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Obamacare repeal bill likely to get to president for first time Senate Republicans put themselves on track to pass a long-sought bill this week to dismantle Obamacare and strip funding from Planned Parenthood for one year, finalizing a measure Tuesday that will put a major repeal of the Affordable Care Act... Read More U.S. to send specialized commando force to Iraq The Pentagon will send an expeditionary force of special operators to Iraq to assist government and Kurdish forces in conducting raids and gathering intelligence against the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.... Read More Trump sides with Rubio over Cruz in NSA surveillance debate Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday sided with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) over Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on restoring surveillance measures under the Patriot Act. "I tend to err on the side of security, I must tell you," Trump... Read More 14 Republicans make it onto Florida primary Fourteen presidential hopefuls have qualified to be on the presidential preference primary ballot in Florida's March 15, 2016 primary. The Democrats previously listed three candidates who qualified for the presidential primary in Florida, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... Read More Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel Chicago’s top cop is out. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the news during a Tuesday afternoon news conference about Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, whom Emanuel hired shortly before his 2011 inauguration. "I formally asked for Superintendent McCarthy's resignation," Emanuel said.... Read More Al Qaeda Syria wing frees Lebanese in return for jailed Islamists Al Qaeda's Syrian wing freed 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen on Tuesday in exchange for the release of jailed Islamists including the ex-wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Nusra Front seized the Lebanese 16 months ago during... Read More