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Danielle Lerner / Courier-Journal:
Muhammad Ali Jr. detained by immigration at Fla. airport — The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was detained for hours by immigration officials at a Florida airport, a family friend told the Courier-Journal. — Muhammad Ali Jr., 44, and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories — The Trump administration has enlisted senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories about Trump associates' ties to Russia …
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GOP Senators Embrace Awkward Russia Probe That Could Hurt Trump — Investigation of election hacking, Flynn still at early stage — No timetable yet for testimony as investigators sift documents — A Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of Russia's effort to influence …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Guardian:
White House confirms chief of staff discussed Trump and Russia with FBI
White House confirms chief of staff discussed Trump and Russia with FBI
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Fox's Shepard Smith: CNN is not ‘fake news’ — Fox News anchor Shepard Smith defended CNN on Friday after the news organization was barred from spokesman Sean Spicer's question-and-answer session at the White House. — “For the record, ‘fake news’ refers to stories that are created …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In December, Spicer said barring media access is what a ‘dictatorship’ does. Today, he barred media access. — This post has been updated. — White House press secretary Sean Spicer barred reporters from several large media outlets from participating in a scheduled press briefing Friday.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
White House Bars Times and 2 Other News Outlets From Briefing
White House Bars Times and 2 Other News Outlets From Briefing
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's Blistering Speech at CPAC Follows Bannon's Blueprint
Trump's Blistering Speech at CPAC Follows Bannon's Blueprint
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White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
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Ricky Young / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Issa calls for special prosecutor on Russian interference in election — (Screen grab) … Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Friday that a special prosecutor needs to lead an investigation into the alleged ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's regime.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Majority of Americans Say Congress Should Probe Contact Between Trump, Russia: Poll — About half of Americans believe that Congress should investigate whether Donald Trump's presidential campaign had contact with the Russian government in 2016, while only a quarter say that lawmakers …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Badly Losing His Fights With Media
Trump Badly Losing His Fights With Media
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
I will leave the Democrats if Keith Ellison is elected its chairman — Tomorrow the Democratic National Committee (DNC) will have to choose the direction of the Democratic Party, as well as its likely composition. It will be among the most important choices the DNC has ever had to make.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Grass-roots fury masks intense Democratic anxiety — ATLANTA — They're energized by the marches and excited about the crowds showing up at town halls held by Republican lawmakers. But not far below the surface, Democrats are just as anxious, depressed and strung out as they've been since …
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
The key question of the DNC race: how broken is the Democratic Party?
The key question of the DNC race: how broken is the Democratic Party?
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Anderson Cooper calls out Donald Trump for hypocrisy: You cite anonymous sources all the time — CNN host Anderson Cooper called out President Donald Trump on Friday's “AC36.” Trump spent much of his speech at CPAC railing against the media for using anonymous sources, which he believes the media should be able to use.
Christine Burroni / Page Six:
Leslie Jones makes fun of white women supporting Black Lives Matter — More On: — Nothing is off-limits for Leslie Jones' stand-up routine. — “If I see another 45-year-old white woman from Williamsburg saying ‘black lives matter,’ I'm going to punch you in the mouth,” the …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg cancels WHCA dinner afterparty — Bloomberg L.P., host of the premier afterparty for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, will not host an event this year, Axios has learned. — Planners for events surrounding the April 29 scholarship dinner …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bloomberg scraps annual correspondents' dinner soiree
Bloomberg scraps annual correspondents' dinner soiree
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New York Times:
H.R. McMaster Breaks With Administration on Views of Islam — WASHINGTON — President Trump's newly appointed national security adviser has told his staff that Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion, rejecting a key ideological view of other senior Trump advisers …
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
An Actual False-Flag Operation at CPAC — Two men made trouble—and stirred up a social-media frenzy—on the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference by conducting a literal false-flag operation. — Jason Charter, 22, and Ryan Clayton, 36, passed out roughly 1,000 red …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
CPAC scrambles to control damage after attendees wave Russian flags during Trump speech
CPAC scrambles to control damage after attendees wave Russian flags during Trump speech
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to lower regulatory burdens on the American people by implementing and enforcing regulatory reform, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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David Gasten / American Thinker:
Joy Villa, the woman who wore the pro-Trump dress at the 2017 Grammy Awards, has just had her self-released album I Make the Static go to Number 12 on the Billboard 200. This is a victory both for conservatives who bought the album to support her and for American culture in general …
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Took Future Green Berets into Oval Office in Q-Course First — President Trump, in his third week in office, met with a class of Green Beret candidates and brought them into the Oval Office for the first time in the course's history. — The 18 Army officers …
Associated Press:
DHS intel report disputes threat posed by travel ban nations — WASHINGTON (AP) — Analysts at the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump's travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States.
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Washington Post:
Pro-Trump megadonor is part owner of Breitbart News empire, CEO reveals — Breitbart News Network, the far-right media outlet that heralded President Trump's rise and was once led by his top White House strategist, is owned in part by a wealthy conservative family that poured millions …
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