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Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
Republicans find themselves damned by 2016 attacks on Hillary Clinton — Donald Trump and the GOP repeatedly declared that Hillary Clinton should not be president because of an FBI investigation into her email practices. Now that James Comey has revealed an investigation exists …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House Got James Comey Wrong — Early on Monday morning, a couple of hours before the start of the first House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's involvement in the Presidential election, one of Donald Trump's closest White House advisers made a startling …
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Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election.’ Repeat. The Russians Did Not ‘Hack The Election’ — After FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of an investigation into potential ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, conspiracy theorists rejoiced. Yet it's almost certain they won't get what they desire.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Nixon counsel during Watergate: Trump WH ‘in cover-up mode’ — The former White House counsel to President Nixon who was charged for helping cover up the Watergate scandal says he thinks President Trump's White House is “in cover-up mode.” — “In fact [the White House] is in cover-up mode …
Lawrence Richard / SARAH PALIN:
CONTROVERSY: Check Which Major Foundation FBI Director Has Connections To.. — During his congressional hearing yesterday, Director James Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not face any heat from regarding a review which was released of his “professional history and relationships.”
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Raw Story, Sarah Palin and AOL
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: 'I'm gonna come after you' — President Trump went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to sell the House GOP leadership's plan to overhaul the health-care system as the legislation races toward an expected vote on the House floor by the end of this week.
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New York Times, The Hill, Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politicus USA
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Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Republican Opposition To Health Care Bill Cracks Open Door To Negotiations — And there's a long list of members who appear opposed to the bill. — WASHINGTON Faced with the increasingly clear reality that House conservatives will vote down the Republican health care bill …
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Vox
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
Freedom Caucus chairman shrugs off Trump warning on 2018
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Raw Story, Politicus USA, The Daily Signal and RedState
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat
Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat
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ABC News, FOX6Now.com, WGN-TV, New York's PIX11, IJR, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, AOL, Vox Popoli, Vox and The Hill
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Thinks Passing a Terrible Health-Care Bill Makes Sense
Why Trump Thinks Passing a Terrible Health-Care Bill Makes Sense
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Bloomberg, FiveThirtyEight and Politico
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Top House Dem: Backers of GOP's health plan putting their seats at risk
Top House Dem: Backers of GOP's health plan putting their seats at risk
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RedState
The Huffington Post:
Trump Fails To Close Deal On Health Care Repeal
Trump Fails To Close Deal On Health Care Repeal
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Washington Monthly, New York Times and Booman Tribune
CNN:
Trump's make-or-break day on health care
Trump's make-or-break day on health care
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The Atlantic, CNBC, Daily Kos, Politico, Raw Story, TheBlaze, The Root, Balloon Juice, RedState and FOX31 Denver
Jed Handelsman Shugerman / Slate:
Neil Gorsuch and the “Frozen Trucker” — The judge's infamous dissent reveals he may not have the temperament to serve on the Supreme Court. — I have tried to be balanced in reviewing Judge Neil Gorsuch's record. In a post right after his nomination, I called his decision criticizing …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Schumer calls for delaying Gorsuch vote because of Trump-Russia probe — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a delay of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's confirmation Tuesday given the ongoing FBI investigation into potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials.
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ABC News, Hot Air, Politicus USA, SARAH PALIN, Occupy Democrats, MichelleMalkin.com and Political Wire
Fox News:
Gorsuch rebuffs Leahy on Trump travel ban questions
Gorsuch rebuffs Leahy on Trump travel ban questions
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Townhall.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Callan / CNN:
Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver
Judge Gorsuch and the frozen truck driver
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Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Gorsuch: No, I Didn't Suggest Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternity Leave
Gorsuch: No, I Didn't Suggest Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternity Leave
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New York Magazine
New York Times:
Devices Banned on Planes From 10 Countries Over ISIS Fears — WASHINGTON — Intelligence showing that the Islamic State is developing a bomb hidden in portable electronics spurred the United States and Britain on Tuesday to bar passengers from airports in 10 Muslim-majority countries …
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BBC:
UK flight ban on electronic devices announced
UK flight ban on electronic devices announced
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Washington Post, CNNMoney, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Atlantic, CityLab, Common Dreams and twitchy.com
Department of Homeland Security:
Q&A: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports with Commercial Flights …
Q&A: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports with Commercial Flights …
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The Daily Beast, CNN, BBC, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Geller Report, The Stranger …, The Guardian and Engadget
Alex Davies / Wired:
THE TSA'S NEW BAN ON LAPTOPS IN CABINS MAY NOT BE THE WORST THING
THE TSA'S NEW BAN ON LAPTOPS IN CABINS MAY NOT BE THE WORST THING
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Telegraph, The Guardian, Axios, Techdirt and NPR
Department of Homeland Security:
Fact Sheet: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports …
Fact Sheet: Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure Airports …
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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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Heat Street, Daily Wire, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
How Sean Spicer lost his credibility — Sean Spicer's credibility problem — The White House press secretary has always been a spin artist. — Spinning is not lying, Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers once said, but rather “marshaling the facts in service of an argument.”
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CNN, Daily Wire, Mediaite, New York Magazine and IJR
Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:
Trump's first pick for labor secretary is out as fast food CEO — Andrew Puzder in 60 seconds — President Trump's first pick to lead the Labor Department was forced to bail last month. Now he's lost his old job, too. — CKE Restaurants, which owns the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. fast food chains …
New York Times:
Why Letting Go, for Trump, Is No Small or Simple Task — WASHINGTON — President Trump is a man seriously susceptible to snagging himself in the nettles of obsession. In the last three weeks, no compulsion has so consumed his psyche, and his Twitter account, as the deeply held …
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Axios
Fox News:
Chicago girl apparently gang-raped on Facebook Live, police say — A 15-year-old Chicago girl appeared to be the victim of a horrifying gang rape — by a group who streamed the attack on Facebook Live. — None of the roughly 40 people who watched the video called police about the attack, investigators said.
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Russian mafia boss still at large after FBI wiretap at Trump Tower — There, indeed, was an FBI wiretap involving Russians at Trump Tower. — But it was not placed at the behest of Barack Obama and the target was not the Trump campaign of 2016. For two years ending in 2013 …
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos and The Mahablog
Blair Miller / TheDenverChannel.com:
Former Colorado GOP chairman Steven Curtis charged with voter fraud — WELD COUNTY, Colo. - The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party is charged with forgery and voter fraud for allegedly forging his wife's mail-in ballot from last year's election, according to court records and sources.
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Political Wire
The Guardian:
Bank that lent $300m to Trump linked to Russian money laundering scam — Deutsche Bank among western institutions that processed billions of dollars in cash of ‘criminal origin’ through Latvia — The German bank that loaned $300m (£260m) to Donald Trump played a prominent role …
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Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gorsuch refuses Whitehouse's request to ask shadowy backers to reveal themselves — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday pointedly refused Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — 's (D-R.I.) request that he publicly ask conservative donors funding …
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Hit & Run, Common Dreams and RedState
Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
Michigan Republican caught plotting with aide to smear constituents as ‘un-American’ for booing him — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Michigan Rep. David Trott (R), who represents the state's 11th district, was met with nearly 1,000 constituents ready to confront him at a Town Hall meeting on March 18.
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The Sit and Spin Room …, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's White House Role Complicates Skyscraper Deal — Adviser's father talks to other investors for Manhattan building as China buyer teeters — More than two years ago, Charles Kushner had a vision to convert his family's trophy Manhattan office and retail skyscraper …