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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

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    The American Health Care Act vote is pulled at the last minute; the State Department okays the Keystone pipeline; Le Pen meets with Putin.

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    Senate Democrats have some game theory to do.

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    The identity crisis behind the American Health Care Act negotiations.

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    An attack on the grounds of the British Parliament; a recap of Neil Gorsuch’s uneventful Senate confirmation hearing; the AHCA is heading for a vote.

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    Plus: pop hits of the ‘80s, Philip in a cowboy hat, and Paige’s continued existential crisis.

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