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Ten things to know for Thursday, May 4

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:

1. HOUSE TO VOTE ON HEALTH CARE BILL

Republican leaders were confident they had the votes to pass their long-sought legislation to repeal and replace portions of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

2. FBI CHIEF DEFENDS HANDLING OF CLINTON PROBE

James Comey says he believed it would have been “catastrophic” to keep Congress in the dark about new developments in the Clinton investigation that emerged just before Election Day.