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A.M. Links: Trump Says He'll Use 'the Power of the Pen' on Health Care, Deadly Fires Rage in California Wine Country, New Trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Released

Damon Root | 10.10.2017 9:00 AM

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    "Since Congress can't get its act together on HealthCare," President Donald Trump wrote today on Twitter, "I will be using the power of the pen to give great HealthCare to many people - FAST."

  • President Trump also had this to say on Twitter today: "The problem with agreeing to a policy on immigration is that the Democrats don't want secure borders, they don't care about safety for U.S.A."
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency after deadly fires began sweeping through Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties.
  • Las Vegas police have released new information about last week's mass shooting.
  • Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont may declare independence from Spain today.
  • Watch the new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books). His next book, Emancipation War: The Fall of Slavery and the Coming of the Thirteenth Amendment (Potomac Books), will be published in June 2026.

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