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Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional – The New York Times
“Today’s ruling is an assault on 133 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, on the 20 million Americans who rely on the A.C.A.’s consumer protections for health care, on America’s faithful progress toward affordable health care for all Americans,” Mr. Becerra said in a statement. “The A.C.A. has already survived more than 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts and withstood scrutiny in the Supreme Court.” Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, who initiated…
Obamacare enrollment continues despite judge striking down the law – CNN
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Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act – CNN
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Mick Mulvaney will have the toughest job in the White House, and Trump better not ruin it – Washington Examiner
Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and until three days ago also the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is adding acting White House chief of staff to his plate. Mulvaney, one of the few establishment fiscal wonks of the Trump administration, has been in high demand in a White House bleeding mainstream political operatives. The selection of Mulvaney for a job that no…
Hours before her collapse in U.S. custody, a dying migrant child’s condition went unnoticed – The Washington Post
Nick Miroff December 14 at 10:38 PM Twenty-seven hours before she died at an El Paso children’s hospital, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal walked across the U.S. border with her father and 161 other migrants outside Antelope Wells, N.M. It was 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 6, and the small, remote U.S. border crossing was closed for the night. There were four Border Patrol agents on duty, and no medical staff. The migrants skirted barriers…
Wisconsin’s Scott Walker strips incoming Democrat’s powers – BBC News
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Scott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin, signed the bill on Friday Wisconsin’s outgoing Republican governor has signed bills to strip powers from his Democratic successor. The measures curb the authority of incoming Democratic Governor Tony Evers, who won last month’s election. Democrats say the legislation is a naked power grab, but Republicans argue it will balance the legislative and executive branches of state government….
NC governor vetoes voter ID bill | TheHill – The Hill
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Friday vetoed a measure that would require voters to show certain forms of identification at the polls. In a statement, Cooper said he vetoed the measure because it was “a solution in search of a problem.” “The fundamental flaw in the bill is its sinister and cynical origins,” Cooper said. “It was designed to suppress the rights of minority, poor and elderly voters….
Special counsel slams Michael Flynn’s criticism of FBI interview – CNN
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Special counsel slams Michael Flynn’s criticism of FBI interview – CNN
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Special counsel slams Michael Flynn’s criticism of FBI interview – CNN
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Chris Christie Drops Out of Consideration for White House Chief of Staff – The New York Times
Mr. Christie has been a friend of Mr. Trump’s for nearly two decades, and was one of his most prominent early supporters after it became clear that Mr. Trump was the leading contender for the Republican nomination in 2016. But after Mr. Trump’s election, he was dismissed as head of his transition team, and he did not end up with a job in the administration. People close to him said…
Wisconsin Gov. Walker signs lame-duck legislation to weaken incoming Democratic governor, attorney general – The Washington Post
Mark Berman John Wagner December 14 at 2:20 PM Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday signed sweeping legislation that weakens the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, dismissing a national outcry over what Democrats have characterized as a blatant power grab. The legislation, passed this month in a lame-duck session by the Republican-controlled legislature, consolidates power in the legislature and strips it from Gov.-elect Tony Evers…
Michael Cohen Says Donald Trump Is Lying About Russia Investigation – Newsweek
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, believes his former client is lying when it comes to special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Trump’s campaign team and Russia. Asked point-blank whether he believed Trump was telling the truth about the probe, Cohen simply said no. Related: Michael Cohen says Trump knew hush payments were wrong For his part, the former…
FBI investigators search the home of the fiance of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth – Daily Mail
The fiance of a woman who vanished on Thanksgiving Day left his house on Friday with the couple’s child in the back of a sheriff’s SUV as police searched the property. The Woodland Park Police Department, together with the FBI, executed a search warrant at the farm of Patrick Frazee where he is a rancher. They hope to find information about the whereabouts of his fiance Kelsey Berreth, 29, who…
Michael Cohen didn’t tell the whole truth about the hush payments in ‘GMA’ interview – Washington Examiner
It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that what Michael Cohen said Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Trump and the now-famous 2016 hush-money payments was so inaccurate that you have to wonder if he’s still lying. Cohen, newly convicted felon and former lawyer to President Trump, asserted that Trump directed the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal specifically to influence…
Michael Cohen didn’t tell the whole truth about the hush payments in ‘GMA’ interview – Washington Examiner
It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that what Michael Cohen said Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Trump and the now-famous 2016 hush-money payments was so inaccurate that you have to wonder if he’s still lying. Cohen, newly convicted felon and former lawyer to President Trump, asserted that Trump directed the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal specifically to influence…
Michael Cohen didn’t tell the whole truth about the hush payments in ‘GMA’ interview – Washington Examiner
It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that what Michael Cohen said Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Trump and the now-famous 2016 hush-money payments was so inaccurate that you have to wonder if he’s still lying. Cohen, newly convicted felon and former lawyer to President Trump, asserted that Trump directed the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal specifically to influence…
Byron York: Why Republicans ‘shrug off’ the Michael Cohen case – Washington Examiner
Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never liked and continue to oppose current campaign finance laws. They don’t approve of…
Schumer: If Mexico Is Going To Pay For The Wall, We Don’t Have To; "Let’s Fund The Government" – RealClearPolitics
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer states that there will be no way for President Trump to pay for a border wall this year unless Mexico pays up. “The president repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for his unnecessary and ineffective border wall… On Tuesday he said he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government unless U.S. taxpayers pay for it. And now just this morning, the president tweeted…
Schumer: If Mexico Is Going To Pay For The Wall, We Don’t Have To; "Let’s Fund The Government" – RealClearPolitics
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer states that there will be no way for President Trump to pay for a border wall this year unless Mexico pays up. “The president repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for his unnecessary and ineffective border wall… On Tuesday he said he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government unless U.S. taxpayers pay for it. And now just this morning, the president tweeted…