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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Kislyak — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she's never met with the current Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. — “Not with this Russian ambassador, no,” Pelosi told POLITICO's Jake Sherman …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement, or in some instances, had been outright banned.
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man accused of making threats against Jewish community centers arrested in St. Louis — A man accused of making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis, Missouri, this morning. — The suspect, 31-year-old Juan Thompson …
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Doyle Murphy / Riverfront Times:
Before Bomb Threats, Juan Thompson Unraveled — and Terrorized an RFT Reporter — In the days before Juan Thompson's arrest this morning for his part in a string of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers across the U.S., the St. Louis native seemed a little extra crazy, which is saying something.
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Justice News:
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern …
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern …
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The Intercept:
Statement on the Arrest of Former Intercept Reporter Juan Thompson
Statement on the Arrest of Former Intercept Reporter Juan Thompson
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Politico, The Verge, NBC News, CBS New York and Business Insider
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication
Man Arrested For JCC Bomb Threats Was Liberal Journalist Fired For Fabrication
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities
Tara Golshan / Vox:
The first arrest made in connection to JCC bomb threats was about settling a personal score
The first arrest made in connection to JCC bomb threats was about settling a personal score
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Politico
James Dyer / Empire:
Schwarzenegger Fires The Apprentice — Fans of Celebrity Apprentice are about to lose the show's biggest asset as Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be returning to host another season of the show. “I learned a lot, I had a great time, it was a really great opportunity,” Schwarzenegger said, speaking exclusively to Empire.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Schwarzenegger quits ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ citing Trump — Arnold Schwarzenegger says his first season as host of NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice” is also his last. — In remarks Friday, the former California governor cited President Trump, who has repeatedly mocked the ratings of his reality TV replacement, as his reason.
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Raw Story, Western Journalism and The Daily Caller
Paul Demko / Politico:
New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked — House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing. — The latest version of the House's Obamacare repeal bill — which has yet to be publicly released …
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
GOP congressman thinks poor people don't want health care, ‘just like Jesus said’ — “There is a group of people that just don't want health care and aren't going to take care of themselves.” — In an interview with STAT, Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) says he doesn't support Obamacare's Medicaid expansion …
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Lev Facher / STAT:
Two months ago, this doctor was delivering babies. Now he's at the nexus of the Obamacare fight — ASHINGTON — Dr. Roger Marshall was delivering babies in December. By January, he found himself across a breakfast table from Tom Price, offering emotional support to the Georgia congressman …
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Bryce Covert / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Misguided Sense of Freedom
Addison / Addison County Independent:
Middlebury College professor injured by protesters as she escorted controversial speaker — MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger was injured by protesters Thursday evening as she was escorting a controversial speaker from campus. She was treated at Porter Hospital and released.
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Sasha Goldstein / Seven Days:
‘Mob’ Attacks Middlebury Prof and Controversial Speaker Charles Murray — A violent “mob” attacked controversial author Charles Murray and a Middlebury College professor as they left a campus building Thursday night following a chaotic attempt at a lecture, a college spokesman said.
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Did the Obama Administration Try Stacking the Deck Against Trump at the Justice Department? — Amid Thursday's over-hyped brouhaha about Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, a curious detail emerged. In Sessions's recusal memo, it was explained who at the Justice Department …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony
Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony
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Hans A. von Spakovsky / Fox News:
Get real, Democrats, there is no good reason for Sessions to resign
Get real, Democrats, there is no good reason for Sessions to resign
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NewsBusters, IJR, The Daily Caller, The Resurgent and National Review
Amy Krouse Rosenthal / New York Times:
You May Want to Marry My Husband — I have been trying to write this for a while, but the morphine and lack of juicy cheeseburgers (what has it been now, five weeks without real food?) have drained my energy and interfered with whatever prose prowess remains.
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at Mexico border — Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
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James Kanter / New York Times:
E.U. Lawmakers Call for End to Visa-Free Travel for Americans — BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has passed a nonbinding resolution calling for the reintroduction of visa requirements for American citizens, raising the stakes in a long-running battle over the United States' refusal …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump aides' bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants — President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House pushing back against Mattis appointment — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wants to tap the former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, as his undersecretary of defense for policy, but the Pentagon chief is running into resistance from White House officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton speaks at Wellesley College in a private, closed-to-the-press program — Hillary Clinton appeared at a private event at Wellesley College Thursday night, speaking to students at her alma mater about the presidential election and her time at the college.
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Western Journalism, Political Wire, Business Insider and Axios
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In leaked document, the case for Trump's ‘Muslim ban’ takes another huge hit — THE MORNING PLUM: — We keep hearing that President Trump will roll out the new version of his travel ban any day now. The White House delayed it earlier this week, because Trump advisers reportedly thought …
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Jeffrey Scott Shapiro / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed I'm a Jewish American who worked with Steve Bannon. He is not a racist or an anti-Semite — Steve Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md. (Michael Brochstein / TNS) — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) called White House …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump met with Scarborough before addressing Congress — White House aides this week told several news outlets including Bloomberg News that President Donald Trump had “sworn off” his habit of watching MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” along with many of his favorite CNN programs.
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Another Trump adviser has significantly changed his story about the GOP's dramatic shift on Ukraine — The Trump campaign's national-security policy representative for the Republican National Convention, J.D. Gordon, told CNN on Thursday that he pushed to alter an amendment to the GOP's draft policy …
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Kyle Scott Clauss / Boston Magazine:
Curt Schilling Backs Shiva Ayyadurai to Challenge Elizabeth Warren in 2018 — Schilling offered his support for the MIT alum on Twitter. — Curt Schilling's interest in a 2018 run for Senate appears to be waning, after the former Red Sox pitcher threw his weight behind Shiva Ayyadurai's bid to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Why Does Everybody Seem to Hate Omarosa Manigault? — When the unnerving sight of Kellyanne Conway digging her bent knees and shoe heels into the fabric of one of the yellow sofas inside the Oval Office disturbed the fabric of the internet, the images sidelined what was supposed …