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The Daily Beast:
Report: Trump's 2005 Taxes Revealed — Donald Trump earned more than $150 million in the year 2005—and paid just a small percentage of that in regular federal income taxes. Daily Beast contributor David Cay Johnston has obtained what appear to be the first two pages of Trump's 2005 federal …
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David Cay Johnston / DCReport:
DCREPORT EXCLUSIVE: Trump Earned $153 Million In 2005; He Paid $36.6 Million In Taxes — Ten Years After His Casino Business Failed, He Was Still Writing Off Losses — In 2005, Donald J. Trump married model Melanija Knavs, his third wife. That year, the real-estate mogul …
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones, IJR and Mediaite
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump made $150 million in 2005 and paid $38 million in federal taxes — The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes in 2005 — on $150 million in earnings — offering a small glimpse at the president's personal finances, which Trump has so far kept almost entirely private.
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ABC News, Axios and CANNONFIRE
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow spent hours touting a massive scoop: She — or more accurately veteran investigative reporter David Cay Johnston — had gotten her hands on President Donald Trump's 2005 federal tax return.
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Townhall.com, The Hill, MichelleMalkin.com and Business Insider
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Big Trump tax returns “Scoop” flopped, bigly. — Rachel Maddow has a history of claiming big scoops which then flop. — There was the debunked 2012 big scoop about supposed GOP wrongdoing in Michigan. And the 2014 big scoop that the Koch Brothers were behind Florida groups pushing drug testing …
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Telegraph, Townhall.com, RedState, Vox, IJR, The Hill, Deadline, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report — The White House on Tuesday night preemptively released some details of President Trump's income and taxes he paid in 2005 as MSNBC teased leaked documents ahead of an evening broadcast. — Trump reported $150 million in income …
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The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump paid $38 million in income taxes in 2005, the White House says
Trump paid $38 million in income taxes in 2005, the White House says
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Power Line, New York Times, NBC News and The Daily Caller
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump loyalists sound alarm over ‘RyanCare,’ endangering health bill — A simmering rebellion of conservative populists loyal to President Trump is further endangering the GOP health-care push, with a chorus of influential voices suspicious of the proposal warning the president to abandon it.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Close Trump friend says ditch Paul Ryan's plan and embrace universal health care
Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax:
Trump Should Ditch Freedom Caucus, Seek Bipartisan Plan
Trump Should Ditch Freedom Caucus, Seek Bipartisan Plan
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Raw Story, Vox, Business Insider, Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hot Air, TheBlaze, Political Wire, twitchy.com and The Week
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Sen. Ted Cruz: Forecast for rising premiums ‘most troubling aspect’ of scathing CBO health care report
Sen. Ted Cruz: Forecast for rising premiums ‘most troubling aspect’ of scathing CBO health care report
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Washington Post, Balloon Juice and Outside the Beltway
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Say House Health Bill Won't Pass Without Changes
GOP Senators Say House Health Bill Won't Pass Without Changes
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Axios, New York Times and Political Wire
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
White House tries to salvage GOP health-care proposal as criticism mounts
White House tries to salvage GOP health-care proposal as criticism mounts
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Atlantic, Bloomberg and The Daily Signal
CNN:
Senator: Comey to say whether FBI probing Russia, Trump campaign by Wednesday — Senator: Comey to go public on Russia probe — (CNN)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey promised to tell him Wednesday whether the FBI is investigating ties between Russia and the campaign of President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post, The Week and Mediaite
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Spokesman Is ‘Very Confident’ Wiretapping Evidence Will Emerge
Trump Spokesman Is ‘Very Confident’ Wiretapping Evidence Will Emerge
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Political Wire
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sen. Whitehouse: Comey may confirm FBI Russia investigation on Wednesday
Sen. Whitehouse: Comey may confirm FBI Russia investigation on Wednesday
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New York Magazine
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon and the Making of an Economic Nationalist — The controversial White House counselor says his father's 2008 financial trauma helped crystallize his antiglobalist views and led to a political hardening; 'I'm going to be totally wiped out' — Steve Bannon has played a lead role in honing Donald Trump's message.
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Mother Jones and Hullabaloo
Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal:
When the Children Crashed Dad's BBC Interview: The Family Speaks — In their first interview, Korea expert Robert Kelly and his wife Kim Jung-A describe the circumstances, chaos, and global reaction to their now-infamous home-office Skype catastrophe; ‘she was in a hippity-hoppity mood’
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NPR, IJR, Refinery29, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Mashable and The Daily Edge
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump rejects push to oust NSC aide — President Donald Trump has overruled a decision by his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, to sideline a key intelligence operative who fell out of favor with some at the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told POLITICO.
Daily Express:
Dutch election polls LIVE: Updates as Geert Wilders takes on Mark Rutte in Netherlands — AS Geert Wilders' election campaign enters its very final hours, here are all the latest updates, polls and breaking news from the Netherlands. — Up to 13 million Dutch people are getting ready …
New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire — WASHINGTON — The publicity-shy billionaire Philip F. Anschutz inherited an oil and gas firm and built it into an empire that has sprawled into telecommunications, railroads, real estate, resorts, sports teams, stadiums …
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Daily Kos, AOL, National Review and The Daily Caller
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Monica Crowley Lost White House Job, Now She's Got One With Pro-Russian Oligarch — A would-be Trump White House appointee who withdrew in the face of plagiarism allegations is now lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch who has recently advocated greater concessions to the Russian government, according to newly filed documents.
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, LegiStorm, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Politico
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Breaking Faith — Over the past decade, pollsters charted something remarkable: Americans—long known for their piety—were fleeing organized religion in increasing numbers. The vast majority still believed in God. But the share that rejected any religious affiliation was growing fast …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show and National Review
Bloomberg:
Scandal Fatigue and the Trump Ethical Swamp — Thanks to some fine work by two Bloomberg news reporters, David Kocieniewski and Caleb Melby, we now know that a major Chinese financial services firm may invest $4 billion in a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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ThinkProgress and New York Times
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
WEATHER SERVICE DECIDED LAST MINUTE NOT TO CUT SNOW FORECAST — WASHINGTON (AP) — Before the first snow fell, federal meteorologists realized there was a good chance the late-winter storm wasn't going to produce giant snow totals in big Northeast cities as predicted.
Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
CBO: Full Repeal Would Cover More People than House GOP's ObamaCare-Lite Bill — A new Congressional Budget Office report projecting the effects of the House Republican leadership's American Health Care Act weakens the case for the bill's ObamaCare-lite approach, and strengthens the case for full repeal.
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The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, Hit & Run and Reuters
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Foreign Policy:
Tillerson To U.N. Rights Council: Reform or We're Leaving — The Trump administration puts the human rights body on notice in a letter obtained by FP. — The Trump administration is threatening a withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council if it does not undertake “considerable reform …
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The Hill, Washington Post, Israel Matzav, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Talking Points Memo
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Admiral, seven others charged with corruption in new ‘Fat Leonard’ indictment — The Justice Department unsealed a fresh indictment Tuesday charging eight current and former Navy officials — including an admiral — with corruption and other crimes in the “Fat Leonard” bribery case …
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Death and Taxes, The Daily Caller and Axios
John Nolte / Daily Wire:
BOMBSHELL: Fox News Sources Say Obama Used Brits To Spy On Donald Trump — While the American Intelligence Community (IC) plays “not us” when it comes to claims that the Obama Administration spied on President Trump (when he was both a candidate and President-elect), Fox News has learned …
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Breitbart, Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, TheBlaze, The Resurgent and LewRockwell
New York Times:
Prerequisite for Key White House Posts: Loyalty, Not Experience — WASHINGTON — President Trump's point man on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is a longtime Trump Organization lawyer with no government or diplomatic experience. His liaison to African-American leaders is a former reality-TV villain …
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Death and Taxes
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump picks another Goldman banker for senior post, in sharp break from campaign bashing — President Trump on Tuesday said he planned to nominate Goldman Sachs managing director James Donovan to serve as deputy treasury secretary, selecting his fifth Goldman veteran to a senior role in his administration.
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Political Wire
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
IRS punishes Richard Spencer's white-nationalist group for failing to file returns — The nonprofit organization run by prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer has been stripped of its tax-exempt status after failing to file financial returns for three years.
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The Root, AOL, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo and Death and Taxes