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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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Mike Allen / 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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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
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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 …
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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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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Mark Levin on Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’
Mark Levin on Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Rubio: Whether Trump's claims are true will become clear ‘over the next few days’
Rubio: Whether Trump's claims are true will become clear ‘over the next few days’
New York Times:
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones
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Associated Press:
THE LATEST: OBAMA INTEL DIRECTOR ON WIRETAP: ‘I CAN DENY IT’
THE LATEST: OBAMA INTEL DIRECTOR ON WIRETAP: ‘I CAN DENY IT’
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump
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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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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 …
Thomas James Brennan / Reveal:
Hundreds of Marines investigated for sharing photos of naked colleagues — The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating hundreds of Marines who used social media to solicit and share hundreds — possibly thousands — of naked photographs of women service members and veterans.
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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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NBC News:
Meet The Press 03-05-17 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday …
Meet The Press 03-05-17 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday …
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Deny’ Wiretap of Trump Tower
Former DNI James Clapper: ‘I Can Deny’ Wiretap of Trump Tower
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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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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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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 …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi: Trump's Obama claim an ‘authoritarian’ tactic — Pelosi also questioned the sincerity of the Trump's request that Congress investigate whether Obama wiretapped him — Washington (CNN)House minority leader Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of using “authoritarian” …
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Bob Price / Breitbart:
Texas Girls Raped, 1 Killed by Illegal Alien Satanists — HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed to Breitbart Texas that the two MS-13 gang member accused of raping two teenage girls and killing one of them in a satanic ritual are illegal aliens from El Salvador.
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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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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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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 …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Maybe It's Time To Stop Calling The GOP Obamacare Plan A ‘Replacement’
Maybe It's Time To Stop Calling The GOP Obamacare Plan A ‘Replacement’
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