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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Blumenthal: We're careening ‘toward a constitutional crisis’ … (D-Conn.) on Thursday warned that the country is heading toward a “constitutional crisis,” moments after President Trump attacked him for sharing Trump's Supreme Court nominee's concerns with the president's attacks on judges.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump lashes out at Blumenthal for relaying Gorsuch's ‘disheartening’ comments — President Donald Trump attacked the military record of Sen. Richard Blumenthal Thursday morning, suggesting that the Connecticut lawmaker misrepresented his conversation with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump contradicts Gorsuch spokesman, accuses Blumenthal of misrepresenting comments
Trump contradicts Gorsuch spokesman, accuses Blumenthal of misrepresenting comments
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch calls Trump's tweets ‘disheartening’
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch calls Trump's tweets ‘disheartening’
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Warren's moment galvanizes the left — Warren had been debating the qualifications of her Senate colleague, Jeff Sessions, to be attorney general — Washington (CNN)Democrats searching for a new rallying cry might have Senate Republicans to thank for their newest line: “She persists.”
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Silencing Sen. Elizabeth Warren ‘was long overdue’ — The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday was ruled to be in violation of Senate rules for impugning another senator. — (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the Senate floor Tuesday was “long overdue.”
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate confirms Sessions as attorney general — The Senate voted Wednesday night to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions — (R-Ala.) as attorney general, capping a vicious debate that left Democrats and Republicans alike seething at times. — No Republicans went against Sessions in the 52-47 vote.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
ACLU vows to sue Sessions if he violates Constitution as AG
ACLU vows to sue Sessions if he violates Constitution as AG
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Susan Chira / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Was Told to Be Quiet. Women Can Relate.
Elizabeth Warren Was Told to Be Quiet. Women Can Relate.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus Want You to Know They Are Friends — “We're just finishing,” Steve Bannon told me. “Reince is giving me my daily back massage.” — The two men burst into a fit of conspiratorial laughter. — “Off the record!” Reince Priebus said. — “Off the record!”
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump struggling to fill one of the worst jobs in Washington — Controlling the message coming out of Donald Trump's White House may seem like an impossible task — and it's one that many are hesitant to try right now. — The White House has gone without a full-time communications director since …
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Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
She Showed Up Yearly to Meet Immigration Agents. Now They're Deporting Her. — PHOENIX — For eight years, Guadalupe García de Rayos had checked in at the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement office here, a requirement since she was caught using a fake Social Security number during …
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Nigel Duara / Los Angeles Times:
Longtime Phoenix resident in U.S. illegally detained in early display of Trump executive order's reach — An executive order by President Trump has expanded deportation priorities to include any immigrants in the country illegally who had been convicted of a criminal offense, regardless of its severity.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Oval Office Tweets Force CEOs to Choose Fight or Flight — The president crossed a new line with Nordstrom attack — Starbucks, Apple, Alphabet criticized immigration order — President Donald Trump is injecting himself into the daily business of U.S. companies to an unprecedented extent …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway: 'Go buy Ivanka's stuff'
Kellyanne Conway: 'Go buy Ivanka's stuff'
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Washington Post:
Conway may have broken key ethics rule by touting Ivanka Trump's products, experts say — President Trump's official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, may have broken a key ethics rule Thursday morning when she told TV audiences to “go buy Ivanka's stuff.” — Federal employees are banned …
Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed:
Senators Are Pissed Their Constituents Can't Get Through As Phone Calls Flood The Senate — Just about everything Donald Trump has done since he became president has caused a deluge of calls for senators, resulting in concerns that their constituents can't get through to them.
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Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Trump Does Not Know What Civil Forfeiture Is, but He Likes It — In a meeting with county sheriffs from around the country on Tuesday, President Trump jokingly (we hope!) threatened to “destroy [the] career” of a Texas legislator who proposed requiring the government to obtain a conviction …
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Daniel Craig / PhillyVoice:
Pennsylvania senator to Trump: Come after me, you ‘s***-gibbon’
Pennsylvania senator to Trump: Come after me, you ‘s***-gibbon’
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Holly Yan / CNN:
Sean Spicer cites Atlanta terror attack that never happened — (CNN)Another high-profile Trump administration official has made statements about a terror attack that never occurred. — This time, it's Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Three times in one week, Spicer alluded to a terror attack in Atlanta by someone from overseas.
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Matthew Claiborne / ABC News:
Sean Spicer on Citing Atlanta Terror Attack That Never Happened: I ‘Clearly Meant’ Orlando
Sean Spicer on Citing Atlanta Terror Attack That Never Happened: I ‘Clearly Meant’ Orlando
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Twitter shares crater after ugly revenue miss, shockingly weak guidance — Twitter shares sank on Thursday after the social media company reported quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street's expectations, and issued guidance that fell far short of estimates.
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The End of Facts in the Trump Era — If you connect with America's anger and paranoia, you can steamroll our most sacred institutions without ever having to tell the truth — The order floated down from the lunatic's castle late on a Friday. No more visas of any kind from seven countries …
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Dem to unveil bill requiring a White House psychiatrist — Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) reportedly plans to file a bill that would require the White House to have an in-house psychiatrist. — “I'm looking at it from the perspective of, if there are questions about the mental health of the president …
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Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable — Trump's top adviser thinks we're in “the great Fourth Turning in American history.” — Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post — JM Rieger — Producer, The Huffington Post
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Luther Strange to replace Jeff Sessions in U.S. Senate — Gov. Robert Bentley today announced he has selected state Attorney General Luther Strange to replace Jeff Sessions in the United States Senate. — Sessions on Wednesday was confirmed as the next U.S. Attorney General by a 52-47 vote and was sworn in by President Donald Trump.
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Dallas County failed to report 5,842 votes cast in 2016 election — Thousands of ballots in Dallas County went uncounted on Election Day last November because of a mistake in how county officials reported their results to the Iowa Secretary of State's Office.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Obama's party-building legacy splits Democrats — A painful Democratic rift over Barack Obama's political legacy is finally bursting into the open. — For years, the former president's popularity among Democrats stifled any public critiques of his stewardship of the party …
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