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Northeast braces for blizzard conditions
With less than a week until the first day of spring, Mother Nature is packing a punch: a winter storm expected to slam the Northeast. Blizzard conditions are expected to hit Washington, D.C., New York and Boston from Monday night into Tuesday, with 12 to 20 inches of snow expected.
Conway: ‘I’m not Inspector Gadget’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway responded to a headline in the New Jersey newspaper the Record in a CNN interview today. The paper quoted Conway as saying that surveillance can be conducted with “microwaves that turn into cameras.” Conway said to CNN, “I’m not Inspector Gadget. I don’t believe people are using the microwave to spy on the Trump campaign. However, I’m not in the job of having evidence. That’s what investigations are for.”
Agency's analysis of Republican health bill may sharpen resistance to measure
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A non-partisan report expected as soon as Monday on the costs of a Republican plan to replace the Obamacare healthcare law could harden opposition to the proposal, adding to the obstacles facing President Donald Trump's first major legislative effort. The Congressional Budget Office, which provides official cost estimates for legislation, is widely expected to find the Republican plan will result in fewer Americans with health insurance than under the Affordable Care Act, former Democratic President Barack Obama's signature domestic legislation. Just days before taking office in January, Trump promised "insurance for everybody" in his Obamacare replacement.
Chinese ships allowed to survey Philippine territory: Duterte
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he had agreed to allow Chinese surveillance ships into Filipino waters, contradicting his defence minister who described their presence as "very concerning". Duterte also told reporters he did not want to have a "fight" with China over Benham Rise -- waters recognised by the United Nation as indisputably Philippine territory -- partly because he wanted Chinese economic help. "They have no incursion because we have an agreement," Duterte told reporters when asked about the reported presence of Chinese surveillance ships at Benham Rise.
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