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Newsweek:
FBI Director James Comey tried to reveal Russian tampering months before election — U.S. JAMES COMEY FBI RUSSIA 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION — FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia's campaign to influence …
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New York Magazine, The Week, The Daily Caller, RedState, Politicus USA, Al Jazeera English, The Slot, Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
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CNN:
Nunes, Comey clash on whether FBI chief invited to House Russia investigation — Intel on Russia: We will get to bottom of this — Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and FBI Director James Comey can't seem to agree on whether the former invited the latter …
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Raw Story
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Devin Nunes Is Dangerous
Devin Nunes Is Dangerous
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Daily Kos, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Hill, Reuters and Just Security
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Senate intelligence leaders: 20 people to be questioned, first hearing Thursday
Senate intelligence leaders: 20 people to be questioned, first hearing Thursday
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New York Times, CNBC, Occupy Democrats, IJR, Towleroad, Joe.My.God., The Atlantic and The Week
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
What George W. Bush Really Thought of Donald Trump's Inauguration — The inauguration of Donald Trump was a surreal experience for pretty much everyone who witnessed it, whether or not they were at the event and regardless of who they supported in the election.
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Raw Story, Daily Mail, Mother Jones, Occupy Democrats, The Last Tradition, Political Wire and Mashable
New York Times:
Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee — Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House. — Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senators press ethics office over Ivanka Trump's role
Dem senators press ethics office over Ivanka Trump's role
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Lid and ABC News
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Crisis of Trumpism — Trumpism is in crisis. — This isn't a function of poll numbers, or the Russia controversy, or any other melodrama of the past three months, but something more fundamental: No officeholder in Washington seems to understand President Donald Trump's populism …
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Bloomberg:
House GOP Weighing Another Try on Obamacare Vote Next Week — Two Republicans say leaders discussing new vote after setback — Trump and Ryan pulled the bill last week, citing lack of votes — House Republicans are considering making another run next week at passing the health-care bill …
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Politico, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Political Wire
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Is Obamacare a Lifesaver? — Now that the Republican Party has beclowned itself on health care, now that Obamacare repeal lies in rubble, now that every G.O.P. policy person who ever championed a replacement plan is out wandering in sackcloth and ashes, wailing, “The liberals were right about my party …
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Mother Jones and Bloomberg
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Can the White House drive the tax reform train? History says no — Republican and Democratic veterans of Washington's messy policymaking process have a vehement response to the idea that the White House, fresh from its failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act …
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Political Wire
Nan Aron / USA Today:
Don't torpedo Senate rules for Gorsuch: Nan Aron — If a nominee for a lifetime job on our highest court can't get 60 votes, don't go ‘nuclear.’ Change the nominee. — For four days this month, court-watchers were glued to C-SPAN or the web for the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
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Politico, Daily Kos, Campaign for America's Future and FAIR
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Gorsuch battle brings Senate to brink of a new low — The Senate is careening toward a historic change to its filibuster rules that takes it one step closer to a version of the majority-rule House of Representatives. — But no one seems to care enough to save the Senate from itself.
Damon Linker / The Week:
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch
The futility of filibustering Neil Gorsuch
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NPR, Hot Air, Instapundit, Online Library …, Townhall.com, Power Line and Politico
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
House votes to restrict EPA's use of science — The House voted Wednesday to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations. — The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act, or HONEST Act, passed 228-194.
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Politicus USA and Joe.My.God.
U.S. Department of Justice:
State Department Employee Arrested and Charged With Concealing Extensive Contacts With Foreign Agents — A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
70 days in, Donald Trump's presidency is flailing — Trump's campaign rewarded him for breaking the rules. His presidency has punished him for it. — During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump broke every rule of politics — and he won anyway. — He dominated the Republican primary by running against the Republican Party.
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bradford-delong.com and New York Magazine
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House signals it can live without border wall funds — The White House indicated Wednesday that President Trump could go along with a government funding bill that does not include money to begin building his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. — Senate Republicans are not planning …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Eric Wolff / Politico:
Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’ — A supervisor at the Energy Department's international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO.
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New York Magazine, The Week, AOL and Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Signals It Would Seek Mostly Modest Changes to Nafta — One change would be in government-procurement section of deal that could open up door for ‘Buy American’ policies — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is signaling to Congress it would seek mostly modest changes …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Who is ‘Source D’? The man said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier's most salacious claim. — In June, a Belarusan American businessman who goes by the name Sergei Millian shared some tantalizing claims about Donald Trump. — Trump had a long-standing relationship with Russian officials …
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them — They betrayed you for chump change — Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason …
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Daily Kos
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Hill Republicans trying to avert a shutdown need Democrats — and Trump — Congressional Republicans are working aggressively to craft an agreement intended to keep the government open past April 28, but their bid to avert a shutdown hinges on courting Democrats wary of President Trump …
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Federal judge indefinitely extends restraining order against Trump travel ban — A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended a court order blocking the enforcement of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. — The decision, which was published Wednesday …
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The Gateway Pundit
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Head Of The Jewish Mafia Is George Soros” — CALLER: I've noticed since the very beginning that the two main guys out there at the forefront of all of this are Senator John McCain and Lindsey Graham, saying everybody's a Russian agent, trying to derail the Trump presidency.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Moderate Voice
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Deputy Executive Director Of Port Authority Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison, Former Deputy Chief Of Staff In N.J. Governor's Office To 18 Months — Misused Government Property to Punish Fort Lee Mayor for Not Endorsing Gov. Christie's Re-election — NEWARK, N.J. - A former top official …
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Washington Post
The Jakarta Post:
Indonesian man found dead in belly of 7m-long python — An Indonesian man has been found dead inside the belly of a seven-meter-long python, a local media reports. — Akbar Salubiro had not been seen since setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of Sulawesi.
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WGN-TV, FOX6Now.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Boing Boing and Snopes.com
Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke to challenge Ted Cruz in Texas' 2018 Senate race — WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat and ex-punk rocker who pulled a stunning upset to win his House seat six years ago, plans to declare his candidacy on Friday for the Senate seat held by Ted Cruz, according to Democratic sources in Texas.
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Occupy Democrats, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and Townhall.com
Sharon Bernstein / Reuters:
North Carolina lawmakers reach deal to repeal transgender bathroom law — North Carolina Republican lawmakers said late on Wednesday they had reached a deal to repeal the state's controversial law prohibiting transgender people from using restrooms in accordance with their gender identities.
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The Week
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Fewer than 1 percent of papers published in scientific journals follow the scientific method, according to research by Wharton School professor and forecasting expert J. Scott Armstrong. — Professor Armstrong, who co-founded the peer-reviewed Journal of Forecasting in 1982 and the International Journal …
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Vox Popoli
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
After pledging to solve opioid crisis, Trump's strategy underwhelms — As a candidate, Donald Trump promised rural towns and states hit hard by opioid addiction that he'd solve the epidemic ravaging their communities. “We will give people struggling with addiction access to the help they need,” Trump vowed in October.
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New York Magazine, Vox and Media Matters for America
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
How to lose friends and ‘exfoliate’ people — Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is caught between 2 worlds, and his friends are cutting ties — Signing up to carry out Donald Trump's vision of America has come at a cost to many of the president's closest allies.