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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:
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, ABC News and Vox
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 …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
CBO: 24 Million More Uninsured By 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill
Discussion: Shakesville
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in the Future’  —  On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House …
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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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
'We've Had to Live in This Farce for the Last Nine Days': Tapper Goes Off on Trump's Wiretap Claims  —  At the start of today's broadcast of CNN's The Lead, host Jake Tapper took a number of shots at President Donald Trump and the administration over the lack of evidence that has been provided …
Discussion: CNN
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
White House wants more time to give Intel committee wiretapping proof
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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
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
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 …
Genevieve DiNatale / Boston Herald:
Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber says Republicans setting up a ‘scam’  —  MIT economics professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber said that any healthcare replacement law the GOP has in store is a “scam.”  —  “Any replace[ment] that they would pass would result in millions …
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
New York Times:
Federal Inquiry of Fox News Moves to a Grand Jury, but Without Preet Bharara  —  The political drama around the federal courthouse in Manhattan did not end with the sudden, unexplained turnabout of President Trump in firing Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Tillerson Used ‘Alias’ Email for Climate Messages, N.Y. Says  —  Secretary of State employed secondary account on climate issue  —  Claim is made in suit over New York's probe into energy firm  —  New York says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an email alias to discuss climate change …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
McCrory, working as consultant, says HB2 makes some employers ‘reluctant to hire me’  —  Former Gov. Pat McCrory says the backlash against House Bill 2 is making some employers reluctant to hire him but he's currently doing consulting and advisory board work.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Nicola Slawson / The Guardian:
Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission  —  Robot submarine, named after competition, will collect data from depths of Southern Ocean  —  A small yellow robot submarine, called Boaty McBoatface after a competition to name a new polar research ship backfired, is being sent on its first Antarctic mission.
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.”
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Wisconsin lesson: Voters will reward Republicans if they do what they promised  —  Six weeks into a new administration, with unified Republican government for the first time in a decade, the GOP should be busy enacting a bold reform agenda.  Instead, the party is wracked by internal divisions …
Daily Mail:
Theresa May FINALLY wins the power to trigger Article 50 as historic Brexit Bill is sent to the Queen following climb-down by peers  —  Theresa May has finally won the power to trigger Article 50 after peers backed down and passed the Brexit Bill after two crucial votes in the Commons earlier.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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 …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signs executive order to cut government waste  —  President Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at cutting waste in the federal government.  —  Trump signed the measure in the Oval Office, telling reporters it requires a “thorough examination of every executive department and agency” …
Discussion: ABC News
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Challenges Alec Baldwin To “Bare Knuckle” Fight For Charity So He Can “Break” His Neck  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): Alec Baldwin thinks he is a tough guy, I challenge him a million dollars to the charity he wants to get in the ring with me, bare knuckle.  I will, I'll do it right now.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations  —  U.S. retreat from U.N. could mark a “breakdown of the international humanitarian system as we know it.”  —  State Department staffers have been instructed to seek cuts in excess of 50 percent in U.S. funding for U.N. programs …
Discussion: The Last Refuge and AOL
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
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Discussion: Sputnik International
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea's Kim regime
Discussion: Yonhap News Agency and Raw Story
Jordan Freiman / Death and Taxes:
Trump unfollows ‘Morning Joe’ hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski on Twitter
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New surveillance footage of Michael Brown sparks protests
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