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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Congress's $12 billion giveaway to health insurers — As Congress rushes to pass an omnibus tax/spending bill for the coming year, it's concocting a special tax break for health-insurance companies. — And it amounts to a back-door bailout. — Until this week, insurance-company lobbyists …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House praises sweeping omnibus, tax deal — The White House gave a thumbs-up on Wednesday to a sweeping year-end deal on taxes and government funding. — “We feel good about the outcome, primarily because we got a compromise budget agreement,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.
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Jim Newell / Slate:
The Paul Ryan Compromise — The new speaker's first big deal is just like all of the ones that infuriated conservatives under Boehner. — When Paul Ryan was handed the speaker's gavel in late October, he pledged to restore normal order to the People's House and eliminate the sort …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Budget Deal Raises Spending, and the Deficit, Through Tax Breaks
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
What Congress Has Included In Its Massive Spending and Tax Bills
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fiorina Stands by Claim Ex-General Keane Was Pushed Out by Obama (Which Keane Refuted) — Carly Fiorina today stood by her debate claim about a general she said was pushed out by President Obama, even though that general did not serve in this administration.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Strike Two For Pair of New York Times Reporters — Today, FBI director James Comey said that the San Bernardino shooters never talked openly about violent jihadism on social media: “So far, in this investigation we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that period …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate — A key Senate Republican is looking into whether Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed classified information during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate. — “I'm having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Did Ted Cruz Reveal Classified Information During The GOP Debate?
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Joe Scarborough Notices Something During Debate That Has Him Convinced Trump, Cruz Made 'Inside Deal …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter relied on a personal email account to conduct a portion of his government business during his first months at the Pentagon, according to White House …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The GOP's worst nightmare: A runaway convention — With the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas dramatizing again the divisions plaguing the GOP, the unfolding battle for the presidential nomination suggests the growing odds of a runaway convention that could choose an unelectable nominee …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump: 'I really don't want Jeb's endorsement'
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
2016: The Trump Election — The best Republican debate of the year was also the last.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sheldon Adelson responds to speculation he bought Las Vegas paper — “I have no personal interest” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said Tuesday night, in his first public comments about the mysterious sale of Nevada's biggest newspaper.
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James DeHaven / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Pressure to go public grows for new Review-Journal owners
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New York Times:
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Diverge in Approach to Their Hispanic Identity — MIAMI — One candidate, Marco Rubio, nurtured by the sprawling Cuban-American community here, bounces effortlessly between two cultures — fritas and hamburgers, Spanish and English — in a city so comfortably bilingual …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fact Check: While Suggesting Rubio Lied, Cruz Misstates Own Immigration Record
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Marco Rubio's Gordian knot
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Wheaton College professor put on leave after wearing hijab in solidarity with Muslims — A tenured Wheaton College professor who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslims was put on administrative leave Tuesday by the evangelical Christian school. — Larycia Hawkins, a Christian political science professor …
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Isite Design / Wheaton College Home:
Wheaton College Statement Regarding Dr. Larycia Hawkins
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Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune:
Wheaton College suspends Christian professor who wore a hijab
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Anthony Gockowski / Campus Reform:
Harvard placemat serves up social justice for Christmas — The placemat was created by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in collaboration with the Freshmen Dean's Office and were distributed in an undergraduate dining hall. — The Office for Equity, Diversity …
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Idrees M. Kahloon / Harvard News:
The Placemat Problem — In Annenberg Hall and at least …
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Baltimore Sun:
Mistrial declared in trial of Officer William Porter in death of Freddie Gray — Protesters took to the streets on Wednesday evening, marching and chanting for justice in reaction to the mistrial in the case of Officer William Porter. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video)
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The Hill:
Fiscal deal winners and losers — The sweeping year-end tax and spending bills unveiled this week in Congress follow months of lobbying by industry and public interest groups and weeks of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill. — The final legislation, at nearly 2,250 pages …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Blow-Me.org” Congressman: Clinton “An Idiot” And “A Liar” For Use Of Private Email Server — “To think that Mrs. Clinton could secure something like that in her home is ludicrous.” — Win Mcnamee / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas …
Lisa Cox / Sydney Morning Herald:
Julie Bishop defends ASIO chief Duncan Lewis over calls schooling Coalition MPs — ASIO chief: ‘No guarantees’ against future attacks — ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis says intelligence and security authorities can offer ‘no guarantees’ there is no possibility of another terror attack in Australia.
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Dana Loesch Explodes on ‘Godless Left’ in Furious Rant: 'I Do Have a Problem...and I'm Not Watching My Language' — Dana Loesch tore into Democrats Tuesday night in a fiery rant on the “godless left,” taking aim elected officials and the New York Daily News for “mocking prayers” and “attacking” the National Rifle Association.
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