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Wall Street Journal:
Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump — U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear …
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
U.S. ALLIES CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AGAINST TRUMP STAFF AND ASSOCIATES, INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS — U.S. DONALD TRUMP RUSSIA — As part of intelligence operations being conducted against the United States for the last seven months, at least one Western European ally intercepted …
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CANNONFIRE and Hullabaloo
Ashley Dejean / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Classified Memo Tells Intelligence Analysts to Keep Trump's Daily Brief Short — Keep it short and free of nuance—that is the new guidance that has recently circulated to some intelligence analysts who compile materials for the President's Daily Brief on security threats around the globe.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Office of Director of National Intelligence: We don't withhold intel from Trump
Office of Director of National Intelligence: We don't withhold intel from Trump
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Washington Monthly, ABC News and Wall Street Journal
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Pushing Travel Ban — Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is organizing in support of President Donald Trump's agenda. And it might make her husband's life a little complicated. — In an email sent to a conservative listserv on Feb. 13 …
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's White House Chaos — For two years, Donald Trump mastered the art of disruption. Name a political precept and he probably broke it during his improbable march to the White House. But disruption in government—the rulemaker breaking the rules—turns out to be more costly.
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Mother Jones and Business Insider
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Priebus struggles to control fractious White House — Reince Priebus, facing growing criticism and calls for his ouster, is racing to bring order to a White House that looks to be spiraling out of control. — After weeks of West Wing turmoil and critiques from the president himself …
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Hullabaloo and Hot Air
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Carter Page, at Center of Trump Russian Investigation, Writes Bizarre Letter to DOJ Blaming Hillary Clinton — Carter Page, briefly a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, sent a peculiar, rambling letter this week to the Department of Justice, asking it to review …
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Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
Bloomberg:
Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say — Order comes as hopes fade for improved relations with U.S. — Trump was garnering more media mentions in Russia than Putin — The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump …
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Axios
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators unnerved by Trump-Russia relationship — Senate Republicans are expressing growing concerns about the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia. — While Republicans aren't yet willing to endorse a special investigative committee, GOP senators have indicated that could change.
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Politico
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats, ‘Never Trumpers’ Thrilled at Prospect of Harward as National Security Adviser — An ally of potential national security adviser Robert Harward is soliciting resumes from a who's who of Republican foreign policy insiders and says the retired admiral and former Navy SEAL plans …
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Geller Report, War in Context, RedState, The Week, BizPac Review, Foreign Policy and Mediaite
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Trump's F-35 Calls Came With a Surprise: Rival CEO Was Listening — Boeing CEO said to be in room as Trump phoned program chief — Lockheed has faced Trump attacks over cost of F-35 contract — Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls …
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USNI News, The Week and Balloon Juice
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Grand Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, who craved unified control of the government to secure their aggressive conservative agenda, have instead found themselves on a legislative elliptical trainer, gliding toward nowhere.
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The Atlantic and The Moderate Voice
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
A Rough 24 Hours for Obamacare — The last 24 hours have been one long string of bad news for Obamacare. Tuesday, the insurer Humana announced that it would be pulling out of the exchanges for next year. Then we found out that the IRS had responded to Trump's executive order on Obamacare …
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The Nation, Los Angeles Times, The Week, Business Insider, TheBlaze and The Federalist
Marty Schladen / El Paso Times:
ICE detains domestic-violence victim in court — AUSTIN - Six federal immigration agents went to the El Paso County Courthouse last week and arrested an undocumented woman who had just received a protective order alleging that she was a victim of domestic violence.
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twitchy.com, Business Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Majority Leader Takes on High-Wire Balancing Act — Mitch McConnell aims to offset his differences with Trump by focusing on shared goals — WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, trying to manage an ambitious legislative agenda amid White House turmoil …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Making It ‘Harder’ on Himself Than Necessary, McConnell Says
Trump Making It ‘Harder’ on Himself Than Necessary, McConnell Says
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Mediaite
New York Times:
Day Without Immigrants to Hit Washington in the Stomach — WASHINGTON — In a city where expense account meals are a central part of power players' lives, some of Washington's best-known restaurants will shutter their doors on Thursday in solidarity with a national campaign to draw attention to the power and plight of immigrants.
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, DCist and Balloon Juice
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Stimulus Funds Went to California Dam in ‘Good Shape,’ But Not Oroville — The 2009 stimulus package funded millions of dollars for safety improvements for a dam in California that was in “good shape,” but not to the Oroville Dam that is now on the verge of a spillway crisis.
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Portside, The Resurgent, CNN and Daily Kos
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Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
An ‘aggressive, proactive attack’ to prevent disaster at the Oroville Dam
An ‘aggressive, proactive attack’ to prevent disaster at the Oroville Dam
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NPR
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The media IS the opposition party — President Trump claims traditional media represent a stronger, more effective opposition party than the Democrats. So far, he's undeniably correct. — This has only a little to do with the Democrats. They have no power in Congress …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders? — Whom do federal immigration agents despise more: former President Barack Obama, or the immigrants whose lives are in their hands? — That uncomfortable question came to mind as I read articles over the past week of the growing numbers of raids …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, ImmigrationProf Blog and SCOTUSblog
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2018's Initial Senate Ratings — Democrats start on defense but national environment will be key — At first blush, one might think that the Democrats have a decent chance of taking control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm. After all, midterms frequently break against the president's party …
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Washington Times
Richard Bravo / Bloomberg:
U.S. Defense Chief Says Russia Must Obey International Laws — Mattis says U.S. will engage with Russia politically — ‘Very little doubt’ Russia interfered in elections, he says — Secretary of Defense James Mattis said the U.S. will make political overtures to Russia but that Moscow needs …
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New York Magazine
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
A Very Early Look At The Battle For The House In 2018 — Heading into the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections, President Obama was not popular. His job approval rating was at or below 45 percent, and most polls showed more people disapproved of his performance than approved of it.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation's Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’ — Ted Cruz Tries To Wreck Liz Warren's Legacy With One Sentence — Democrats Announce HUGE Show Of No-Confidence In Crucial Senate Race — Why Did The FBI Just Release Trump Real Estate Records From The 70s? — US |
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Geller Report and Sputnik International
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Teacher: I Lost $100 Bet Because Trump Wasn't Shot — Franklin Graham says Todd's new book should be read by every patriot in America. Click here to get your copy! — Jane Germaine said her son's English teacher at Rancho Campana High School told the class that she lost a $100 bet …
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Infowars
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Little Caesars founder quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent for years — (CNN)Those who knew Mike Ilitch, the Little Caesars founder and Detroit Tigers owner who died last Friday, have spent the past few days fondly remembering his impact on friends, on Detroit residents, and on the sports community.
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Mental Floss and The Week
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
After Election, Trump's Professed Love for Leaks Quickly Faded — WASHINGTON — As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump embraced the hackers who had leaked Hillary Clinton's emails to the press, declaring at a rally in Pennsylvania, “I love WikiLeaks!”
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Politico, Political Wire, RedState and Infowars