentagon communications officials inadvertently included Bloomberg …


Background check chief has ‘never seen’ mistakes and omissions at level of Jared Kushner forms — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The head of a government bureau responsible for clearing background checks told lawmakers Wednesday he has “never seen that level of mistakes” when asked …
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The Massachusetts congressman is a white, centrist, Harvard-educated war hero who wants to remake the Democratic Party. Too bad no one wants that. — I'm squinting through the sun at the Polk County Steak Fry, trying to size up Seth Moulton. — It's a late September Saturday in Des Moines …


Twitter deleted data potentially crucial to Russia probes — Twitter has deleted tweets and other user data of potentially irreplaceable value to investigators probing Russia's suspected manipulation of the social media platform during the 2016 election, according to current and former government cybersecurity officials.
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Hillary Clinton in talks with Columbia University to take on professor role — Hillary Clinton is testing the waters on a return to academia. — The former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential nominee is in talks with Columbia University to take on a formal role at the Ivy League …
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Where's Zinke? The interior secretary's special flag offers clues. — At the Interior Department's headquarters in downtown Washington, Secretary Ryan Zinke has revived an arcane military ritual that no one can remember ever happening in the federal government.
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20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They're scared. — “If current trends continue for another 20 or 30 years, democracy will be toast.” — Is American democracy in decline? Should we be worried? — On October 6, some of America's top political …
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Hannity hits back at Sasse: ‘Call me when you repeal ObamaCare loser’ — Fox News host Sean Hannity fanned the flames of his feud with Sen. Ben Sasse — (R-Neb.) late Thursday, saying he has “done nothing” in D.C. and to “call me when you repeal ObamaCare loser.”
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Collins declines run for Maine governor — Collins' decision preserves her role as a key moderate and swing vote in the Senate. — Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced Friday that she would not run for governor of Maine, ending weeks of speculation with a decision to stay in the Senate.
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Trump to extend March 5 deadline to end DACA protections if Congress doesn't act, GOP senator says — TULSA — President Trump will extend a March 5 deadline to end protections for young undocumented immigrants if Congress fails to act by then, according to a Republican senator who spoke directly with the president about the issue.
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WHO BROKE CONGRESS? DENNIS HASTERT, FORMER SPEAKER, BREAKS TWO-YEAR SILENCE TO DENY ROLE IN GRIDLOCK — In 1978, E.J. Dionne Jr. was a young reporter covering New York state politics in Albany. That same year, a young historian from Georgia finally won a seat in the House of Representatives, after two failed attempts.
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Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend — We are beginning to understand that tech companies don't have our best interests at heart. Did they ever? — @noamcohen is the author of “The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball,” from which this essay is adapted.
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