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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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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Political Assassination of Michael Flynn — If we are to believe the Trump White House, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn just resigned because he lied about his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the vice president. As White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway told NBC's …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
GOP Senate Intel Member: ‘Exhaustive’ investigation into Trump-Russia connections needed following Flynn resignation — (CNN)Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Tuesday called for an exhaustive investigation into connections between President Donald …
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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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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP chairman: Oversight won't investigate Flynn — House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz — (R-Utah) said Tuesday that his panel won't investigate the circumstances that led to Michael Flynn stepping down Monday as President Trump's national security adviser.
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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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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
As Flynn Resigns, Priebus Future In Doubt As Trump Allies Circulate List of Alternate Chief of Staff Candidates — After GOP establishment forces inside President Donald Trump's White House forced out National Security Adviser retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, sources close to the president confirm …
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Fox News:
Trump, GOP lawmakers eye ‘illegal’ leaks in wake of Flynn resignation — In the wake of Michael Flynn's resignation as national security adviser, President Trump and Republican allies on Capitol Hill are turning their attention to the potentially “illegal” leaks that revealed Flynn's politically …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: 10 unanswered questions after Michael Flynn's resignation — THE BIG IDEA: President Trump should thank his lucky stars that Republicans control both chambers of Congress, because Democrats would be announcing a Benghazi-style inquest today if they could.
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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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CNN:
Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
The Spotlight Will Now Shift to the White House Counsel
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
House intel chairman on Flynn reports: ‘Nothing there’
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP rep: Republicans quiet on Flynn because 'they're having breakfast with their wives'
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Real story’ of Flynn resignation is illegal leaks
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New York Times:
Michael Flynn Resigns as National Security Adviser
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Dems blast Chaffetz for declining to investigate Flynn
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Flynn sets record with only 24 days as national security adviser. The average tenure is about 2.6 years.
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Associated Press:
Democrats demand independent Russia probe after Flynn quits
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Why Donald Trump let Michael Flynn go
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Washington Post:
Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Upheaval is now standard operating procedure inside the White House
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
DANGER SIGNS: 5 Thoughts On NSA General Flynn's Ouster
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The timeline of Michael Flynn's resignation is troubling for the Trump White House
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Petraeus, Kellogg, Harward: Meet potential Flynn replacements
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Harward emerges as front-runner to replace Flynn following talks
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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
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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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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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Russian Cruise Missile, Deployed Secretly, Violates Treaty, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints from American officials that it violates a landmark arms control treaty that helped seal the end of the Cold War, administration officials say.
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Russian spy ship off the east coast of US, officials say — A Russian spy ship was seen patrolling off the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday morning, the first such patrol since President Trump took office, officials told Fox News. — The Russian spy ship was 70 miles off the coast of Delaware …
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korean leader's half-brother killed by poison in Malaysia, reports claim — TOKYO — The older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia by two female agents with “poison needles,” South Korean media outlets reported Tuesday.
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
Kim Jong-un's brother ‘assassinated with poisoned needles by female agents’
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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 …
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