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Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses — Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy — The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …
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Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says — WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trump's incoming national security adviser, had a previously undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador in December to “establish a line of communication” …
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Steve Reilly / USA Today:
Exclusive: Two other Trump advisers also spoke with Russian envoy during GOP convention — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not the only member of President Trump's campaign who spoke to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a diplomacy conference connected to the Republican National Convention in July.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
The nearly indestructible bond between Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump — President John F. Kennedy picked his younger brother to be attorney general. President Trump might have picked the next closest thing. — Jeff Sessions was the first senator to endorse Trump at a time when few Republican lawmakers supported the candidate.
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New York Times:
Sergey Kislyak, Russian Envoy, Cultivated Powerful Network in U.S. — Sergey I. Kislyak, the longtime Russian ambassador to the United States, hosted a dazzling dinner in his three-story, Beaux-Arts mansion four blocks north of the White House to toast Michael A. McFaul just weeks before he took …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Sessions Revelations Leave Donald Trump in Another Fine Russian Mess
Sessions Revelations Leave Donald Trump in Another Fine Russian Mess
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer: Info On Sessions-Russia Contact ‘Should Never’ Have Become Public
GOPer: Info On Sessions-Russia Contact ‘Should Never’ Have Become Public
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Two more former Trump aides spoke with Russian ambassador: report
Two more former Trump aides spoke with Russian ambassador: report
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Transcript of Jeff Sessions's recusal news conference, annotated
Transcript of Jeff Sessions's recusal news conference, annotated
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Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked — Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues. — Emails released to IndyStar in response …
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The Huffington Post:
Dreamer Arrested After Speaking To Media Will Be Deported Without Hearing, Attorney Says — “ICE's assertion that her detention is ‘routine’ is absurd and seems anything but,” one lawmaker said. — WASHINGTON A 22-year-old undocumented immigrant arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Jackson …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Rep. Schiff accuses Comey of withholding information on Russia probe — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused FBI Director James Comey of withholding crucial information about its probe into Russian interference in the election and raised the prospect of subpoenaing the agency.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Nunes Tells Reporters: ‘Do You Want Us To Conduct An Investigation On You?’
Nunes Tells Reporters: ‘Do You Want Us To Conduct An Investigation On You?’
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Edmund Kozak / LifeZette:
Sessions Under Fire: GOP Rushes to Eat Their Own Again
Sessions Under Fire: GOP Rushes to Eat Their Own Again
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Former Trump adviser at center of Russia firestorm wrote letter to DOJ accusing ‘Clinton regime’ of committing ‘hate crimes’ against him — Carter Page, an early foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, wrote a letter to the Department of Justice on February 12 alleging …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's advisers push him to purge Obama appointees — Frustrated by the gush of leaks, the president's allies say it's time to take action. — Advisers to President Donald Trump are urging him to purge the government of former President Barack Obama's political appointees and quickly install …
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The Southern:
Voice of The Southern: Let the people have their say — “Where is Mike Bost?” — That's the question many 12th District voters have been asking after Rep. Bost did not schedule an in-person town hall meeting during the time he was back in the district last week.
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Julia Wick / LAist:
This Is What It's Like When A Father Of 4 Is Detained By ICE While Dropping His Daughters Off At School — Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez, an undocumented father of four U.S.-born children, has lived in this country for more than 20 years. On Tuesday, he was dropping his daughters off at school, as he does every morning.
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Rob Cox / Reuters:
Snap IPO marks moment investors donned sweats — (Reuters Breakingviews) - Investors have effectively just done what no self-respecting person ever should: wear sweatpants in public. With Snap's $3.4 billion initial public offering they have simply given up giving a damn.
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Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg:
Snap's Two Co-Founders Are Now Worth $5.3 Billion Each After IPO
Snap's Two Co-Founders Are Now Worth $5.3 Billion Each After IPO
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Washington Post:
Garfield's a boy ... right? How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war. — Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna. — Is there really much more to say about Garfield? The character is not complicated. Since the comic debuted in 1978 …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Kellyanne Conway Speaks Out After Congressman Said She Looked ‘Familiar’ On Her Knees — Kellyanne Conway believes the news media would be more outraged about a Democratic congressman's crude joke that the White House staffer looks “familiar” with being on her knees …
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
White House: Keystone exempt from ‘Buy American’ requirements — The Keystone XL pipeline will not be subject to President Donald Trump's executive order requiring infrastructure projects to be built with American steel, a White House spokeswoman said today.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
New EPA head told Congress he never used personal email for government business. But it turns out he did. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't the only Trump Cabinet official being pressed to explain omissions in congressional testimony at his confirmation hearing.
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
Lawmakers Hunt The Capitol For An Obamacare Bill Moved Between Secret Locations — Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans are unified behind the secret Obamacare replacement plan, but lawmakers were searching in vain for the bill on Thursday. The committee working on the bill says it is still a work in progress.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
“We cannot find the bill”: inside the frantic hunt for the GOP Obamacare replacement
“We cannot find the bill”: inside the frantic hunt for the GOP Obamacare replacement
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ESPN:
Colin Kaepernick to stand during national anthem next season — Quarterback Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday. — Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN.
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Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
US Senate calls on British spy Christopher Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump-Russia dossier — Exclusive: Republicans and Democrats in Congress keen to facilitate discreet meetings in the UK or on neutral territory, as pressure grows on President — Christopher Steele …
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Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
Woman arrested for having sex with high school football players — More On: — A 42-year-old California woman has been arrested for allegedly having sex with three high school football players. — Mary Frances Fletcher, also known as Debbie Fletcher, was arrested Tuesday on charges …
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Jack Heretik / Washington Free Beacon:
Judge Under Investigation for Allegedly Helping Illegal Immigrant Escape ICE Through Her Private Entrance — A judge in Multnomah County, Oregon is under investigation for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade federal authorities. — On Jan. 27, Mexican national Diddier Pacheco Salazar appeared …
Daily Mail:
Illegal El Salvador migrant gang members with a Satanic shrine in their apartment ‘kidnapped, drugged and raped a 14-year-old Houston girl and murdered another to appease insulted demon’ — Hours earlier, 13 members of the same gang were arrested in New York for allegedly killing three high school students
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George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Barack Obama and His Deep State Operatives Are Attempting to Sabotage the Duly Elected President of the United States — RUSH: It appears, ladies and gentlemen, that the people on our side still haven't learned a single lesson about how to deal with the Democrat Party and the media …