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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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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Comey drops a bombshell — THE BIG STORY: It's hard to pick the bigger headline out of FBI Director James Comey's day on Capitol Hill. Yes, he stated clearly that President Trump issued a baseless and scurrilous accusation involving his predecessor.
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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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
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Political Wire, ABC News and Shakesville
New York Times:
Comey's Haunting News on Trump and Russia
Comey's Haunting News on Trump and Russia
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Washington's Split-Screen Reality
Washington's Split-Screen Reality
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
FBI's Trump-Russia probe knocks White House on its heels
FBI's Trump-Russia probe knocks White House on its heels
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Hill, Daily Kos, Just Security and Althouse
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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement — Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said Monday night that they are confident they have enough votes to defeat the GOP's ObamaCare replacement bill unless substantial changes are made.
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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Republican health care bill doesn't fix the old bill's problems
The new Republican health care bill doesn't fix the old bill's problems
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CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
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The Resurgent, Occupy Democrats and Axios
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Republican leaders are adding a $75 billion magic asterisk to their Obamacare repeal plan
Republican leaders are adding a $75 billion magic asterisk to their Obamacare repeal plan
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Axios:
Freedom Caucus chair pessimistic about health bill
Freedom Caucus chair pessimistic about health bill
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Disappeared Again
The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Disappeared Again
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Conservative chair: ObamaCare talks ‘over’ but bill won't pass
Conservative chair: ObamaCare talks ‘over’ but bill won't pass
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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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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
Report: Fox News Pulls Judge Andrew Napolitano Following Trump Wiretap Comments (UPDATED)
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Fox News pulls Napolitano after his Trump wiretap claims
Fox News pulls Napolitano after his Trump wiretap claims
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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 …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What Did We Learn Today? — Judged by time, today's House …
What Did We Learn Today? — Judged by time, today's House …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
FBI probe of Trump-Russia ties began 3 months before election
FBI probe of Trump-Russia ties began 3 months before election
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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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Mike Moffitt / San Francisco Chronicle:
Spring breakers chant ‘Build that wall!’ during Cancun cruise — A Mexican newspaper condemned American spring breakers who reportedly chanted “Build that wall!” during a family show on a tourist ship off Cancun. — In an editorial Friday, the Yucatan Times called the singing during a …
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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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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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CNN:
Trump adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps — (CNN)In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny
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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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Marianne Schneider-Petsinger / RealClearWorld:
The Debt Ceiling Will Come Back to Bite Trump — This piece was created in collaboration with Chatham House. Marianne Schneider-Petsinger is the U.S. geoeconomics fellow at Chatham House's U.S. and the Americas Programme. The views expressed are the author's own.
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