Congress expanding Mylan inquiry to determine if there was Medicaid fraud; Clinton calls for new National Service Reserve during Florida swing; Can ‘SNL’ take down Donald Trump? Is it going to try?; Trump bashes ‘disgusting’ former beauty queen Alicia Machado, accuses her of having ‘sex tape’; The Daily 202: This week was full of reality checks for Trump’s campaign ; Obama hails the vision of Shimon Peres: ‘His pursuit of peace was never naïve’; More and more people get their news via social media. Is that good or bad?; Want to make a million? Become a DEA informant.; This GOP senator has the best job on Inauguration Day — if he can keep it; After the debate, Trump is still dominating news coverage. But Clinton is getting the good press.; Here comes the Republican Senate super PAC blitz;
 
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Clinton mocks Trump for ‘unhinged’ early morning Twitter ‘meltdown’
The candidate, campaigning in Florida, slammed Trump's attacks on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's character.
Congress expanding Mylan inquiry to determine if there was Medicaid fraud
Senate Judiciary members are expanding their focus to federal Medicaid regulators and Mylan's apparent manipulation of a Medicaid program.
Clinton calls for new National Service Reserve during Florida swing
The proposal comes amid a stepped-up effort by the Democrat to court millennials.
 
Can ‘SNL’ take down Donald Trump? Is it going to try?
As the show’s 42nd season prepares to open Saturday, a debate is raging in the world of comedy about whether Trump is a laughing matter anymore.
 
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Trump bashes ‘disgusting’ former beauty queen Alicia Machado, accuses her of having ‘sex tape’
Trump disparaged former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's character during an early morning tweet storm Friday.
 
The Daily 202: This week was full of reality checks for Trump’s campaign
Trump doesn’t get even. He gets mad.
 
Obama hails the vision of Shimon Peres: ‘His pursuit of peace was never naïve’
President Obama praised peace-seeker Shimon Peres in a eulogy in Jerusalem, but noted the dream of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unfulfilled.
 
More and more people get their news via social media. Is that good or bad?
Three points to ponder as you scroll through your social media feed.
 
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Want to make a million? Become a DEA informant.
An IG report finds that the agency's confidential-source program has made many people rich but is also a vehicle for "waste, fraud, and abuse."
 
This GOP senator has the best job on Inauguration Day — if he can keep it
Roy Blunt gets to preside over the inauguration ceremony unless he loses his seat in November.
 
After the debate, Trump is still dominating news coverage. But Clinton is getting the good press.
Here's how the debate changed coverage. Or didn't.
 
Here comes the Republican Senate super PAC blitz
The Republicans' central Senate super PAC is plowing $21 million more into six key races in the coming weeks as the fight for control of the chamber moves to states more hospitable to GOP candidates.
 
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