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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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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.
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.
Jay Yarow / CNBC:
Op-Ed: Donald Trump just got a nice victory, thanks, of all people, to Rachel Maddow — On her Tuesday show, Rachel Maddow teased a scoop: She had Donald Trump's 2005 tax returns. It was the first time his federal returns would be released. — Small digression: MSNBC's Maddow didn't have them.
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New York Times:
Trump Wrote Off $100 Million in Losses in 2005, Leaked Forms Show
Trump Wrote Off $100 Million in Losses in 2005, Leaked Forms Show
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David Cay Johnston / DCReport:
DCREPORT EXCLUSIVE: Trump Earned $153 Million In 2005; He Paid $36.6 Million In Taxes
DCREPORT EXCLUSIVE: Trump Earned $153 Million In 2005; He Paid $36.6 Million In Taxes
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Associated Press:
TRUMP EARNED $153M AND PAID $36.5M IN TAXES IN 2005
TRUMP EARNED $153M AND PAID $36.5M IN TAXES IN 2005
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Oops! MSNBC Reveals Trump Paid 25% Tax Rate - Socialist Bernie Sanders Paid 13% Tax Rate
Oops! MSNBC Reveals Trump Paid 25% Tax Rate - Socialist Bernie Sanders Paid 13% Tax Rate
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
It turns out Donald Trump didn't avoid income taxes for 18 years, after all
It turns out Donald Trump didn't avoid income taxes for 18 years, after all
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report
WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Trump made $150 million in 2005 and paid $38 million in federal taxes
Trump made $150 million in 2005 and paid $38 million in federal taxes
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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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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Say House Health Bill Won't Pass Without Changes — Concerns mounted after independent report showed millions would be uninsured — WASHINGTON—Republican senators, alarmed by a nonpartisan report showing millions would lose insurance under the GOP health-care plan …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters wary of GOP health care bill
Poll: Voters wary of GOP health care bill
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: ACA, Replacement Plans, Women's Health
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: ACA, Replacement Plans, Women's Health
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Wall Street Journal:
White House May Let States Put Work Requirements on Medicaid Recipients
White House May Let States Put Work Requirements on Medicaid Recipients
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump loyalists sound alarm over ‘RyanCare,’ endangering health bill
Trump loyalists sound alarm over ‘RyanCare,’ endangering health bill
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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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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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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Senator Graham threatens subpoena on Trump wiretapping claim
Senator Graham threatens subpoena on Trump wiretapping claim
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Unlikely Liberal Hero Adam Schiff Is Ready to Investigate Trump
The Unlikely Liberal Hero Adam Schiff Is Ready to Investigate Trump
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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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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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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump: ‘Failing’ Snoop Dogg Would be in Jail if he Shot Obama in Rap Video — President Donald Trump argued that there was a cultural double standard, after rapper Snoop Dogg released a video of him pulling a gun on a man in clown makeup who looked like Donald Trump.
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Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Secret Service Has Its Eye on Snoop Dogg Over Video Featuring Mock Trump Shooting
Secret Service Has Its Eye on Snoop Dogg Over Video Featuring Mock Trump Shooting
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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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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republicans May Be Ready To Redefine Success On Obamacare — Call it a win if they manage to pass their repeal-and-replace bill in the House. — WASHINGTON With the GOP bill facing opposition from House conservatives, and a dismal Congressional Budget Office score stirring opposition …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz: WH plan for ‘third prong’ health legislation won't work in Senate
Cruz: WH plan for ‘third prong’ health legislation won't work in Senate
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Kevin Ambrose / Washington Post:
We checked on the cherry blossoms yesterday during the storm. It doesn't look good. — To track the blossom bloom, every week I'll post a photo of the cherry tree (above) at the Tidal Basin as we transition from winter to spring. This is the fourth week of such posts.
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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.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
O'Malley tests 2020 waters with Iowa poll — Donald Trump is only in his second month in the White House, but already one Democrat is polling his party's Iowa caucus-goers ahead of a possible 2020 run for the presidency. — The leadership PAC of former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley commissioned …
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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.
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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