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New York Times:
Trump's Weary Defenders Face Fresh Worries — WASHINGTON — President Trump began Monday as he has started so many other presidential mornings — by unleashing a blistering Twitter attack on critics who suggested his 2016 campaign colluded with the Russians.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
All the President's Lies — The ninth week of Donald Trump's presidency began with the F.B.I. director calling him a liar. — The director, the very complicated James Comey, didn't use the L-word in his congressional testimony Monday. Comey serves at the pleasure of the president, after all.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI's Russian-influence probe includes a look at far-right news sites — WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional …
Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong — On the 60th day of his presidency came the hardest truth for Donald Trump. — He was wrong. — James B. Comey Jr. — the FBI director whom Trump celebrated on the campaign trail as a gutsy and honorable “Crooked Hillary” …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
FBI probe of Trump-Russia ties began 3 months before election — The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, confirmed by FBI director James Comey in congressional testimony Monday, began as early as late July …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What Did We Learn Today? — Judged by time, today's House …
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
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New York Times:
Comey's Haunting News on Trump and Russia
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Washington's Split-Screen Reality
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump's Russia Ties, Comey Confirms
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP leaders unveil changes to healthcare bill — House Republican leaders on Monday night released a set of changes to their ObamaCare replacement bill, as they seek to win more votes for the legislation. — The changes include two measures that conservative Republican Study Committee members won …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Republican health care bill doesn't fix the old bill's problems — Work requirements for Medicaid, bigger tax cuts for the rich, but nothing for the uninsured. — There are three problems you could have imagined the manager's amendment to the American Health Care Act trying to fix:
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
GOP leaders pile on sweeteners to sell Obamacare repeal — House Republican leaders are making a last-ditch attempt to win enough support to pass their Obamacare repeal, revealing an expansive series of changes to the bill on Monday night designed to woo wary GOP lawmakers.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Republican leaders are adding a $75 billion magic asterisk to their Obamacare repeal plan — It will help older people in some totally unspecified way. Allegedly. — In an effort to blunt the American Health Care Act's disastrous effect on older Americans, House Republican leaders …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Conservative chair: ObamaCare talks ‘over’ but bill won't pass — The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says the negotiations on the ObamaCare repeal plan are “over” but predicts the legislation won't pass the House. — “We've communicated very clearly what we'd like to see and have done.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Disappeared Again
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Axios:
Freedom Caucus chair pessimistic about health bill
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News pulls Judge Napolitano over his Trump wiretap claims — Judge Andrew Napolitano, the senior judicial analyst for Fox News, is being kept off the air indefinitely. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images) — Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano is being kept off …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Fox News pulls Napolitano after his Trump wiretap claims
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Limits Devices for Passengers on Foreign Airlines From Eight Countries — Passengers on foreign airlines headed to the United States from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries have been barred from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone under a new flight restriction enacted …
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Sam Thielman / The Guardian:
US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from eight countries
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Jon Ostrower / CNNMoney:
Electronics banned from cabins on some Middle Eastern and African flights to U.S.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands — Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her father's administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House. — The powerful first daughter has secured her own office …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April - sources — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip an April 5-6 meeting of NATO foreign ministers for a U.S. visit by the Chinese president and will travel to Russia later in the month, U.S. officials said on Monday …
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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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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck Publicly Battles Tomi Lahren, His Most Famous Employee
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roger Stone responds to Comey hearing, denies claims of Russia collusion — “Chairman Schiff is engaging in the worst kind of red baiting, fear mongering, it's the new McCarthyism, and it's mudslinging,” Stone said. — (CNN)In a radio interview Monday, Roger Stone said that mentions …
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Roger Stone takes center stage as Congress lines up Russia probe witnesses
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