Cheat Sheet - Exclusive: Obama Cuts Off Syrian Rebels’ Cash

Read This, Skip That .... January 27, 2015 Lost Cause? 1. Obama Cuts Off Syrian Rebels' Cash Jamie Dettmer and Tim Mak report that the secular militias groomed by the United States to fight ISIS have seen their funding cut in half. It's leading rebels to believe President Obama is about to sell them out and cut a deal with Bashar al-Assad. Read it at The Daily Beast LET IT SNOW 2. 24 Inches of Snow Tuesday for Northeast While the blizzard was a bust for the New York metropolitan area, the National Weather Service is predicting that the Northeast could get an additional 24 inches of snow on Tuesday. The storm has affected roughly 20 percent of American households, with millions of workers and students homebound, thousands of flights canceled, and governors from various states banning non-essential driving. While sustained winds are expected to hit 40 mph, in Nantucket gusts as high as 78 mph were recorded. Thousands are without power in Massachusetts, and New England is expected to bear the brunt of Tuesday's impact. Coastal flooding and thundersnow has also been reported in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Read it at The Weather Channel Red Squares 3. American Women Shut Down Russian Spies Moscow's answer to James Bond they ain't. A team of alleged Russian agents, busted by the FBI, had trouble even getting the ladies to talk to them. Shane Harris and M.L. Nestel report. Read it at The Daily Beast SHAKE UP 4. Argentina to Dissolve Intel Agency Argentine President Cristina Kirchner announced plans Monday to dissolve the nation's intelligence service, in the wake of a prosecutor who was found dead at his apartment just hours before he was to testify against her. In a broadcast message, Kirchner said she was drafting a law to disband the Intelligence Secretariat and create a "Federal Intelligence Agency," in which she will appoint the leader who must then seek Senate approval. Kirchner said she will send her intelligence system overhaul bill to Congress before her trip to China next week as well as schedule a special congressional session to discuss the measure. Kirchner has come under fire after 51-year-old Alberto Nisman, a special prosecutor, was found in his Buenos Aires home with a gunshot to the head on Jan. 18. Nisman's body was found the night before he was scheduled to go before a congressional hearing and accuse Kirchner of obstructing his investigation into the 1994 bombing at a Jewish charity federation office. Kirchner has denied the claims and points to Nisman's death as a plot to discredit her.  Read it at AFP ON SALE 5. Obamacare Costs to Drop 20% The cost of the Affordable Care Act will fall 20 percent over the next decade, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office. Through 2019, Obamacare's insurance provisions will cost around $571 billion—that's $139 billion less than original estimates—thanks to dropping health-care inflation. Still, the CBO also estimates that 31 million people will not have health insurance by 2025. The Supreme Court is taking up a case that may strike down federal subsidies in the act. Read it at Bloomberg INFORMATION LOCKDOWN Ex-CIA Agent Convicted Over NYT Story Gave James Risen secrets. BABY STEPS Fidel Castro Breaks His Silence On U.S.-Cuba relations. INNOCENT PRISONERS U.S. Exonerations at Record High Most in 25 years. WHAT NOW? Facebook Suffers Global Outage Instagram and Tinder, too. SASSY Kraft: NFL Owes Pats an Apology "Patriots did nothing wrong." HUFFINGTON POST Conservatives At Iowa Freedom Summit Would Rather Not Talk About Gay Marriage ROLLING STONE Sundance 2015: Inside the Hip-Hop Doc 'Fresh Dressed' BUZZFEED Immigration: The Sheriff Who Sold Amnesty GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Cumberbatch Sorry for 'Colored' Remark by Tom Sykes The Importance of Larry Wilmore by Rawiya Kameir Crazy Clerics Who Rule the World's Oil by Dana Kennedy

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