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CBO: Under GOP plan, millions will lose coverage
Republicans are divided and Democrats are saying, "we told you so," when it comes to official estimates of what it will cost to repeal and replace Obamacare. The Trump White House says the Congressional Budget Office is just wrong.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: (L-R) House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, US House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Representative Greg Walden hold a news conference on the American Health Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2017. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
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3 storiesCIA back in charge of targeted killing business
President Trump has granted the CIA authority to conduct lethal drone strikes once again, rolling back limits President Obama imposed on the agency's paramilitary operations. Gordon Lubold, who’s reporting the story for the Wall Street Journal , says the changes re-open the turf war between the CIA and Pentagon.
Read the story7 minWill the Affordable Care Act become the Unaffordable Care Act?
The Congressional Budget Office has some bad news for House Speaker Paul Ryan and others who've vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare. The CBO has pronounced that the American Health Care Act would leave 14 million people without health insurance next year, 24 million in years to come.
Read the story33 minCould cannabis be focus of new battle over states' rights?
2016 Cannabis Cup Photo courtesy Cannabis Reports Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana last November, and there was a sense of paranoia on the free bus from Las Vegas out to this year's Cannabis Cup , a regular event held on a Native American Reservation. After all, the Trump Administration's new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions,…
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