Top Items:
New York Times:
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, a day after leveling a widely disputed allegation that President Barack Obama had ordered the tapping of his phones, demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama abused …
Discussion:
Breitbart, Mother Jones, The Hill, Raw Story, RedState, Little Green Footballs, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Refuge, CANNONFIRE, Doug Ross, IJR, The Mahablog, NBC News, The Week, CNBC, Business Insider, The Verge, Daily Kos, NBC New York, Politicus USA, New York Magazine, AOL, twitchy.com, Eschaton, Axios, Patterico's Pontifications, Althouse, The Atlantic, The Root and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Brian Ross / ABC News:
With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority — In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps - a move that would be a federal crime …
Discussion:
RedState
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Deny’ Wiretap of Trump Tower — WASHINGTON — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday denied any suggestion that Trump Tower communications were wiretapped before the election. — For the part of the national security apparatus that he oversaw …
Discussion:
New York Times, Vox, NBC News, AOL, The Last Tradition, Politico, CNBC, New York Magazine, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post and IJR
Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump and Democratic Smokescreens — When I woke up Sunday, I thought the morning news shows would all be talking about the unusual, perhaps dangerous, decision of the Obama administration to wiretap the offices of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. — I've been watching Chuck Todd's “Meet the Press” as I write this.
Discussion:
Business Insider and twitchy.com
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance … Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Sunday said that President Trump is likely correct that there was surveillance on Trump Tower for intelligence purposes, but incorrect in accusing former President Barack Obama
Discussion:
The Last Refuge and IJR
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's charge that he was wiretapped takes presidency into new territory — Donald Trump's presidency has veered onto a road with no centerlines or guardrails. — The president's accusation Saturday that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had tapped his phone “during the very sacred election process” …
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
If Trump Tower Was Wiretapped, Trump Can Declassify That Right Now
Discussion:
CNN, Balloon Juice, Reuters, Lawfare, Los Angeles Times, Fox News Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Doug Ross, CNBC, BizPac Review, Daily Wire, LifeZette, Washington Post, Hot Air, IJR, The Guardian, TheBlaze, RedState, rubber hose, Raw Story, The Week, New York Daily News, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, Bloomberg, Politicus USA and The Hill
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Barbra Streisand: ‘Donald Trump is Making Me Gain Weight’
Discussion:
The Hill, Instapundit, The Last Tradition, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and Daily Wire
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Rubio: Whether Trump's claims are true will become clear ‘over the next few days’
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump's unproven wiretapping claim
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, NBC News, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, ThinkProgress, NPR and The Hill
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Clapper denies wiretap of Trump Tower
Discussion:
Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com, The Week, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: OBAMA INTEL DIRECTOR ON WIRETAP: ‘I CAN DENY IT’
Discussion:
New York Post and IJR
New York Times:
Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Miners and More — WASHINGTON — Telecommunications giants like Verizon and AT&T will not have to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that their customers' Social Security numbers, web browsing history and other personal information are not stolen or accidentally released.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice and NRA-ILA
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations — President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king. The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles …
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Thousands of ICE detainees claim they were forced into labor, a violation of anti-slavery laws — Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws — a lawsuit claims.
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Patrons Walk Out As Ala. Official Pushes Voter ID At Selma Anniversary Service — After Alabama's Secretary of State John Merrill promoted the state's voter ID law at a church service held Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of a civil rights milestone in Selma, patrons walked out.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money and William J. Barber, II
Axios:
Schumer's plan to stop the wall — Chuck Schumer has concluded that denying President Trump his wall is perhaps the surest major defeat Democrats can hand the President in his first year. — Trump needs 60 Senate votes to fund construction of his “great wall” along the Southern border.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Mark Levin on Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’ — Sunday on Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends,” while discussing President Donald Trump's tweets accusing the former Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower before the election, conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin broke …
Discussion:
John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Media Matters for America
Riley Beggin / ABC News:
Franken: 'We don't know what the Russians have on Donald Trump' — Democratic Sen. Al Franken said President Trump's assertion that former President Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 election campaign are “just ridiculous and a distraction.”
RELATED:
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Politico and The Daily Caller
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Patience Gone, Koch-Backed Groups Will Pressure G.O.P. on Health Repeal — WASHINGTON — Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill …
Discussion:
Axios
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
10 Arrested in Berkeley, Elderly Man Assaulted Following Violent Anti-Trump Protest — Ten people were arrested in Berkeley, California on Saturday following an anti-Trump protest that sought to counter a march in support of President Trump. — “A total of 10 people were arrested …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
