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Trump opposes bipartisan Obamacare rescue plan — President Donald Trump will oppose any congressional attempts to reinstate funding for Obamacare subsidies — unless he gets something in return, his budget director Mick Mulvaney said in an interview Friday morning.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - October 2017: Open Enrollment and the ACA Marketplaces — , Cailey Muñana, and Mollyann Brodie — KEY FINDINGS: — The October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll focuses on the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) marketplaces as the November 1st open enrollment …
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Politico, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Axios, NBC News and Jamie Dupree - PBP


Sandoval: Trump decision to end health-care subsidies for low-income Americans is ‘devastating’ — Governor Brian Sandoval called the president's decision to end critical payments from the federal government that help health insurance companies offer affordable coverage to lower-income Americans …
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Trump: My presidency is ‘substantially ahead of schedule’ — President Donald Trump on Friday pledged to an adoring crowd of evangelicals his commitment to religious liberty, as he declared that his administration is “substantially ahead of schedule” in delivering on campaign promises.
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15 states sue over Trump-halted ObamaCare payments
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Weinstein scandal — Can Democrats afford to cut Hollywood loose? — Last year at the 89th Annual Academy Awards, then-Vice President Joe Biden walked on stage to a standing ovation to introduce Lady Gaga. He gave a passionate speech on the topic of campus sexual assault …
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Chaos inside scandal-wracked Weinstein Co. — Hollywood soul-searching in wake of Weinstein scandal — The Weinstein Co. board of directors is scheduled to meet again next Tuesday, two sources confirmed to CNN on Friday. — Right now the movie and TV studio is paralyzed …
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The fallout: How the Harvey Weinstein scandal exposed sexual harassment as Hollywood's dirty secret
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Former Playboy Playmate Carrie Stevens accuses Oliver Stone of sexual assault after director defends Harvey Weinstein
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Kellyanne Conway accidentally admits she's complicit in Trump's “sexual predatory culture”
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The Weinstein Co. Nears The Brink As Agencies Cut Off Talent Supply
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Mueller's team interviewed Priebus on Friday — Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Friday, according to his lawyer, William Burck. — “Mr. Priebus was voluntarily interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller's team today.
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Anthony Scaramucci is romancing Kimberly Guilfoyle — MORE FROM: … Anthony Scaramucci, the infamous, fiery, short-lived former White House communications director, is wooing glamorous Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle, multiple sources tell Page Six — even as the couple deny they are an item.
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Bob Corker on Trump's biggest problem: The ‘castration’ of Rex Tillerson — So is Donald Trump really leading the country toward World War III? — That is the warning that lingers from the broadside delivered by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) during his Twitter war with Trump.
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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 …
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This CNN clip shows why we need an accurate death count from Puerto Rico
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McMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump … In a meeting with Senate Democrats last week, President Donald Trump's top national security aide had a message for those worried that the administration may scuttle the Iran nuclear deal: If Trump doesn't have to see it, he won't be able to kill it.
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Trump asks Congress to fix Iran deal's flaws
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Social Media Guidelines for The Times Newsroom — The New York Times has been a dominant force on social media for years. Our newsroom accounts have tens of millions of followers. Many of our journalists are influential voices on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.
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White House desperately tries to fix Trump's widely-mocked claim he met with ‘president of the Virgin Islands’ — During his speech at the Values Voters summit on Friday, President Donald Trump told the crowd that he recently met with the “president of the Virgin Islands.”


Roger Stone attorney says he complied with request for Assange contact — Washington (CNN)An attorney for Roger Stone says the longtime confidante to President Donald Trump has complied with the House Russia investigators' request for him to provide the identity of his intermediary to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.
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Hecklers shout down California attorney general, assembly majority leader at Whittier College — Last week, Whittier College — my alma mater — hosted California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, in a question-and-answer session organized by Ian Calderon, the Majority Leader of the California State Assembly.
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National Review


Lisa Bloom Reveals Why She Took On Harvey Weinstein as a Client — “I saw this as a unique opportunity to change the way these stories go,” says the lawyer. “I was wrong. It turns out nobody is ready to hear an apology when a shocking story comes out.” — When noted feminist …
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Donald Trump's Fake Renoir: The Untold Story — Trump biographer Tim O'Brien talks about his years covering the developer turned reality star turned president—including a bizarre incident involving a fake impressionist painting. — Years ago, while reporting a book about a real-estate developer …
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Raw Story


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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Raw Story


Republican National Committee chief, in Colorado visit, says “I think we're in the best place we've ever been as a party” — Ronna Romney McDaniel was in Denver Thursday for an event honoring Hispanic Heritage Month — The chief of the Republican National Committee said Thursday during …
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RNC chair: GOP is 'in the best place we've ever been'
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Trump's Tweets Are Damaging the Republican Character — No short-term political victory is worth the long-term cultural degradation the president is guaranteeing the GOP. — The vast majority of commentary about Donald Trump's tweets centers on Trump: What do they say about his state of mind?
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What Jaguars owner Khan said today on Trump, NFL owners and a $20 minimum wage — NFL team owner Shahid Khan spoke his mind today on his fellow club owners, President Donald Trump and the politics of divisiveness at an executive conference for Crain's Who's Who in Chicago Business.
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Raw Story and Fox News Insider