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Dems ‘outraged’ with Comey after House briefing — A number of House Democrats left Friday's confidential briefing on Russian hacking fuming over the actions of FBI Director James Comey and convinced he's unfit to lead the agency. — “I was nonjudgmental until the last 15 minutes.
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Angering Congress, James Comey won't address Trump-Russia inquiry privately — FBI director's refusal to clarify potential investigation was met with frustration from lawmakers who recall his interjections about Hillary Clinton during election … Embattled FBI director James Comey has refused …
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James Comey's Best Service — The new AG should ask the director to resign for the good of the FBI.
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Commanding general of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post — The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, said Friday that he has been ordered removed from his command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
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Trump Orders DC National Guard Chief To Leave In Middle Of Inaugural Ceremony — In a bizarre move, Donald Trump has demanded that the commanding officer of the Washington, D.C. National Guard resign from his post in the middle of the Inauguration ceremony, even though the general …
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House takes first step towards repealing Obamacare — Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives began the process of dismantling the Affordable Care Act on Friday, approving a budget resolution on a mostly party line vote. — The vote was 227-198. — The Senate passed the measure earlier this week.
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Ryan confronted by cancer patient who says ObamaCare saved his life … faced some tough questions from audience members at a CNN town hall Thursday night, starting with a cancer patient who said ObamaCare saved his life. — Jeff Jeans said he was a lifelong Republican and small business owner …
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Republicans say they'll protect you if you have a pre-existing condition. Don't believe it.
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Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism — House Republicans have found a subject for their opening review of conflicts of interest under Donald Trump: the federal official in charge of investigating conflicts of interest.
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TRUMP the SOCIAL BUTTERFLY — Hatch's ROB PORTER to be tapped as W.H. staff secy …
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John Lewis: 'I Don't See Trump as a Legitimate President' — John Lewis: 'I Don't See Trump as a Legitimate President' 1:25 — In an exclusive interview with NBC News' “Meet the Press,” Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said he does not believe Donald Trump is a “legitimate president,” citing Russian interference in last year's election.
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Donald Trump Inauguration — No ‘My Way’ with Paul Anka ... But It's Not Political — Donald Trump was going to get his way — legendary “My Way” singer and songwriter Paul Anka performing on inauguration night, but Paul tells us he has to back out. — Paul says the Prez-elect is an old friend …
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Breitbart Alumni Launch ‘Populist-Nationalist’ Group — Patrick Howley, a former Breitbart News reporter, left the site under vague circumstances back in November. Howley told me at the time that he was leaving of his own volition because the site had become more “controlled” …
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Ex-Breitbart Reporters Say They're Forming PAC To Enforce Trump Agenda
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Jennifer Holliday Plans to Sing at Trump's Inauguration ‘for the People’ — Jennifer Holliday sang for the Reagans. She sang for the Bushes (father and son). And she sang for the Clintons. — So when the planners of this year's presidential inauguration reached out to the Tony-winning singer …
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Hungarian celeb claims Trump invited her to his room in Moscow in 2013 — Hungarian celebrity Kata Sarka claims President-elect Donald J. Trump invited her over to his hotel room in Moscow in 2013 at a party following that year's Miss Universe beauty pageant, Hungarian online news portal …
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‘I JUST THREW UP’ Madonna tweets VERY racy picture in an intimate place - and Piers Morgan isn't impressed — The Good Morning Britain host claims to have lost his breakfast over the Queen of Pop's latest social media call to action — Madonna has incurred the wrath of Piers Morgan again …
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Krauthammer: Trump honeymoon ‘officially over’ — Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer says President-elect Donald Trump — has already lost any goodwill following his White House win. — “The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over,” he wrote in Thursday's edition of his column.
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Approval of Trump Transition Still Low as Inauguration Nears — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Gallup polling conducted two weeks before Inauguration Day, President-elect Donald Trump continues to garner historically low approval for his transition performance, with 51% of Americans disapproving …
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A message to my doomed colleagues in the American media — Congratulations, US media! You've just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your trade and everything you hold dear. We in Russia have been doing it for 12 years now …
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Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Chicago Police Department — Justice Department Finds a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations by the Chicago Police Department — The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department …
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Roberts: Arizona legislator: no more teaching about ‘social justice’ — 900 Shares … The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was all about justice, that notion that we are all equal, that we all deserve opportunities. — He lived by that Old Testament command from God that we should not only be charitable but work for justice.
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After 2016 campaign, more Americans consider Russia a threat: Reuters/Ipsos poll — Americans are more concerned than they were before the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign began about the potential threat Russia poses to the country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday.
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To say a final ‘Thanks Obama,’ thousands of Americans to applaud together on his last day — The idea hatched from an off-the-cuff comment to her older brother. It was months before America would elect Donald Trump as its president, and already Bejidé Davis was worried that the country hadn't appreciated Barack Obama.
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Davos Wonders If It's Part of the Problem — Did the global elite's devotion to borderless capitalism sow the seeds of a populist backlash? — by — Kenneth Rogoff can pinpoint the moment he started to grow concerned Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president: It was when Rogoff's fellow attendees …

Unreal. In Rush to Regulate, Obama EPA Issues Edict Ahead of Schedule on Efficiency Standards — In predictable Obama administration fashion, the president and his lemmings have made no bones about the fact that they are doing everything they can to tie the hands of the incoming Trump administration …
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The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was “Hair-Raising” Stuff — Last fall, a week before the election, I broke the story that a former Western counterintelligence official had sent memos to the FBI with troubling allegations related to Donald Trump.
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'It's Game of Thrones, the Apprentice, and Survivor all mixed into one' — Behind closed doors, Chris Christie — unceremoniously sent packing from Donald Trump's transition headquarters in Washington two months ago — is telegraphing a message to his confidants: I'll be back.
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Fox News host skewers CNN after Trump takedown: 'They say payback's a b***h' — Fox News host Neil Cavuto took CNN to task in an on-air commentary, mocking the cable network on the heels of a headline-grabbing press conference this week during which Republican President-elect Donald Trump called CNN “fake news.”
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