WASHINGTON — A conservative federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled the Affordable Care Act “invalid” on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now. In a 55-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that…
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AMERICA NEEDS TO ‘BREAK ITS ADDICTION’ TO THE PRESIDENCY…
Given the presidency’s evolution, Donald Trump, the overlord of American politics, is not a fluke, or some historic anomaly. He’s an inevitability. Another day, another avalanche of news about the President: berating Democratic leaders on camera; unceremoniously announcing the departure of his chief of staff; calling his former Secretary of State “dumb as a rock.” It…

GOT HIM
By Pete Williams, Jonathan Dienst, Tom Winter, Andrew Blankstein, and Elisha Fieldstadt A man in Florida was taken into custody Friday and will be charged in connection with the series of bombs found this week addressed to critics of President Donald Trump, law enforcement officials said shortly after the latest two devices…

NO FEAR!
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) said in a new interview that she “ain’t scared” after being targeted by two packages containing pipe bombs. “We have to keep to doing what we’re doing in order to make this country right; that’s what I intend to do, and as the young people say, ‘I ain’t scared,’” Waters told Blavity. The California Democrat also…

Apparent ‘Pipe Bombs’ Mailed To Clinton, Obama And CNN
Updated at 5:33 p.m. ET At least six suspicious packages containing what the FBI called potentially destructive devices have been sent since Monday to several leading Democratic Party figures and to CNN in New York, triggering a massive investigation. Some of the devices “appear to be pipe bombs,” John Miller, New York Police Department deputy…