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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 …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Knives are out for Reince — With the White House struggling to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials are increasingly putting the blame on one person: Reince Priebus. — In interviews, over a dozen Trump aides, allies …
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Axios:
Towergate: Trump's great gamble — I have learned that some — though definitely not all — members of President Trump's inner circle share his belief that the Obama administration tapped his Trump Tower phones in October. And a White House official told me President Trump not only doesn't regret …
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Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation — Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway challenged FBI Director James Comey Sunday to reveal any information he might have about President Trump's allegations that former President Obama ordered the wiretapping …
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Reuters:
Why Trump might suspect Obama bugged Trump Tower — President Trump's claim that his predecessor bugged Trump Tower during the election has sent the media into fits, wondering where on earth he could've gotten such an idea. But it's all-too-obvious why Trump would be suspicious.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
Former Bush attorney general: Trump right that there was surveillance
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
FBI asked Justice Department to reject Trump claim: report
FBI asked Justice Department to reject Trump claim: report
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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups — Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins — Center for American Progress said to be among victims — Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex? — The State Department resumes its formal press briefing on Monday — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure his jittery employees …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Pause This Presidency! — The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this “president” until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion …
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Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC
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Washington Free Beacon
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi: Trump's Obama claim an ‘authoritarian’ tactic
Pelosi: Trump's Obama claim an ‘authoritarian’ tactic
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Political Wire
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.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Liberals to Senate Democrats: Step up the Gorsuch fight
Liberals to Senate Democrats: Step up the Gorsuch fight
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Most back special prosecutor for Russia investigation — Washington (CNN)About two-thirds of Americans say a special prosecutor should investigate contacts between Russians and Trump campaign associates, according to a new CNN/ORC poll, and 55% say they are at least somewhat concerned …
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ABC News:
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
The Middlebury Meltdown — Future historians of the liberal arts in American academic life will be able to pinpoint the time and place of its death with remarkable accuracy. The fatal blow was delivered Thursday night, March 2, at Wilson Hall, Middlebury College, Vermont.
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Jenna Lifhits / Weekly Standard:
The Middlebury Mob — The violent mob protest that greeted …
The Middlebury Mob — The violent mob protest that greeted …
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New York Times:
A Conspiracy Theory's Journey From Talk Radio to Trump's Twitter — WASHINGTON — It began at 6 p.m. Thursday as a conspiratorial rant on conservative talk radio: President Barack Obama had used the “instrumentalities of the federal government” to wiretap the Republican seeking to succeed him.
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority
With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority
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RedState
Paulina Neuding / Weekly Standard:
The Truth About Sweden — As Saul Bellow said, ‘A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep’ — Firemen extinguish a burning car on the third straight night of riots by immigrant youths around Stockholm, May 21, 2013.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘We are in crisis’: Morning Joe warns president's Twitter meltdown has ‘shaken this government to the core’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A deadly serious Joe Scarborough lambasted President Donald Trump on Monday morning over his outrageous accusations that President Barack Obama …
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.
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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” …
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Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Barbra Streisand: ‘Donald Trump is Making Me Gain Weight’
Barbra Streisand: ‘Donald Trump is Making Me Gain Weight’
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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.
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