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5:05 PM ET, April 26, 2017

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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 …
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Trump plan may boost New Yorkers' tax bills significantly  —  To help pay for steep cuts in business taxes, the president would no longer allow individuals to deduct state and local payments from their returns  —  The Trump administration released a tax-overhaul plan Wednesday …
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 …
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
WH reporter panics Treasury Secretary by asking how tax plan will personally benefit Trump
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Treasury secretary says Trump ‘has no intention’ of releasing tax returns
Discussion: Politicus USA
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump has ‘no intention’ of releasing tax returns, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
The White House just outlined its tax plan. Here's what's in it
Discussion: Bloomberg, Joe.My.God. and Refinery29
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
White House unveils dramatic plan to overhaul tax code in major test for Trump
Discussion: CNBC and Hit & Run
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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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus endorses revised ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill  —  The House Freedom Caucus on Wednesday announced it will back the GOP's healthcare plan now that an amendment allowing states to opt out of key ObamaCare rules is included.  —  The group of roughly 30 hard-line conservatives held …
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.
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
New York Times:
Hard-Line Republican Caucus Backs Revised Bill to Repeal Obamacare
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House to continue Obamacare payments, removing shutdown threat  —  The White House is telling lawmakers that it will continue paying Affordable Care Act cost-sharing subsidies, potentially defusing a bruising conflict between Democrats and Trump administration officials that had sparked …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The White House just ratcheted up its threat to destroy Obamacare, a Democratic aide says  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi spoke by phone last night with White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, and Mulvaney took the White House's threat to sabotage …
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 …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
WH to Dems: We'll continue paying ObamaCare subsidies
Discussion: FITSNews and ACASignups.net
The Hill:
Shutdown fears spur horse-trading
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and The Daily Caller
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
Discussion: Politico, New York Magazine and 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.
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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Jon Sharman / The Independent:
Donald Trump to strip all funding from State Department team promoting women's rights around the world
Discussion: Axios and Common Dreams
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?
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
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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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.
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
FCC Chief Sets Up Clash With Call to Repeal Net Neutrality  —  Telecom regulator Ajit Pai announces plan at Washington event  —  Defenders of Obama-era regulation say they will fight repeal  —  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman proposed rolling back the Obama-era net-neutrality rule …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
FCC Chief to Roil the Capital With Net Neutrality Rollback
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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Roy Moore running for Senate, resigns from Supreme Court to challenge Luther Strange
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
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The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act
Discussion: Morning Consult and Common Dreams
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
House, White House considering Friday health care vote
Monica Vendituoli / The Fayetteville Observer:
Bail increased for veteran, soldier accused in execution of veteran's PTSD therapy dog
Discussion: WNCN and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
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US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
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Discussion: TheBlaze
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It Could Be Worse  —  The first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency …
Lena Dunham / Hollywood Reporter:
Samantha Bee Interviewed by Lena Dunham on Trump, Trolls and Comedy's Fraught New Normal
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Magazine
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
Wild boars maul Isil fighters to death in Iraq
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite and The Week
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Flynn is ‘central to what FBI believes is cover-up’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
 

 
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