The Daily Digest: MNsure fallout continues
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In Minnesota
An interview with Republican Jeff Johnson on the policies he would enact if elected governor. (MinnPost)
Republican Senate candidate Mike McFadden on Wednesday pounced on news that PreferedOne will no longer sell insurance on MNsure, calling it the latest example of the Affordable Care Act's failure and a reason to toss DFL Sen. Al Franken out of the Senate. (MPR News)
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The chief executive of Minnesota's health insurance exchange says help will be available for consumers as its largest carrier pulls out. (AP via Pioneer Press)
7th District DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is staking his re-election on his long support for policies such as defending sugar beet farmers. (Bloomberg News)
Meanwhile, the Poligraph weighs in on the latest NRCC ad against Peterson. (MPR News)
The Twin Cities were one of three cities in the country that will participate in a pilot program to boost outreach in the Islamic community in an effort to combat recruitment of naturalized Americans by the terrorist group ISIL. (Star Tribune)
A Dakota County jury convicted Minnesota Supreme Court candidate Michelle MacDonald of refusing to submit to a breath test and obstructing the legal process during an April 2013 traffic stop in which police suspected she was intoxicated. (Star Tribune)
Comedian Bill Maher got some headlines for saying he wants to oust 2nd District GOP Rep. John Kline. But it turns out Maher doesn't even know who Kline's opponent is. (Politico)
National Politics
A New York Times/CBS News poll shows that President Obama’s approval ratings are similar to those of President George W. Bush in 2006 when Democrats swept both houses of Congress in the midterm elections. (New York Times)
After the U.S. House passed legislation to arm Syrian rebels, the Senate agreed to swiftly take up the measure. (Politico)
The House vote was 273 to 156 with large numbers in both parties voting in opposition, including two Minnesota Democrats and one Republican. (MPR News)
Apple says that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even when they have a search warrant — taking a hard new line as tech companies attempt to blunt allegations that they have too readily participated in government efforts to collect user information. (Washington Post)