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Report: Kushner Used Private Email Address for Government Business

Nothing matters.

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HHS Secretary Tom Price Has Given Up His Private Jet Habit, For Now

He acknowledges “the optics in some of this don’t look good.”

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Trump Expands Travel Ban to Restrict Visitors from 8 Countries Indefinitely

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A clever demagogue could have exploited the football protests. Trump is not clever.

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The crisis over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions is clearly getting worse, not better.

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Any sense of normalcy is a long, long way off.

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Syrian-American Journalist and Her Mother Murdered in Turkey

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The rains are slowly starting to let up, but the Puerto Rico’s troubles are just beginning.

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DHS Finally Notifies States of Election Hacking Attempts

But why did it take so long?

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It was Trump’s second attack on an athlete in a day.

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Trump Gives Luther Strange a Boost–But Keeps the Focus on Himself

In a typical Trump rhetorical effort, the president rambled through many boasts and gripes and whines, but probably did just enough for his candidate.

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Republicans Threaten Alaska If Murkowski Turns Down Bribe

“Why should the nation continue to send outsize taxpayer funds to a state that is single-handedly condemning Americans to ObamaCare?”

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No One Wants the Latest Trumpcare Bill — Except Right-Wing Billionaires

And for at least 48 Republican senators, that seems to be enough.

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Jimmy Kimmel Spends a Third Night to Proving How Graham-Cassidy Bill Falls Short

“He doesn’t know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid. He barely knows the difference between Melania and Ivanka.”

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Will GOP Let Alaska Keep Obamacare If Its Senator Votes To Kill It Nationally?

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Government’s Own Estimate Shows the GOP Health Bill Is a Disaster for Alaska

The numbers undecided Senator Lisa Murkowski wanted are in. They show Alaska losing 38 percent of its federal health funding by 2026.

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How Jimmy Kimmel Found His Political Voice

Mainstream news outlets, late-night hosts, and the American left would do well to study what happened on ABC this week.

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“All Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.” So, no special Alaska deal?

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The Trump Administration’s New, Permanent Travel Restrictions Are on the Way

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First Poll on Graham-Cassidy Shows It’s Unpopular, and the Worst Is Yet to Come

The last-gasp GOP health-care bill is already unpopular, but just wait until the public learns about its real impact and the chaos it will unleash.

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HHS: Tom Price Spent $300K on Private Jets Because He’s a Man of the People

When asked why he took 24 flights on private charter planes since May, HHS said he’s “focused on hearing from Americans across the country.”

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Tests Show ‘Severe’ CTE in Brain of Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez

The family of the ex-Patriots tight end, who was convicted of murder in 2015, is suing the NFL.

Adam K. Raymond

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Trump Announces New North Korea Sanctions, Wants ‘Complete Denuclearization’

The move will “cut off sources of revenue that fund North Korea’s efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind,” Trump said.

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The Moore-Strange Debate: An Angry God Versus Donald J. Trump

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The Vaping Congressman Pushes for ‘Preemptive Strike’ on North Korea

Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un and President Trump trade insults.

Adam K. Raymond

6 22.09.2017

It’s Win-Win When Trump and the Democrats Work Together

But the GOP health bill threatens to destroy their fledgling relationship.

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Report: Sebastian Gorka Delivered ‘Tirade’ on Islam to Army Students

The erstwhile White House adviser also says he helped write Trump’s U.N. speech.

Benjamin Hart

3 22.09.2017

McCain Kills Zombie GOP Health Care Bill–Again

With his rejection of a GOP health care bill due to its partisanship and the absence of a CBO score, McCain probably thwarted his party a second time.

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Former FBI Director Comey Booed, Interrupted During Howard University Speech

Some students did not appreciate his past comments about policing.

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