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4:00 PM ET, April 20, 2017

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The Huffington Post:
Some Republicans Think They May Have A Health Care Deal  —  The reality is they may be even further away from an Obamacare replacement than before.  —  WASHINGTON GOP moderates and conservatives are nearing a deal on health care that in theory could get the Republican alternative …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House plans Obamacare showdown next week  —  The White House is pushing for another showdown vote on repealing Obamacare next week, to coincide with President Donald Trump hitting his 100-day milestone in office.  —  Legislative text of a new deal that could revive the House Republican bid …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The GOP's biggest health care achievement has been making Obamacare more popular  —  The ACA is now more popular than Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, or the GOP.  —  It is bizarre watching House Republicans persuade themselves that the problem they face on health care is cutting …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Latest ACA Repeal Plan Would Explode Premiums for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politicus USA
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Sarah Palin visits White House with Kid Rock, Ted Nugent  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) visited President Trump at the White House late Wednesday, bringing along musicians Ted Nugent and Kid Rock.  —  Palin has been an outspoken supporter of Trump since his campaign …
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SARAH PALIN:
BEHIND THE SCENES: Photos From An Awesome Evening At The White House  —  President Trump's invitation for dinner included bringing a couple of friends; it was the highest honor to have great Americans who are independent, hardworking, patriotic, and unafraid share commonsense solutions at the White House.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Dines With Trump at White House  —  WASHINGTON — Many of President Trump's advisers say he never would have gotten to the White House without the celebrity-candidate precedent set by Sarah Palin.  On Wednesday, he returned the favor.  —  The former Alaska governor, whose slashing …
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Sarah Palin: I had a ‘great night’ at the White House
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
AG Jeff Sessions: Judges shouldn't ‘psychoanalyze’ Trump to see if executive orders are lawful  —  (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions said this week that judges shouldn't “psychoanalyze” President Donald Trump when determining whether his executive orders are lawful.
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Christina Reynolds / Medium:
“Shattered” or Contorted? What a New Book Gets Wrong about the Clinton Campaign
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:   “Shattererd”: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign"
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Fox News payout to Bill O'Reilly will be tens of millions of dollars  —  Ex-Fox analyst: Bill O'Reilly was untouchable  —  Bill O'Reilly will be paid tens of millions of dollars on his way out of Fox News.  —  “It is a staggering amount,” said a source personally involved in the exit maneuverings.
Yonhap News Agency:
U.S. sends nuclear sniffer plane to Korea: source  —  The U.S. Air Force dispatched a nuclear sniffer aircraft Thursday to the east of the Korean Peninsula amid the possibility of North Korea's imminent nuclear test, a government source said.  —  “The WC-135 Constant Phoenix …
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Kanga Kong / Bloomberg:
South Korea Tells Trump It's Actually Never Been a Part of China
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Ryan Browne / CNN:
US official: With eye on North Korea, China puts bombers on ‘high alert’
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Democrats' Existential Crisis Won't Resolve Itself  —  The party will have to fix it—and here's how they might do so.  —  Jon Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker and political neophyte, has already accomplished far more than anyone expected in his bid for the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's strange behavior
CBS News:
Support for marijuana legalization at all-time high  —  Sixty-one percent of Americans think marijuana use should be legal, a five-point increase from last year and the highest percentage ever recorded in this poll.  Eighty-eight percent favor medical marijuana use.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Donald Trump gets his 100-day report card  —  As Donald Trump nears the 100-day mark in the White House, voters are grading his performance on a partisan curve.  —  Republicans are inclined to give him good grades on his performance in office so far — mostly A's and B's.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Democrats Have Big Enthusiasm Edge for 2018
Discussion: Daily Kos
Emily Wenger / muscatinejournal.com:
Grassley says he expects Supreme Court Justice resignation within the year … Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, accepts a National Association of Manufacturers Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence from Gage Kent, chairman of the board and CEO of Kent Corporation and a NAM board member …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama wades into French election fight  —  Former President Barack Obama gently waded back into international politics on Thursday, talking by phone with French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.  —  Macron is the center-left candidate, and the leading contender to stop far-right Marine Le Pen …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, NY1 News and Axios
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Michel Rose / Reuters:
France's Macron has call with Obama ahead of election
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Intercept:
Republicans Sell Access to Congressional Staffers, Flouting Cardinal Ethics Rule  —  Congressional Republicans are baldly enticing donors with the promise of meetings with senior legislative staff, effectively placing access to congressional employees up for sale to professional influence peddlers and other well-heeled interests.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Bill Dentzer / Idaho Statesman:
Marathon in Meridian: Rep. Labrador tells town hall, 'We're going to disagree'  —  Nearly 800 people turned out Wednesday night for a town hall meeting with 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador that went more than three hours, dominated by people with critical questions about the Trump administration …
Christopher Flavelle / Bloomberg:
The Nightmare Scenario for Florida's Coastal Homeowners  —  On a predictably gorgeous South Florida afternoon, Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason sat in his office overlooking the white-linen restaurants of this affluent seaside community and wondered when climate change would bring it all to an end.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Locks Trump Associate Roger Stone's Account, Again  —  Stone lands in Twitter's penalty box after tweeting “I'm watching you and know what you're up to.  Better watch your ass” to Media Matters communications director Laura Allison Keiter.  —  Roger Stone is back in Twitter's penalty box.
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS Boston:
Starbucks Barista Has Meltdown Over Unicorn Frappuccino  —  BOSTON - The internet has lost its mind over the limited-edition Unicorn Frappuccino - and apparently so have Starbucks baristas.  —  The sugary frozen drink that changes flavor and color with a stir of the straw debuted on Wednesday and is only available until Sunday.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: The Inside Story Of How Tomi Lahren Flamed Out At The Blaze  —  Before she ever set foot on ABC's “The View,” Tomi Lahren had used up all her good will (and then some) at The Blaze, the conservative media company founded by Glenn Beck.  —  That's according to several sources …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Chaffetz considering early departure from Congress  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz  —  (R-Utah), who stunned Washington with an announcement that he is not running for reelection, might not even finish his remaining term.  —  Chaffetz told KSL News Radio's Doug Wright …
CBS News:
CIA, FBI launch manhunt for leaker who gave top-secret documents to WikiLeaks  —  WASHINGTON — CBS News has learned that a manhunt is underway for a traitor inside the Central Intelligence Agency.  —  The CIA and FBI are conducting a joint investigation into one of the worst security breaches …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval in First Quarter Lowest by 14 Points  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump averaged 41% job approval during his first quarter as president, 14 percentage points lower than any other president in Gallup's polling history.  Bill Clinton had the previous low mark of 55%.
 
 
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The Buffalo News:
Bills' Cyrus Kouandjio involved in bizarre incident with police
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Tatishe M. Nteta / Washington Post:
Racially biased people are far more likely to oppose black athletes' protests. Here's the evidence.
Discussion: The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
ITALIAN COURT FINDS LINK BETWEEN CELL PHONE USE AND TUMOR
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Trump Realizes Being President Is Hard
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Republicans Need To Deliver Something...Soon
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
FCC clears way for big TV mergers, eases broadband price limits
Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
Trump's doomed plan to bring back steel jobs
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
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Out-of-state money floods potential Senate race in WV
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Trump legal tab: $4 million and rising
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