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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
Trump didn't lie, Jeffrey Lord says on CNN. He just speaks a different language — ‘Americanese.’ — It was a rough night for Jeffrey Lord, CNN's preeminent surrogate for President Trump. — During a panel discussion on “Anderson Cooper 360” Monday evening, Lord and seven …
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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Roger Stone, the ‘Trickster’ on Trump's Side, Is Under F.B.I. Scrutiny
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
How the FBI tailing Trump could dog his presidency
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Alice Stewart / CNN:
Plug the leaks and stop blaming Russians for Clinton's loss
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Washington Post:
President Trump faces his hardest truth: He was wrong
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CNN:
Trump's make-or-break day on health care — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump now confronts the single biggest political test of his presidency: whether he can close the deal on the Republican health care bill. — The President met with House Republicans rally reluctant lawmakers …
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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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Washington Post, Axios, Hot Air and Instapundit
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat — President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning with a stern message for Republicans who've been wobbly about dismantling Obamacare: Give me your vote or you may lose your seat in 2018.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
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CNN:
Conservatives on health care bill: Negotiations are over
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The Resurgent, Occupy Democrats and Axios
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Tom Price on Obamacare repeal: Trump administration is ‘going to make this happen’
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Axios
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House conservatives say they have the votes to defeat ObamaCare replacement
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RedState
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The new Republican health care bill doesn't fix the old bill's problems
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New York Magazine, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Politico, Axios and Common Dreams
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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Andrew Napolitano absent from Fox after citing anonymous spying claims — Tracing the origin of the UK wiretapping lie — Judge Andrew Napolitano, the Fox News analyst who was praised by President Trump last week, has apparently been benched by the network.
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Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, Business Insider and Media Matters for America
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.
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Inside the identity crisis at the Independent Journal Review, the outlet that has become a powerhouse in the Trump era — It was supposed to be Independent Journal Review's week to shine. — The upstart, millennial-focused news website, which has emerged as a favorite …
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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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Reportedly Looking At Breitbart, InfoWars As Part Of Russia Probe
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What Did We Learn Today? — Judged by time, today's House …
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Washington Monthly, Scripting News, The Guardian, CANNONFIRE and Business Insider
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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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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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Fewer Americans Would Be Insured With G.O.P. Plan Than With Simple Repeal — The Congressional Budget Office recently said that around 24 million fewer Americans would have health insurance in 2026 under the Republican repeal plan than if the current law stayed in place.
The Huffington Post:
GOP Health Care Bill Offers Upstate New York A Sweetheart Deal — The amendment is designed to shift Medicaid costs from counties to Albany. — Obamacare had the Cornhusker Kickback. — Now, it looks like Trumpcare will have the Buffalo Buyout. — As House Republicans prepare this week …
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
New documents show Trump aide hid payments from Ukraine party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges — KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian lawmaker on Tuesday released new financial documents allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman to President Trump laundered payments from the party …
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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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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump credits his Twitter wrath for Kaepernick's unemployment — Trump claims Kaepernick wasn't getting picked up because teams were avoiding his Twitter retribution — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump veered off message Monday night at a campaign-style rally aimed largely at pushing …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Monasteries of the Mind — When everything is politicized, people retreat into mental mountaintops — dreams of the past and fantasies of the future. … The rapper Snoop Dogg released a video shooting a mock-up of the president. Rapper Bow Wow wants to “pimp” the first lady.
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