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New York Times:
Comey Confirms F.B.I. Inquiry Into Trump Campaign Links to Russian Hackers; Sees No Evidence of Wiretapping — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, publicly confirmed an investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election and whether associates of the president were in contact with Moscow.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Mook: Trump aides ‘should be prosecuted for treason’ if they conspired with Russia — 's former campaign manager said Monday that President Trump's campaign aides should be “prosecuted for treason” if an FBI investigation proves they coordinated with Russia in the presidential campaign.
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion — FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday the FBI is investigating Russia's meddling in the presidential election, including possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow. — He also shot down President Donald Trump's explosive claim …
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Associated Press:
Trump says Dems ‘made up’ allegations of Russia interference — President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up allegations about his campaign associates' contact with Russia during the presidential election, and said Congress and the FBI should be going after media leaks and maybe even Hillary Clinton instead.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's wiretapping accusation comes to a head at Comey hearing — Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump accused President Barack Obama of wiretapping him during the campaign — (CNN)The bizarre saga of President Donald Trump's claims that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama …
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump tweets ahead of Comey hearing: Dems pushing ‘Russia story’ — President Trump early Monday slammed the idea that his White House campaign colluded with Russia in a flurry of tweets sent hours before FBI Director James Comey appears before a House panel investigating Moscow's influence in November's election.
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Washington Post, ABC News, Vox, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: ‘No evidence’ of Trump-Russia collusion — The White House on Monday asserted there is “no evidence” that President Trump's associates colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election after FBI Director James Comey confirmed a bureau investigation.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI Director Comey: Justice Dept. has no information that supports Trump's tweets alleging he was wiretapped by Obama
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI director expected to undercut Trump claims of wiretapping
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Arnie Seipel / NPR:
Amid Charges By Former Law Student On Gender Equality, Former Clerks Defend Gorsuch — Editors' note 12:55 p.m. ET: Since this story was first published, we have added material from another former student and former law clerks of Gorsuch, as well as more information about Jennifer Sisk's political affiliations.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorusch faces extraordinary sexism allegation from former student
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New York Times:
Partisanship Runs High at Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing
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The Huffington Post:
Democrats May Be Botching This Supreme Court Confirmation Fight
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Blumenthal: I'll Use ‘Every Tool That We Have’ If Gorsuch Met A ‘Roe’ Litmus Test
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gorsuch Confirmation Presents Democrats With 2 Difficult Paths
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Conor Lynch / Salon:
The smug style in American liberalism: It's not helping, folks — but there's a better way — Maybe it's human nature to gloat while Trump's voters lose their health care — but it's not the path to victory — When various reports came out last week revealing that the American Health Care Act …
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Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Trump Voters Who Don't Deserve Democrats' Sympathy — Democrats need to stop trying to feel everyone's pain, and hold on to their own anger. — On the morning after, traumatized liberals set out hunting for answers as if Election Day were 9/11 all over again.
Elise Hu / NPR:
The ‘Tillerson Is Tired’ Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's inaugural trip to East Asia was marred by misunderstandings that arguably could have been avoided had Tillerson followed decades-old practice and spoken for himself — to the State Department press corps aboard his plane.
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Tom Michael / The Sun:
KIM BOMB UN Kim Jong-Un vows to reduce the US ‘to ashes’ with nuke strikes if Donald Trump fires ‘even a single bullet’ at North Korea — The rogue state threatened to use its ‘invincible Hwasong rockets’ to rain down nuclear destruction on its enemies — KIM Jong-un has threatened to reduce the US …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump's eyes and ears — The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon
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The Daily Caller
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Ossoff Expands His Lead in Georgia Special Election — With just less than 30 days until the special election to replace former Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), a new Clout Research poll finds that Jon Ossoff (D) is greatly solidifying his base of support and now leads the special election field with 41%.
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James Vincent / The Verge:
Jeff Bezos looks a little too happy piloting a giant mechanical robot — Add this one to the growing pile of evidence that the world is slowly transitioning into a sci-fi dystopia: a billionaire entrepreneur with a side-line building space rockets has been showing off piloting a 13-foot-tall robot.
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
New York Attorney General Steps Up Scrutiny of White House — Eric Schneiderman hires a public-corruption prosecutor to target the Trump administration — New York state's attorney general, to date one of the most vocal antagonists of President Donald Trump, is preparing to escalate …
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ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Raw Story and Political Wire
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Supreme Court refuses to dismiss Menendez corruption charges — The Supreme Court has rejected Sen. Bob Menendez's attempt to throw out the bribery and corruption charges against him, setting the stage for a trial for the New Jersey Democrat this fall. — With Monday's announcement …
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Hans A. Von Spakovsky / National Review:
Why Trump's Immigration Order Is Legal and Constitutional
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The ugly news at St. Thomas — St. Paul's University of St. Thomas is in the news and the news is ugly. The linked story includes the full text of the messages/statements cited in the column below by Robert J. Delahunty, UST Le Jeune Chair and Professor of Law; Willis Krumholz, UST JD/MBA 2014 …
Jonathan Kandell / New York Times:
David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 — David Rockefeller, the banker and philanthropist with the fabled family name who controlled Chase Manhattan bank for more than a decade and wielded vast influence around the world even longer as he spread the gospel …
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