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US Attorney Preet Bharara doesn't plan to resign, will make President fire him — (CNN)The high-profile US attorney for Manhattan, Preet Bharara, has indicated he will not submit a letter of resignation as requested by the Trump administration Friday — placing the President in the position …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Preet Bharara Is Said to Refuse Order to Step Down as U.S. Attorney — Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.
Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Bharara Yet To Resign, Despite Trump Ask — Preet Bharara, the crusading U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who was asked to submit his resignation letter Friday, along with the 45 other U.S. Attorneys held over from the Obama administration, has yet to do so, a federal law enforcement official tells The Daily Beast.
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CNN:
Anger mounts over handling of US attorney firings — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked for the resignations of 46 US attorneys, igniting anger from officials who say they were given no warning about their dismissals. — The Justice Department announced the firings Friday afternoon …
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New York Post:
Hey, Mr. President: Don't fire US Attorney Preet Bharara — The Trump administration dropped a political bombshell late Friday as all 46 holdover United States attorneys were ordered to immediately resign — including New York's political-corruption-busting crusader, Preet Bharara. — Big mistake.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
US attorney Bharara won't resign despite Trump demand: reports — Preet Bharara, a U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is refusing the Trump administration's demand to resign, according to multiple reports Saturday. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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CNN:
Intruder breaches White House grounds, arrested near residence entrance — The south side of the White House is seen January 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. A small aerial drone was found on the grounds of the White House but poses no threat, a spokesman for President Obama said on Monday.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Intruder scaled fence to enter White House grounds Friday night
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump threatens GOP: Back health bill or get primaried — President Trump has told Republican leaders that he's prepared to play hardball with congressional conservatives to pass the GOP healthcare bill, including by supporting the 2018 primary challengers of any Republican who votes against the bill.
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Major health insurer backs GOP's Obamacare repeal bill
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Pence takes White House health care pitch on the road
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Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
Wealthy Would Get Billions in Tax Cuts Under Obamacare Repeal Plan — Two of the biggest tax cuts in Republican proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act would deliver roughly $157 billion over the coming decade to those with incomes of $1 million or more, according to a congressional analysis.
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Washington Post:
During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address — In the three years before he became Donald Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon lived as a virtual nomad in a quest to build a populist political insurgency. — No presidential adviser in recent memory …
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Political Wire and The Week
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump camp could have fallen into ‘backdoor’ surveillance — Intelligence agencies could have inadvertently collected and then searched Donald Trump — 's phone calls under a controversial loophole in surveillance law, experts say, even if it did not involve a wiretapping order from a federal court.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Rachel Maddow calls BS on Pence claim he never knew about Flynn's Turkish contract — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow continued her investigations into President Donald Trump's complicated ties to foreign governments. Tonight's installment …
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Trump Aide Boorish Boris's Assault Bust — White House advisor once sucker punched fellow patron in bar — A White House aide known for his combative behavior was once arrested for sucker punching a smaller man during a bar dispute, an attack that left the victim bloodied and resulted …
William Hicks / Heat Street:
‘He Will Not Divide Us’ Livestream Placed in Middle of Nowhere, but 4chan Still Found Way to Troll It — A good rule of the Internet is to never tell 4chan something is impossible. — The anachronistic message board has had a field day in the past few months trolling Shia Labeouf's “He Will Not Divide Us” livestream.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
“Civil War” Breaks Out At White House Over Trade... And Goldman Is Winning — Earlier this week, when we discussed Peter Navarro's jarring op-ed in the WSJ in which he alleged that the persistent US trade deficit “would put US national security in jeopardy”, we said that …
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Politico, Vox Popoli, The Last Tradition, Axios, Financial Times and Washington Monthly
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
SXSW: CNN's Jake Tapper Says His Son Has Adapted “Fake News” Line From Trump — “[My son] now does an impression where whenever I'm bothering him he says, fake news,” the CNN host told MTV's Ana Marie Cox. — During his Friday press briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer …
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Anna Schaverien / Telegraph:
Barack Obama receives standing ovation as he enjoys lunch with Bono in New York — Barack and Michelle Obama drew a crowd once again as they met with U2's lead singer Bono in New York on Friday for lunch. — Diners in Upland restaurant on Park Avenue took pictures of the former US president …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Muhammad Ali Jr., Detained Last Month at Airport, Stopped Again — One day after Muhammad Ali Jr. spoke with members of Congress about being detained at a Florida airport last month, he was briefly stopped again before boarding a flight on Friday afternoon, his lawyer said.
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
If Russia Inquiry Is Not ‘Legitimate,’ Democrats May Abandon It — WASHINGTON — They agreed just a week ago to the terms of a House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But now some of the panel's Democrats are warning that they may pull …
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
U.S. civil liberties group ACLU seeks to tap anti-Trump energy — The American Civil Liberties Union is launching what it bills as the first grassroots mobilization effort in its nearly 100-year history, as it seeks to harness a surge of energy among left-leaning activists since the November election …
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Marcus Baram / Fast Company:
Trump's Panama Problem — Ricardo Martinelli, the ex-president of Panama facing extradition on corruption charges, helped him launch his first international property. — It was a big moment for Donald Trump. — On July 6, 2011, the future president was beaming as he celebrated the opening …
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