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9:50 PM ET, March 13, 2017

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Speaker.gov:
Speaker Ryan Statement on American Health Care Act CBO Score  —  WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office's scoring of the American Health Care Act:
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows  —  WASHINGTON — The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cause 24 million people to lose health insurance within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump official slams CBO score: It's ‘just not believable’ … The Trump administration on Monday slammed the Congressional Budget Office's projection that millions of people would lose their health insurance under the Republicans' plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Experts: Premiums will rise under GOP health care plan  —  Seven experts responded to a NYT request to predict what the Congressional Budget Office might say about the Republican Obamacare replacement bill in five different areas: long-term costs, how many people will lose health insurance …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal  —  House Republican leaders plunged into damage control mode Monday after a brutal budgetary assessment of their Obamacare replacement threatened to upend Senate GOP support and armed their critics on the left.
Discussion: Axios, Vox and ABC News
CBO's Publications:
American Health Care Act  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current law.
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The GOP health plan is an act of class warfare by the rich against the poor  —  The Congressional Budget Office's assessment of Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare is a description of one of the largest, most significant income redistribution programs the US government has ever considered …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
24 million would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 under GOP's Obamacare replacement, new estimate says
Elana Schor / Politico:
Sanders: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’ because of GOP Obamacare repeal bill
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Trump Warns It Could Take Several Years for Health Costs to Drop
Discussion: Hot Air
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   Here's how many people could die if Trumpcare becomes law
CNN:
CBO report: 14 million fewer insured by 2018 under GOP health care bill
Discussion: TheBlaze and RedState
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Spicer: Trump didn't mean wiretapping when he tweeted about wiretapping  —  Spicer walks back Trump's wiretapping claims  —  (CNN)The White House on Monday walked back key point of President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election.
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
White House wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
CNN:
Justice department asks for more time to collect evidence on Trump wiretap claims
David Edwards / Raw Story:   Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gave CIA Power to Launch Drone Strikes  —  New authority departs from Obama-era policy under which only the Pentagon conducted the operations  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Allison Stanger / New York Times:
Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury that Gave Me a Concussion  —  MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — There's nothing like a little violence to focus the mind.  I am the Middlebury College professor who ended up with whiplash and a concussion for having the audacity to engage with the ideas of Charles Murray …
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Osita Nwanevu / Slate:   There's nothing outrageous about stamping out bigoted speech.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump looks to woo conservatives on Obamacare repeal  —  President Donald Trump's White House is increasingly likely to support some conservative-backed changes to the House Obamacare alternative, two administration officials said Monday — a move that comes after a nonpartisan budgetary …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP senator decries ‘mythical’ House ObamaCare strategy
Discussion: RedState
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sanders responds to CBO score: ‘Thousands of Americans will die’
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
New surveillance footage of Michael Brown sparks protests  —  (CNN)New video captured hours before Michael Brown was killed shows the 18-year-old exchanging marijuana for cigarillos with the clerks of a Ferguson, Missouri, store, a documentary director told CNN on Monday.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ferguson Market disputes claims as new Michael Brown documentary prompts new protest
Bloomberg:
Kushners Set to Get $400 Million From Chinese on Marquee Tower  —  Family company of president's son-in-law in deal with Anbang  —  Plan is circulating among investors for more equity partners  —  A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser …
Sarah Posner / Washington Post:
Why are we hearing crickets from the GOP on Steve King's ugly Tweet?  —  Over the weekend, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa ) tweeted that Dutch far-right nationalist Geert Wilders has been right in saying that “culture and demographics are our destiny,” adding that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate  —  State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, filed House Bill 4260 Friday, which would fine men $100 for masturbating.  —  When it comes to issues related to health, state Rep. Jessica Farrar …
Adelle Platon / Billboard:
Snoop Dogg on ‘Lavender’ Video Parodying Trump: 'Nobody's Dealing With the Real Issue With This F—king Clown as President'  —  The rapper's latest video features a Snoop Loops commercial, Michael Rapaport and a clown mocking president Donald Trump.  —  The concept for Snoop Dogg's new video for …
Shree:
Such a Great Country, Such Nasty Bigotry  —  The night of the election, my iPhone screen shattered.  The joke I like to make is that there was glass shattering on November 8th but not the kind we wanted.  —  There's something symbolic about the shattered glass on my phone and it serves …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Health Plan Would Hit Rural Areas Hard  —  Poor, older Americans would see largest increase in insurance-coverage costs, analysis shows  —  The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis …
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.  —  In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Signals ‘Big Fat Beautiful Negotiation’ on House Healthcare Bill  —  President Donald Trump told reporters that a “big fat beautiful negotiation” was underway on the proposed house health care bill, after a growing number of conservatives have voiced dissent with the effort.
 
 
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Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
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