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New York Times:
Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday moved to sweep away the remaining vestiges of Obama administration prosecutors at the Justice Department, ordering 46 holdover United States attorneys to tender their resignations immediately …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Sessions asks 46 Obama-era US attorneys to resign — has asked dozens of U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Barack Obama — to submit their resignations, the Department of Justice announced Friday. — U.S. attorneys are normally replaced at the beginning of new administrations.
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Associated Press:
Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during prior presidential administrations, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump team ousts Obama-appointed U.S. attorneys
Trump team ousts Obama-appointed U.S. attorneys
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
What's a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions. — In an age of partisan media, the lines between “partisan” and “media” can sometimes blur. — Case in point: The pool reporter covering Vice President Pence on Thursday — that is …
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Sean Spicer's Quick Twitter Reaction to Jobs Report May Break a Rule — The enthusiastic reaction of Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was understandable on Friday when the Labor Department reported a gain of 235,000 jobs. “Great news for American workers,” he proclaimed, “in first report for @POTUS Trump.”
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Sean Spicer's appalling answer about economic data shows how far we've lowered the bar for Trump — At Friday's press briefing, Sean Spicer told an absurd lie to the assembled members of the White House press corps. But he did it with a smile rather than a snarl, so everyone laughed.
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Drama in White House press room as Fox reporter vehemently denies he assaulted right-wing blogger — The White House correspondent for a far-right blog accused a Fox News Radio reporter of assaulting him before Friday's press briefing, a charge both a Fox News representative and the reporter flatly denied.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News Radio correspondent confronts Gateway Pundit reporter in White House briefing room — A Fox News Radio correspondent confronted in the White House briefing room the White House reporter for a website that traffics in conspiracy theories, witnesses said on Friday.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Gateway Pundit Reporter ACCOSTED, HARASSED — Screamed At in White House Press Room: “Nazi... White Supremacist!”
Gateway Pundit Reporter ACCOSTED, HARASSED — Screamed At in White House Press Room: “Nazi... White Supremacist!”
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer wore an upside-down flag pin. The Internet lost its mind.
Sean Spicer wore an upside-down flag pin. The Internet lost its mind.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump taps private security director for White House job
Trump taps private security director for White House job
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Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Spicer broke a federal rule when he hailed jobs report too soon after its release
Spicer broke a federal rule when he hailed jobs report too soon after its release
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Katie McHugh / Breitbart:
7 Reasons Why Obamacare 2.0 Is All But Guaranteed to Impose Crushing Costs on Voters, Hurt Trump's Base, And Hand Power Back to the Democrats — If passed in its current form, the GOP's Obamacare 2.0 bill will impose brutal costs Americans still struggling to make it through a great recession …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Is the Republican health plan designed to fail?
Is the Republican health plan designed to fail?
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Trump Supporters Have the Most to Lose in the G.O.P. Repeal Bill
Trump Supporters Have the Most to Lose in the G.O.P. Repeal Bill
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Bill So Bad It's Awesome
A Bill So Bad It's Awesome
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The Daily Caller:
Flynn Paid Ex-FBI Agents, Behavior Analysts In Lobbying Work For Turkish Government — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lobbying work for the Turkish government involved payments to several former FBI officials and a retired admiral who served in a top intelligence role for the joint chiefs of staff.
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Cameron Joseph / New York Daily News:
Trump team knew Flynn was possible foreign agent before Inauguration Day
Trump team knew Flynn was possible foreign agent before Inauguration Day
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Dino Grandoni / BuzzFeed:
Trump Appointee Who Tweeted About “Some Muslim Piece Of S**t” Is Out From Energy Department — A Trump campaign worker appointed to the Energy Department is a former massage therapist with a history of tweeting anti-Muslim remarks. — A massage therapist and former Trump campaign operative …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump adviser admits to contact with DNC hacker — Roger Stone, President Trump's former campaign advisor, on Friday admitted to having private conversations with a hacker who helped leak information from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during last year's campaign.
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Andrew Blake / Washington Times:
Roger Stone, Trump confidant, acknowledges ‘innocuous’ Twitter conversation with DNC hackers
Roger Stone, Trump confidant, acknowledges ‘innocuous’ Twitter conversation with DNC hackers
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Business Insider and Engadget
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Amash cries after missing first vote in Congress — Rep. Justin Amash has long boasted about not missing a single vote since he arrived in Congress in 2011 — 4,289 in a row, give or take a vote, if you're counting. — But on Friday, as he was railing against the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill off …
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Liberal Democracy Is Suffering From a Concussion — Here's the latest in the assault on liberal democracy. It happened more than a week ago, but I cannot get it out of my consciousness. A group of conservative students at Middlebury College in Vermont invited the highly controversial author Charles Murray …
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Robert Jervis / Foreign Policy:
Rex Tillerson Might Be the Weakest Secretary of State Ever — There are five avenues to power at Foggy Bottom, and they're all blocked to the current man in charge. — While much of America's political class is transfixed by the debate about connections between Russia and the White House …
Financial Times:
White House civil war breaks out over trade — ‘Fiery meeting’ in Oval Office between economic nationalists and pro-trade moderates — Read next … A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called “a fiery meeting” in the Oval Office …
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CNN:
The super-secret division in charge of the Russia investigation — Washington (CNN)Somewhere in the halls of the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, a closely held number of FBI agents face the daunting task of determining how the Russian government sought to manipulate the US presidential election.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Male Illinois rep asks why men should have to pay for prenatal coverage — Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., in 2014. — In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans' Affordable Care Act revision plan, a handful of moments stand out. — This is one of them.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump stands with House GOP on proposal to revise Obamacare, spokesman says
Trump stands with House GOP on proposal to revise Obamacare, spokesman says
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Leading Candidate for FDA Is Scott Gottlieb, Sources Say — Likely nominee was senior FDA executive under George W. Bush — Choice would represent mainstream pick for drug industry — Scott Gottlieb, a former deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
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Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Nominate Scott Gottlieb to Lead FDA
Trump Expected to Nominate Scott Gottlieb to Lead FDA
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