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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal  —  Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.  —  House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Republicans finalize new Obamacare repeal proposal  —  The White House, top House conservatives and a key moderate Republican have finalized a new Obamacare repeal and replace plan they hope will break a month-long logjam on a key priority for President Donald Trump.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP health bill changes exempt members of Congress  —  A new amendment to the Republican ObamaCare replacement bill exempts members of Congress and their staff from its effects.  —  The new changes to the bill would allow states to apply for waivers to repeal key ObamaCare provisions …
Bloomberg:
Stalled Health Bill Wins New Support From Conservative Holdouts  —  Proposed amendment sways some, but moderates still opposed  —  White House is optimistic, but trying to downplay expectations  —  Several conservative Congressional holdouts on the stalled GOP health-care bill said they're ready …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:   House, White House considering Friday health care vote
Dylan Scott / Vox:
House Republicans inch closer to repealing Obamacare
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Freedom Caucus backs amended GOP health care bill
Discussion: IJR
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
White House readies order on withdrawing from NAFTA  —  The Trump administration is considering an executive order on withdrawing the U.S. from NAFTA, according to two White House officials.  —  A draft order has been submitted for the final stages of review and could be unveiled late this week or early next week, the officials said.
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
White House considering order to withdraw from NAFTA
Ross Douthat / New York Times:   It Could Be Worse  —  The first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:   How Newt Gingrich became the go-to interview for every story about the Trump White House
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Ann Coulter On Verge of Pulling Out of Speech at Berkeley  —  Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she is likely to cancel her planned appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, because she faced threats of violence and felt she was left without the support of local law enforcement who have said it cannot guarantee her safety.
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Reuters:
Ann Coulter cancels her speech at UC Berkeley  —  Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has canceled her speech planned for this week at the University of California's Berkeley campus after a dispute with school officials, who feared violent protests, over whether a safe venue could be found.
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
REPORT: Ann Coulter Cancels UC Berkeley Speech
New York Times:
Trump's Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His  —  President Trump plans to unveil a tax cut blueprint on Wednesday that would apply a vastly reduced, 15 percent business tax rate not only to corporations but also to companies that now pay taxes through the personal income tax code …
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New York Times:
White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in both individual and corporate income tax rates, reducing the number of individual income tax brackets to three — 10 percent, 25 percent and 35 percent …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:   White House unveils dramatic plan to overhaul tax code in major test for Trump
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump has ‘no intention’ of releasing tax returns, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Arthur Laffer's Theory on Tax Cuts Comes to Life Once More
Discussion: Common Dreams
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
This is Amazing  —  This is really quite astounding.  In this morning's edition of Mike Allen's not-Playbook from Axios he introduces what seems to be Ivanka Trump setting up something that sounds a lot like the Clinton Foundation, only in this case run from within the White House …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Ivanka Trump's new fund for female entrepreneurs
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Accepts $400,000 Fee for a Speech  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has agreed to accept $400,000 to speak at a health care conference this year sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street investment bank.  —  The lucrative engagement, reported earlier by Fox …
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New York Post:
When will Obama have made enough money?
Discussion: The Guardian
The Sun:
WHO BUN IT?  Brit bunny riddle as rabbit destined to be world's biggest dies on United Airlines jet to US  —  Three foot Simon died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after leaving Heathrow  —  SCANDAL-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
A federal judge just handed President Trump a gift on sanctuary cities  —  (CNN)A ruling from a federal district judge invalidating President Trump's attempt to restrict federal money for sanctuary cities is a policy setback for his Administration.  But it is also a huge political gift.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump attacks judiciary for blocking order on sanctuary cities  —  President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the nation's judiciary Wednesday, blaming the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the ruling by a federal district court judge that blocked Trump's move to deny federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities.
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Views on Russian influence reflect partisan finger-pointing (POLL)  —  It's a partisan cold war right here at home: A majority of Democrats think now-President Donald Trump's campaign tried to help Russia influence the 2016 election, while a majority of Republicans think former President …
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - Late April 2017: The Future of the ACA and Health Care & the Budget
Discussion: ACASignups.net and Axios
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law  —  We've already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous.  Now there's a new complication: It may also violate international law.  —  The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House to continue Obamacare payments
Jeff Stein / Vox:
The NYT's new columnist defends his views on Arabs, Black Lives Matter, campus rape  —  On April 12, the New York Times's vaunted editorial page got a new addition.  Bret Stephens, formerly a columnist at the Wall Street Journal, will join Ross Douthat and David Brooks among the stable of in-house conservatives at the Gray Lady.
Monica Vendituoli / The Fayetteville Observer:
Bail increased for veteran, soldier accused in execution of veteran's PTSD therapy dog  —  Marinna Rollins told her Facebook friends on April 17 that she found a new home for her PTSD therapy dog, Cam.  —  Instead, she and her boyfriend, soldier Jarren Heng, are accused of shooting Cam multiple times with a rifle execution-style.
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Wild boars maul Isil fighters to death in Iraq  —  Wild boars mauled three Islamic State (Isil) fighters to death near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, according to Kurdish fighters.  —  The jihadists' bodies were found badly mangled by refugees fleeing through farmland as they tried to get away …
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite, The Week and IJR
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, an American official said on Wednesday, the latest tense naval encounter between the two countries.
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Watch: Joe Scarborough Tells Mika What We All Wish We Could  —  MSNBC's Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski is arguably the most condescendingly smug spoiled brat on television.  And if the words that come out of her mouth aren't bad enough, her affect is 100 percent Elite Leftist Snob.
Discussion: TheBlaze
 
 
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Daily Mail:
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