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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions's character — Senate Republicans passed a party-line rebuke Tuesday night of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech opposing attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, striking down her words for impugning the Alabama senator's character.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Silencing Elizabeth Warren backfires on Senate GOP — Washington (CNN)The Senate has silenced Elizabeth Warren. — And by doing so, majority Republicans just handed the liberal firebrand a megaphone — further elevating President Donald Trump's fiercest and most prominent critic in the Senate and turning her into a Democratic hero.
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During the debate on whether to make Jeff Sessions the next Attorney General, I tried to read a letter from Coretta Scott King on the floor of the Senate. The letter, from 30 years ago, urged the Senate to reject the nomination of Jeff Sessions to a federal judgeship.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren — WASHINGTON — Republican senators voted on Tuesday to formally silence a Democratic colleague for impugning a peer, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, by condemning his nomination for attorney general while reading a letter from Coretta Scott King.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell Sees ‘High Level of Satisfaction’ With Trump Administration — WASHINGTON — Although there is plenty of anxiety in Washington about the shaky early performance of the Trump administration, don't count Senator Mitch McConnell among the hand wringers.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Warren's blistering Sessions speech broke Senate rules — (D-Mass.) of breaking the Senate's rules with a blistering floor speech against Sen. Jeff Sessions — 's attorney general nomination. — The Senate's top Republican interrupted Warren's speech to argue that she was violating …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Alabama governor leaning toward ‘Big Luther’ Strange to replace Sessions
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ becomes new battle cry after McConnell silences Elizabeth Warren
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Adele M. Stan / American Prospect:
Warren Silenced: The Patriarchy Strikes Back
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Mitch McConnell gives Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign an in-kind contribution
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Jeff Merkley reads Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions on Senate floor
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
The silencing of Elizabeth Warren and an old Senate rule prompted by a fistfight
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Leaks Suggest Trump's Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct — White House leaks are common, but leakers suggesting the president might be unfit for office are not. — S.V. Date — Senior White House Correspondent, The Huffington Post — White House reporter, The Huffington Post
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Sean Spicer Makes Up Atlanta Islamist Terror Attack — Kellyanne Conway's “Bowling Green massacre” isn't the only case of a White House aide pointing to a terror attack that didn't happen to make the case for President Donald Trump's controversial executive order limiting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House ramping up search for communications director after Spicer's rocky start
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CBS News:
A note from Charlie Rose — Almost 15 years ago skilled surgeons replaced my aorta valve with a new replacement valve. It has served me well enabling me to live the vigorous, full, complete life you are all so familiar with. No one loves life more than I do.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump attacks judges weighing travel ban — President Trump on Wednesday went after a panel of federal judges weighing whether a court order blocking his travel ban should be lifted. — Speaking to a gathering of law enforcement officials, Trump argued the judges should immediately reinstate …
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New York Times:
Yemen Withdraws Permission for U.S. Antiterror Ground Missions — WASHINGTON — Angry at the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump, Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations ground missions …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Democrats want leaders to block Trump — Democratic voters are sending a clear message to their elected officials in Washington: Stop Donald Trump at all costs. — A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of 2,070 registered voters, including 740 self-identified Democrats …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Trump Attacks Travel Ban Challengers, Says ‘Bad High School Student’ Would Know Ban Is Legal — President Donald Trump today attacked those challenging his travel ban, saying even a “bad high school student” would understand the law that confers upon the president the power to restrict immigration.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Tapper a GOP target after grilling Conway — A source with direct knowledge tells Axios that Republican operatives were urging at least one conservative-friendly website to write Jake Tapper hit pieces yesterday after his hard-hitting interview with Kellyanne Conway.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
First on CNN: US military to rent space in Trump Tower — Washington (CNN)The US military is looking to lease space in Trump Tower. — “In order to meet official mission requirements, the Department of Defense is working through appropriate channels and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower
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The Huffington Post:
GOP Senator On Obamacare Replacement: 'There's Not Any Real Discussion Taking Place Right Now' — Republicans are finding it much harder to craft health care reform replacement than it was to campaign on repeal. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
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Julian Zelizer / Washington Post:
Protests didn't hurt Reagan, and they're not going to stop Trump — Low approval ratings and public outcry can work in favor of outsider politicians. … Demonstrators march against President Trump's executive order fast-tracking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.
NEllingsen / Lawfare:
It's Not Foreigners Who are Plotting Here: What the Data Really Show — Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson meets with Minneapolis Muslim Community / Department of Homeland Security — A little more than a week ago, Benjamin Wittes posted a piece about the malevolence …
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Prominent Republicans Push Carbon Tax in White House Meeting — Former White House advisers, cabinet secretaries pressing tax — Environmental regulations would be dropped in exchange — A group of prominent Republicans and business leaders, including former Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulson …
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NorthJersey.com:
Secaucus transgender boy returns to Scouting — MAPLEWOOD — In a moment of historic significance, Joe Maldonado put on a Cub Scout uniform on Tuesday night as he became a member of Pack 20 in Essex County while his mother held back tears — one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed …
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Chris Kennedy to run for Illinois governor, says ‘comprise is not surrender’ in dig at Rauner — Chris Kennedy Jr. listens during a University of Illinois Board of Trustees meeting in Urbana, Ill. on Sept. 11, 2014. — Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy will join the Democratic race for Illinois governor …
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