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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose — Then-Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) spoke twice last year with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Justice Department officials said, encounters he did not disclose when asked about possible contacts between members …
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Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking — WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration's last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates …
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Wall Street Journal:
Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions' Contacts With Russian Officials — Communications from the then-senator occurred during presidential campaign — WASHINGTON—U.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was …
Fox News:
Ex-Clinton volunteer slammed, loses job, after swipe at widow of fallen SEAL — A former Hillary Clinton volunteer drew swift condemnation — and lost his job — after mocking the widow of a fallen Navy SEAL who was honored by the president during his congressional address Tuesday night.
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Kim LaCapria / Snopes.com:
Did Democrats Refuse to Stand for a Navy SEAL's Widow? — An unrelated image of Keith Ellison and Debbie Wasserman Schultz was apparently used to claim Democrats refused to honor a Navy SEAL's widow during a presidential speech. — CLAIM — Democrats Bernie Sanders, Keith Ellison …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Associated Press Attacks Trump's Tribute to Ryan Owens
Associated Press Attacks Trump's Tribute to Ryan Owens
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The pundits are wrong. Trump's handling of the Ryan Owens affair was contemptibly cynical.
The pundits are wrong. Trump's handling of the Ryan Owens affair was contemptibly cynical.
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
A raid in remote Yemen and a SEAL's death still reverberate for Trump
A raid in remote Yemen and a SEAL's death still reverberate for Trump
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
What the emotional moment with a Navy SEAL's widow proves about President Trump
What the emotional moment with a Navy SEAL's widow proves about President Trump
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Phillip Carter / Slate:
Donald Trump's appropriation of Ryan Owens' heroism and Carryn Owens' grief was a disgrace.
Donald Trump's appropriation of Ryan Owens' heroism and Carryn Owens' grief was a disgrace.
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Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
Generals May Launch New ISIS Raids Without Trump's OK
Generals May Launch New ISIS Raids Without Trump's OK
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Trump's Use of Navy SEAL's Wife Highlights All the Key Ingredients of U.S. War Propaganda
Trump's Use of Navy SEAL's Wife Highlights All the Key Ingredients of U.S. War Propaganda
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
REPORT: White House Lied to Journalists About Trump Speech in ‘Misdirection Play’ — CNN reported Wednesday on a senior administration official admitting that the White House intentionally misled reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's congressional address in order to get generate positive press coverage …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Announce Only Republicans Are Allowed to See New Health-Care Plan — Yesterday, House Speaker Paul Ryan boasted that his party would follow a deliberate, transparent process to repeal and replace Obamacare. “This is how the legislative process is supposed to be designed …
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Hide New Obamacare Draft Under Shroud of Secrecy — GOP House Energy and Commerce members to see draft Thursday — Panel said to use special viewing room to guard against leaks — House Republican leaders have a new version of their major Obamacare repeal and replacement bill.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Beau Biden's widow having affair with his married brother — MORE FROM: — The widow of Joe Biden's late son Beau Biden has started a romantic relationship with her former brother-in-law, Hunter Biden, the former Vice President's younger son. — Hallie Biden, who was devastated …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Worst Performance of Trump's Presidency Now Belongs to the Press Corps — The media's reaction to his speech to Congress was shameful. — By the time Mitt Romney selected him to be his running mate in 2012, Paul Ryan (then chairman of the House Budget Committee) had already cultivated …
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Alex Pareene / The Concourse:
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican PAC pumps cash into Georgia to defend Tom Price seat — WASHINGTON — A Republican super PAC will spend $1.1 million on television ads against the Democrat trying to turn a special election in Georgia into America's first referendum on President Donald Trump.
Sarah Fowler / The Clarion Ledger:
Immigrant detained after press conference — Moments after an immigrant spoke out about her fears of deportation, she was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. — Daniela Vargas, 22, was detained by ICE agents Wednesday, shortly after speaking at a news conference …
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall - document — President Donald Trump's promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.
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Attitude Magazine:
World exclusive: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ set to make Disney history with gay character — Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast has quickly become one of the most eagerly anticipated movies in history, smashing records when its first trailer racked up more than 127 million views in just 24 hours last November.
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Trump's Congress Address Pulls 43 Million Viewers, Far From Comparable Obama Speech — Up from recent State of the Union addresses, the event is still off a steep 17 percent from 2009. — President Donald Trump made his first big televised appearance from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night …
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Explores Options, Including Use of Military Force, to Counter North Korean Threat — The strategy review comes as recent events have strained stability in Asia — An internal White House review of strategy on North Korea includes the possibility of military force or regime change …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP lawmaker: ‘Poorly dressed’ Democratic women wore ‘bad-looking white pantsuits’ — A Republican congressman who is potentially eyeing a Senate run mocked Democratic women on Wednesday for wearing white at President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Iowa Pol's Bio Changed After ‘Sizzler U’ Discrepancy Emerges — An Iowa lawmaker who is pushing a controversial bill that caps the number of Democrats that state universities can hire as professors claimed on a government web site that he got a “business degree” from the “Forbco Management school.”
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Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 63.5°F — An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record at a balmy 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), the U.N. weather agency said on Wednesday.
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The Huffington Post:
Trump Administration Sets Off Alarm Bells By Pulling Nominees To Regulatory Commissions — The deconstruction of the administrative state is underway. But expect Senate Republicans to push back. — WASHINGTON The Trump administration has begun pulling pending nominees …
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
The State of Trump's State Department — The flags in the lobby of the State Department stood bathed in sunlight and silence on a recent afternoon. “It's normally so busy here,” marveled a State Department staffer as we stood watching the emptiness. “People are usually coming in for meetings …
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New York Times:
Trump Moves to Become Master of His Own Messages — WASHINGTON — He joked with ABC's George Stephanopoulos after filleting him in public, brought up a recent “60 Minutes” episode with CBS's Scott Pelley and shook hands with Jake Tapper of CNN, the cable network that the commander in chief loves to hate.
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Will Disney's Bob Iger Run for President in 2020? Hollywood Friends Are Nudging — Iger told THR in June that “a lot of people have urged me to seek political office,” and now he's considering the prodding for him to lead the Democratic ticket. — Disney CEO Bob Iger already runs the world's most successful media company.
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Katie Hopkins / Daily Mail:
Where females fear to tread: KATIE HOPKINS reports from Sweden, the Scandi-lib paradise where terrified women have vanished from the streets and a conspiracy of silence and self-censorship on immigration buries the truth — By , KATIE HOPKINS FOR MAILONLINE — I didn't come to Sweden for the riots.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Watch the hilarious ad that could doom the House Republican tax plan — Meet the “everything tax.” — Major retail chains have been grumbling for months about a House Republican proposal to replace the corporate income tax with a new kind of broad consumption tax, known to wonks …
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Seth Frantzman / Algemeiner.com:
Why Were the 7,000 Antisemitic Incidents Under Obama Largely Ignored? — In the last two months, almost 100 Jewish community centers and day schools have been targeted with antisemitic threats. The map of the threats is shocking. It stretches from Maine to Florida, Texas, Colorado, all the way to California and Washington.
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