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New York Times:
Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI — The Department of Justice Inspector General will review broad allegations of misconduct involving the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's email practices and the bureau's controversial decision shortly …
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Washington Monthly, RedState, Daily Wire, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Justice, FBI to be investigated over Clinton probes
Justice, FBI to be investigated over Clinton probes
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Townhall.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ watchdog opens review of Comey's Clinton email investigation
DOJ watchdog opens review of Comey's Clinton email investigation
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twitchy.com
ThinkProgress:
In one night, the GOP voted to take away these 6 essential health benefits — Republicans showed exactly where they stand. — By Melissa Boteach and Jeremy Slevin — Last night while you were sleeping, the Senate debated and ultimately passed a budget resolution that provides a pathway …
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New York Times:
Senate Takes Major Step Toward Repealing Health Care Law — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took their first major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, approving a budget blueprint that would allow them to gut the health care law without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.
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Washington Post, Gothamist, Shareblue, Daily Kos, Religion News Service, The Root, NPR, America Rising, ThinkProgress, Business Insider and Vox
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
While You Were Sleeping, Senators Took the First Step Toward Obamacare Repeal
While You Were Sleeping, Senators Took the First Step Toward Obamacare Repeal
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nancy Pelosi's one Obamacare regret? Relying too much on other Democrats for messaging.
Nancy Pelosi's one Obamacare regret? Relying too much on other Democrats for messaging.
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Politico and twitchy.com
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Senate Republicans Take The First Big Step Toward Repealing Obamacare
Senate Republicans Take The First Big Step Toward Repealing Obamacare
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Politico, Center For Children …, ThinkProgress, Rewire, Bloomberg, CNN and Common Dreams
Doris Truong / Washington Post:
Trolls decided I was taking pictures of Rex Tillerson's notes. I wasn't even there. — What it's like to be at the center of a fake-news conspiracy theory. — There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same. That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late Wednesday …
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The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Daily Wire
GreatAgain:
President-Elect Trump Announces Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to Lend Expertise to Cyber Security Efforts — (New York, NY)—President-elect Trump is very pleased to announce former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rex Tillerson's struggles show the risk of a president and secretary of state …
The Daily 202: Rex Tillerson's struggles show the risk of a president and secretary of state …
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CBS News, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Fox News Insider and ThinkProgress
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends'
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends'
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ABC News, FiveThirtyEight, Politico and CNN
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Noted Tech Genius Rudy Giuliani to Form Trump's Cybersecurity Team
Noted Tech Genius Rudy Giuliani to Form Trump's Cybersecurity Team
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Daily Kos, Politico and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
Cherine Akbari / WSVN-TV:
Obama scrapping ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller and The Geller Report
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Obama to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans — The Obama administration is ending the 20-year-old “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allows most Cuban migrants who reach U.S. soil to become legal permanent residents after one year. — The decision was confirmed Thursday …
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Mediaite, TheBlaze and Washington Free Beacon
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him — Well, that sure escalated quickly. — “That” was Donald J. Trump's inaugural news conference as a duly elected United States president-to-be, in which he called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” dismissed CNN as …
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
The only hookers in this story are the cheap, lazy journalists who ran with fake Trump sleaze …
The only hookers in this story are the cheap, lazy journalists who ran with fake Trump sleaze …
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BizPac Review
Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
Why the media's Trump dossier coverage is suicidal
TMZ.com:
Obama Dog Sunny Bites White House Guest (PHOTO) — Obama Dog Sunny — Bites White House Guest — EXCLUSIVE — President Obama had to deal with a small domestic crisis at the White House — a family friend was bitten by Sunny, the First Family's 4-year-old dog.
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Fox News Insider, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, Mediaite and neo-neocon
TMZ.com:
Newt Gingrich — CNN Reporter Was an Idiot ... Gotta Respect ‘Trumpism’ — Newt Gingrich wants to start treating reporters like hockey players — when they step out of line ... they go in Donald Trump's penalty box. — We got Newt in D.C. where he explains his concept of “Trumpism” …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Earnest implicitly rebukes Sean Spicer after press conference — White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday issued an implicit rebuke of his successor, Sean Spicer, who tangled with a CNN reporter in New York on Wednesday at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Obama Surprises Vice President Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom — President Obama surprised Vice President Joe Biden with the nation's highest civilian honor - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - at a tribute event at the White House this afternoon.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama surprises Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Obama surprises Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom
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ABC News
Corey Charlton / The Sun:
FACEBOOK DEATH Girl, 12, streams her own suicide on Facebook Live for 20 minutes after being ‘sexually abused by a relative’ - and cops are powerless to take it down — Cops say they have asked websites to remove the video of Katelyn Nicole Davis's death but admit they are unable to do more
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis views on women in combat takes center stage — Retired Gen. James Mattis's stance on women in combat and LGBT troops will be thrust in the spotlight Thursday when he faces senators for his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of Defense. — The man whom Mattis is in line to replace …
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Mattis breaks with Trump on Iran, Russia
Mattis breaks with Trump on Iran, Russia
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Business Insider and alan.com
Amazon.com:
Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months — Already one of the country's biggest employers, Amazon plans to grow its full-time U.S.-based workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018
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The Guardian:
Donald Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for author's credibility — Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele, named as writer of Donald Trump memo, is ‘highly regarded professional’ — His denials - at least some of them - were emphatic, even by the standards that Donald Trump has come to be judged by.
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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, alan.com and New York Times
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, 'terrified …
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, 'terrified …
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BBC, emptywheel, Daily Mail, Heavy.com, New York Times, BizPac Review, NPR, Booman Tribune, Hullabaloo, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, IJR, The Week, Raw Story, Infowars, The Times of Israel, RedState and The Guardian
New York Times:
Intelligence Chief's Olive Branch to Trump Gets Twisted in Translation — James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, offered a public olive branch to President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday night, which Mr. Trump appears to have twisted. — Team Trump went to war …
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Schumer opposes Sessions for AG
Schumer opposes Sessions for AG
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Above the Law, Hot Air, TheBlaze, Law News and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire George Soros Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Weeks After Trump Election — Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election.
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Washington Times, The Geller Report, IJR, RedState, Infowars, CNBC, Business Insider, Power Line, Instapundit, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools