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Willa Paskin / Slate:
Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump's Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle — At 7:36 pm Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow tweeted “BREAKING: We've got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC. (Seriously),” sending the internet into a frenzy of theorizing.
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Trump calls tax document leak ‘illegal,’ calls reporter a ‘weird dude’ — YPSILANTI, Mich. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - President Donald Trump thinks it was “disgusting” and “illegal” that his 2005 federal tax returns were leaked to MSNBC Tuesday, calling the reporter who obtained them a “weird dude”
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump's son thanks Maddow for proving his success to ‘Trump hating followers’
Trump's son thanks Maddow for proving his success to ‘Trump hating followers’
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Jay Yarow / CNBC:
Op-Ed: Donald Trump just got a nice victory, thanks, of all people, to Rachel Maddow
Op-Ed: Donald Trump just got a nice victory, thanks, of all people, to Rachel Maddow
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Democrats urge one another not to get distracted by Trump's taxes
Democrats urge one another not to get distracted by Trump's taxes
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger
This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Only 24% of Voters Support GOP Health Care Plan — PPP's newest national poll finds that there is very little support for the American Health Care Act. Only 24% of voters support it, to 49% who are opposed. Even among Republican voters only 37% are in favor of the proposal to 22% who are against it …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Trump Approval, Voter Optimism on the Rise — More Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president and of the direction the country is headed, according to Morning Consult/POLITICO surveys conducted over the past six weeks. — The most recent poll, conducted March 9-13 …
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: ACA, Replacement Plans, Women's Health — Ashley Kirzinger, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie — KEY FINDINGS: — The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll examines the public's early attitudes towards the House Republican plan to replace …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump approval slips, even as more feel economy improving — Voters think President Trump is ahead of most previous presidents on fulfilling campaign promises, and the most voters in more than a decade see an improving economy. Yet that isn't enough to put the president's job rating …
CNN:
Which Republicans are opposing the Obamacare repeal bill? — By CNN staff; Illustration by Joyce Tseng — This list will be updated as new lawmakers indicate whether they will vote for the bill — (CNN)The House Republican bill to repeal Obamacare hangs in a delicate balance …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Paul Ryan refuses to say if health bill would pass House if vote was Wednesday
Paul Ryan refuses to say if health bill would pass House if vote was Wednesday
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republicans May Be Ready To Redefine Success On Obamacare
Republicans May Be Ready To Redefine Success On Obamacare
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Congress leads Trump down wrong path
Congress leads Trump down wrong path
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BuzzFeed:
An elaborate hoax based on forged documents escalates the phenomenon of “fake news” and reveals an audience on the left that seems willing to believe virtually any claim that could damage Trump. — In the third week of — January, an Israeli named Yoni Ariel flew from Tel Aviv …
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
McCain: Rand Paul ‘Is Now Working for Vladimir Putin’ — Sen. John McCain on Wednesday directly accused fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of working for Russian President Vladimir Putin. While speaking from the Senate floor in support of a bill advancing Montenegro's bid to join NATO …
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
John McCain accuses Rand Paul of ‘working for Vladimir Putin’ — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Wednesday accused Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., of “working for Vladimir Putin” after Paul blocked consideration of a treaty that would allow Montenegro into the United Nations.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: FBI will ‘screw up big time’ by ignoring Trump wiretap questions … (R-S.C.) is firing a warning shot at the FBI following his request that the agency hand over any evidence relating to wire taps of President Trump. — “They're about to screw up big time if they keep running to the …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Grassley accuses law enforcement officials of withholding information in Trump-Russia probe
Grassley accuses law enforcement officials of withholding information in Trump-Russia probe
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Wiretap covers a lot of different things’
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
‘People are scared’: Paranoia seizes Trump's White House — A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government. — In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Trump campaign chair caught in a motel room with an underage boy — Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey is under investigation by the Moore, OK police after he was caught in a Super 8 Motel room with a minor boy. — “On March 9 ... officers of the Moore Police Department were contacted …
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Abby Broyles / KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy
Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Budget Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and State Department — WASHINGTON — President Trump's budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year would slash the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent and cut State Department spending by a similar amount in a brash upending …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Department charges Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion — The Justice Department announced Wednesday the indictments of two Russian spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
The cost of failure on health care? It may be the rest of Trump's agenda. — In the roiling debate over the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, there's a lot more at stake for President Trump than whether the bill can be saved: Its fate could also determine how much else he can get done …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Survey reveals the one thing Trump's supporters can't forgive him for — Donald Trump set off a firestorm last month when he was observed putting ketchup on a $54 dry-aged steak, cooked well done. Food critics howled ("insert a moment of silence for the cow, the condiment and what most chefs …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Lessons of Obamacare — What Republicans should have learned, but haven't. — On January 6, President Barack Obama sat down with us for one of his final interviews before leaving the White House. The subject was the Affordable Care Act — the legislation that has come to carry his name and define his legacy.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon in College: Grateful Dead Fan, ‘Jerry Brown Liberal,’ ‘Ladies Man’ — The Stephen K. Bannon the world knows today is a hard-right nationalist and a former ringleader of far-right, race-baiting media. He's President Donald Trump's anti-immigration and incredibly powerful right-hand man …
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Bloomberg:
Fed Raises Benchmark Rate as Inflation Approaches 2% Target — Policy makers still project three total rate hikes for 2017 — FOMC sticks with ‘gradual’ plan for removing accommodation — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate a quarter point and continued to project …
Australian Transport Safety Bureau:
Battery explosion mid-flight prompts passenger warning — As the range of products using batteries grows, the potential for in-flight issues increases. — On a recent flight from Beijing to Melbourne, a passenger was listening to music using a pair of her own battery-operated headphones.
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Jazmin Rosa / New York Post:
Man beaten to pulp after offering to pay for attackers' meal — A good Samaritan who offered to lend two men short on cash a couple bucks to cover their meal at a Brooklyn eatery ended up beaten and robbed for trying to help, cops say. — The victim was savagely beaten by four men inside …
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Mother Jones:
Businesswoman Who Bought Trump Penthouse Is Connected to Chinese Intelligence Front Group — When a Chinese American businesswoman who sells access to powerful people recently purchased a $15.8 million penthouse in a building owned by President Donald Trump, the deal raised a key question.
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Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Soon It Will Be Even Easier to Shoot Someone to Death in Florida and Claim Self-Defense — Florida lawmakers are on the cusp of expanding the state's controversial Stand Your Ground gun law in a radical new way. Stand Your Ground allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
AP: Sexual Assault Reports Up At Navy, Army Academies — WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned.
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Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Crazy at the wheel: psychopathic CEOs are rife in Silicon Valley, experts say — Attributes of a psychopath can be good for running a business, says SXSW panel, but weak HR departments and investors can enable bad behavior — There is a high proportion of psychopathic CEOs in Silicon Valley …
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say — The U.S. military has drawn up early plans that would deploy up to 1,000 more troops into northern Syria in the coming weeks, expanding the American presence in the country ahead …
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