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New York Times:
Comey Confirms F.B.I. Inquiry on Russia; 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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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Comey: ‘No Information’ To Back Trump's Claim Obama Wiretapped Him — The FBI is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with a covert Russian operation to interfere with the election, FBI Director James Comey told Congress Monday — and he refuted the president's baseless claim …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton camp unloads on Comey — Former top officials for Hillary Clinton's campaign vented their frustration with both FBI Director James Comey and congressional Republicans on Monday as he testified on Capitol Hill. — Five months after Comey stepped into the 2016 election fray …
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Roger Stone takes center stage as Congress lines up Russia probe witnesses — Pro-Trump provocateur Roger Stone repeatedly came up in Monday's opening hearing on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election — but leading lawmakers have indicated they're still eager to hear from him directly.
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion
Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: ‘No evidence’ of Trump-Russia collusion
White House: ‘No evidence’ of Trump-Russia collusion
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Trump tweets ahead of Comey hearing: Dems pushing ‘Russia story’
Trump tweets ahead of Comey hearing: Dems pushing ‘Russia story’
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Axios, ABC News and Mother Jones
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 Gorsuch faces extraordinary sexism allegation from former student
SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch faces extraordinary sexism allegation from former student
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New York Times:
Six Highlights From the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing
Six Highlights From the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Neil Gorsuch on the issues
Neil Gorsuch on the issues
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David H. Gans / New Republic:
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
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Fox News, LifeNews.com and Economist
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch Said Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternity Leave, According to Students
SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch Said Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternity Leave, According to Students
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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.
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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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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Frank Rich as Darth Vader
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
The Blaze Suspends Tomi Lahren — Conservative media company The Blaze has suspended political commentator Tomi Lahren, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Daily Caller. — Lahren's show is suspended for effect for at least one week starting Monday, according to TheDC's sources.
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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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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
NY attorney general hires prosecutor likely to target Trump administration: report
NY attorney general hires prosecutor likely to target Trump administration: report
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump wants to defund PBS. ‘Sesame Street’ brutally parodied him for decades. — You should know a couple of things before we embark on a recap of “Sesame Street's” surprisingly vicious takedowns of Donald Trump, which span three decades leading up to his political rise.
zpolitics:
Exclusive poll: Ossoff strengthens his lead, GOP candidates battle for runoff — With just less than 30 days until the special election to replace Tom Price, an exclusive new poll from zpolitics and Clout Research has found that Democrat Jon Ossoff is greatly solidifying his base of support.
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Ossoff Expands His Lead in Georgia Special Election
Ossoff Expands His Lead in Georgia Special Election
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Jon Fingas / Engadget:
US temporarily bans most electronics on Middle Eastern airlines — The US just made traveling to certain parts of the world considerably more complicated, at least if you're a technology fan. Middle Eastern and African airlines (including Royal Jordanian and Saudia) say the US has asked …
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Jon Ostrower / CNNMoney:
Electronics banned from cabins on some Middle Eastern and African flights to U.S.
Electronics banned from cabins on some Middle Eastern and African flights to U.S.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump drops 220 spots on Forbes list of billionaires — Donald Trump is $1 billion poorer since becoming president, according to Forbes latest list of the world's billionaires. — The magazine's newest ranking, released Monday, estimated that Trump's net worth has fallen from $4.5 billion …
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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Elise Hu / NPR:
The ‘Tillerson Is Tired’ Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum
The ‘Tillerson Is Tired’ Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum
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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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Pew Research Center:
A wider partisan and ideological gap between younger, older generations — The generation gap in American politics is dividing two younger age groups, Millennials and Generation X, from the two older groups, Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation. — In 2016, as in recent years …
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.