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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Why Trump Can't Come Clean on Russia — There is an old chestnut that gets tossed out whenever a scandal hits: It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. The saying traces back to Watergate. Sen. Howard Baker, the top Republican on the Senate Watergate committee, once noted …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
White House staff in “survival mode ... scared to death”
White House staff in “survival mode ... scared to death”
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: It's bigger than Flynn. New Russia revelations widen Trump's credibility gap.
The Daily 202: It's bigger than Flynn. New Russia revelations widen Trump's credibility gap.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump says Flynn was treated unfairly, a day after Spicer said he was fired because of a lack of trust
Trump says Flynn was treated unfairly, a day after Spicer said he was fired because of a lack of trust
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats unify around congressional probe of Trump ties to Russia
Senate Democrats unify around congressional probe of Trump ties to Russia
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Flynn Doesn't Matter. This Is About Trump
Flynn Doesn't Matter. This Is About Trump
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Andrew Puzder / National Review:
No to Puzder — Andrew Puzder was from the start an odd choice to head Donald Trump's Labor Department. The chief of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of fast-food chains such as Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, Puzder has long been one of corporate America's most high-profile advocates of Gang of Eight-style …
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Timothy Noah / Politico:
Exclusive: Puzder's ex-wife told Oprah he threatened ‘you will pay for this’ — The ex-wife of President Donald Trump's labor secretary nominee told “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that he “vowed revenge” when she made public spousal abuse allegations, according to a 1990 tape reviewed by POLITICO on Tuesday night.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: Top Senate Republicans urge White House to withdraw Puzder nomination — 4 GOP senators waver on Trump's labor pick — (CNN)Top Senate Republicans have urged the White House to withdraw the Andrew Puzder nomination for labor secretary, a senior GOP source said …
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Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
Robert Harward plans a housecleaning of Trump's National Security Council staff — President Donald Trump offered the job of national security advisor to retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward on Monday night, and was a bit surprised when Harward responded by saying he needed a couple of days to think it over.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Pentagon might propose sending ground troops to Syria — Washington (CNN)The Defense Department might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to speed up the fight against ISIS, CNN has learned. — “It's possible that you may see …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump to take breather from White House, hold rally this weekend — President Donald Trump is returning to the trail. — The president will hold a rally Saturday afternoon at a hangar in Melbourne, Florida. It will be his first campaign-style rally since his so-called thank-you tour during …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Trump trails generic Democrat, but not Warren, in 2020
Poll: Trump trails generic Democrat, but not Warren, in 2020
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘This is . . . Nixonian’: Reporter was taped by White House in heated exchange
‘This is . . . Nixonian’: Reporter was taped by White House in heated exchange
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Sarah D. / twitchy.com:
'Karma's a b*tch, isn't it'? Sneering MSM lose it when Trump calls on Katie Pavlich, CBN … Man. The MSM is really not taking Trump's press conferences well. At today's joint presser with Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump once again opted to call on more conservative-oriented outlets.
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Russian spy ship spotted closer to US, near Navy submarine base — The Russian spy ship Viktor Leonov on Wednesday morning was spotted 40 miles closer to the U.S. — and not far from a Navy submarine base in Connecticut, a U.S. official told Fox News. — The ship was spotted 30 miles south of Groton …
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Nicholas Rondinone / Hartford Courant:
Coast Guard Tracking Russian Spy Ship Near U.S. Navy Submarine Base In Groton
Coast Guard Tracking Russian Spy Ship Near U.S. Navy Submarine Base In Groton
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Us Weekly:
Melania Trump Is ‘Miserable’ as First Lady, ‘Unhappy With How Her Life Ended Up’ — While her husband, Donald Trump, wields his power as president, first lady Melania Trump is struggling with the realities of her new role and the scrutiny that comes with it, insiders reveal in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain announces opposition to Trump's pick for budget chief — (R-Ariz.) announced Wednesday that he will not support Rep. Mick Mulvaney's (R-S.C.) nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). — McCain stressed his opposition wasn't personal but focused …
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Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed:
An Antivaxxer And Robert De Niro Just Announced A $100,000 “Challenge” Over Vaccine Safety — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose vaccine safety claims have been widely denounced, said that Trump still wants a controversial vaccine safety committee. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved forward …
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Campus Reform:
Student suspended for recording ‘act of terrorism’ prof — The student who filmed his professor calling Donald Trump's election “an act of terrorism” has received a one-semester suspension from Orange Coast College (OCC). — The previously anonymous student, Caleb O'Neil …
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Roxana Kopetman / Orange County Register:
OCC student suspended after filming teacher saying Trump's election was ‘an act of terrorism’
OCC student suspended after filming teacher saying Trump's election was ‘an act of terrorism’
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher:
Rohrabacher Outraged by Assault on his District Director by ‘Indivisible’ Mob — You are here — WASHINGTON - Protesters swarming the corridor outside Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Huntington Beach, CA, office Tuesday knocked unconscious the congressman's district director, who was hospitalized after falling into unconsciousness.
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Reuters:
U.S. detains Mexican immigrant in Seattle covered by Obama program — U.S. immigration authorities have detained a 23-year-old Mexican man who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and given a work permit during the Obama administration, according to a lawsuit challenging the detention in Seattle federal court.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Beware Triggering the Coup Theory — I can't believe I'm writing this after the administration has been in office for 26 days, but here goes. The idea that Donald Trump is now inexorably on a path to impeachment has taken almost gleeful hold in the wake of the Michael Flynn resignation among liberal elites …
Rick Maese / Washington Post:
Trump will not fill out an NCAA tournament bracket — It appears that President Trump is passing on March Madness. He will not continue his predecessor's annual tradition of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket on ESPN. — The network reached out to Trump's staff and invited the president …
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Corey Lewandowski's Potential Clients Say He's Bragging About Access To Trump's Twitter Account — Trump's former campaign manager, who now has a lobbying and consulting shop, has mentioned having access to Trump's Twitter account as a selling point in pitch meetings with at least …
Mark Potok / Southern Poverty Law Center:
The Year in Hate and Extremism — The radical right was more successful in entering the political mainstream last year than in half a century. How did it happen? — After half a century of being increasingly relegated to the margins of society, the radical right entered the political mainstream …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon privately unloaded on Breitbart reporter — Shortly after Breitbart's Matt Boyle published an extensive attack on White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, Boyle's former boss Steve Bannon exploded. — Far from Bannon orchestrating the leaks — as some have speculated — Trump's chief strategist was furious.
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Dylan Byers / CNN:
Sean Spicer isn't finished — Washington (CNN)Sean Spicer has barely moved into his office. — Three weeks after the inauguration, the only things adorning the White House press secretary's shelves are a framed picture of himself at the podium, a book on Naval Special Warfare …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox May Be Subject of Government Investigation Over Ailes Sexual Harassment Claims — An attorney for a former Fox host says he received a subpoena from federal prosecutors while a company spokesperson acknowledges months of conversations with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Erin Cox / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland AG Frosh awarded expanded power to sue Trump administration … Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday empowered the attorney general to bypass the governor and sue the federal government at his own discretion. — The Democrat-controlled General Assembly has moved swiftly to expand authority …
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