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Washington Post:
Justice Department warned White House that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail, officials say — BREAKING: Michael Flynn, Trump's embattled national security adviser, is resigning amid controversy over communication with Russian ambassador. — The acting attorney general informed …
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Flynn Resignation Raises Tough Questions for FBI, Intel Services — The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Monday evening raises troubling questions about the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the intelligence services.
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New York Times:
Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser — WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, resigned on Monday night after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
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CNN:
Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts — Source: WH knew Flynn misled officials on Russia — Washington (CNN)Embattled White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, two sources tell CNN. — His departure came just after reports surfaced …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Dems blast Chaffetz for declining to investigate Flynn — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee ripped into Chairman Jason Chaffetz — (R-Utah) on Monday for ignoring their requests to investigate White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's ties to Russia.
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Russian lawmakers rush to the defense of Trump's ex-national security adviser — MOSCOW — Leading Russian lawmakers rushed to defend President Trump's former national security adviser on Tuesday after he resigned for misleading senior White House officials, including Vice President Pence, about his contacts with Russia.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Scarborough rips Conway as an ‘out of the loop’ liar after Flynn resignation — Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway's assertion that former national security adviser Michael Flynn enjoyed “the full confidence of the president” just hours before he offered his resignation is proof …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Why Donald Trump let Michael Flynn go — Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, carried on this past weekend as planned, despite reports that he had inappropriate conversations with Russia's ambassador before Trump took office. Flynn trekked to Mar-a-Lago …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Wind Is Sown — I had wanted to end my work evening on the post I published just after 8 PM. Let me conclude on this note. Tonight's revelations (by which I mean those which preceded Michael Flynn's resignation) make it even more clear that there is much more going on out of view than we realize.
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Flynn sets record with only 24 days as national security adviser. The average tenure is about 2.6 years. — Michael Flynn set a record on Monday with his resignation as the White House national security adviser: No one in the 64-year history of the role had a shorter tenure than his, not by a long shot.
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
The Spotlight Will Now Shift to the White House Counsel — I was pretty hard on White House Counsel Donald McGahn in connection with the horrible roll-out of the Trump Executive Order on immigration, and his inability or disinclination to control the President's self-destructive attack on courts:
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
As Flynn Resigns, Priebus Future In Doubt As Trump Allies Circulate List of Alternate Chief of Staff Candidates
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: 10 unanswered questions after Michael Flynn's resignation
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Upheaval is now standard operating procedure inside the White House
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
House intel chairman on Flynn reports: ‘Nothing there’
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Adam Schiff drops bombshell: Michael Flynn may have used encryption to hide Russia talks from US
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Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn's Brief White House Stint Caps Contentious Career
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
DANGER SIGNS: 5 Thoughts On NSA General Flynn's Ouster
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Flynn resigns as national security adviser
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Flynn apologizes to Pence: report
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalist says Omarosa Manigault bullied her and mentioned a ‘dossier’ on her — Conflict and controversy seem to follow Omarosa Manigault, who stirred up plenty of both as a reality-TV star and a longtime associate of President Trump. — Manigault, who is now a communications official …
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Foreign Policy:
The Kremlin Is Starting to Worry About Trump — Vladimir Putin's entourage cheered the outcome of the U.S. election - until they saw exactly what they were dealing with. — In 2016, a senior Russian official explained to a group of visiting foreigners why the government had decided …
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Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Russian Insiders Fear Washington Establishment Will Assassinate Trump
Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
Kim Jong-un's brother ‘assassinated with poisoned needles by female agents’ — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's brother has been assassinated in Malaysia, South Korean media reports. Kim Jong-nam was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport after being attacked by two women with “poisoned needles,” according to local TV reports.
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Conservatives Take A Hard Line On Obamacare Repeal, Putting GOP In A Bind — Wait, is this how Republicans end up preventing an Obamacare repeal? — Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus voted among themselves Monday night …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives fret GOP is blowing Obamacare repeal
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts — Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery — Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying …
Josh Katz / New York Times:
Older Judges and Vacant Seats Give Trump Huge Power to Shape American Courts — Who has appointed federal judges? — In the weeks since taking office, President Trump has derided appellate court decisions as “ridiculous” and “disgraceful,” called the legitimacy of federal judges into question …
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Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
The Rise and Fall of a K Street Renegade — Evan Morris, a high-flying corporate lobbyist, is suspected of embezzling millions of dollars in what is shaping up to be a sprawling Washington influence scandal
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Virginia Judge Blocks Trump's Travel Ban—Maybe Forever — A federal judge in Virginia just handed down one of the biggest defeats yet to President Donald Trump's travel ban. Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the ban in Virginia until it can be fully argued out in court.
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