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New York Times:
2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports — WASHINGTON — A pair of White House officials played a role in providing Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with the intelligence reports that showed President Trump …
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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 …
CNBC:
Putin says claims that Russia interfered in US elections are ‘lies’
Putin says claims that Russia interfered in US elections are ‘lies’
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Talking Points Memo, BizPac Review, Climate Depot, Raw Story, Washington Times, The Week, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Towleroad
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
2 White House officials helped Nunes get intel: report
2 White House officials helped Nunes get intel: report
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RedState, Axios and Progress Pond
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senator: Intel panel should probe financial ties between Trump, Russia
Dem senator: Intel panel should probe financial ties between Trump, Russia
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The Daily Beast, Politico, New York Times and Al Jazeera English
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Senate Russia hearing: ‘If we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail’
Senate Russia hearing: ‘If we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail’
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Media Matters for America
Axios:
House GOP health care peacemaking deteriorates — There was an effort yesterday to get House GOP conservatives — the House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee — to meet with GOP moderates — the Tuesday Group — to talk about a path forward after last week's failed health care effort.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Centrist group in House ‘will never’ meet with Freedom Caucus — The centrist Tuesday Group affirmed at a meeting Wednesday that it will not meet with the conservative House Freedom Caucus to negotiate changes to an ObamaCare replacement bill, according to Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.).
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Politico, Political Wire and Axios
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘We must fight’ hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus in 2018 midterm elections — President Trump effectively declared war Thursday on the House Freedom Caucus, the powerful group of hard-line conservative Republicans who blocked the GOP health-care bill, vowing to “fight them” in the 2018 midterm elections.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Crisis of Trumpism
The Crisis of Trumpism
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Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Rep. Dave Brat on Trump's Anti-House Freedom Caucus Tweets: 'I Don't Know Who Has His Ear'
Rep. Dave Brat on Trump's Anti-House Freedom Caucus Tweets: 'I Don't Know Who Has His Ear'
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RedState, Business Insider, ABC News and Vox
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Senior White House aide Katie Walsh moving to pro-Trump political group — President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his first West Wing shake-up less than three months into his term, sending deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh to bolster the flagging outside group that was meant to support his agenda.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Bannon May Have Violated Ethics Pledge by Communicating With Breitbart
Bannon May Have Violated Ethics Pledge by Communicating With Breitbart
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CREW, Common Dreams and Washington Post
Raleigh News & Observer:
HB2 repeal compromise clears Senate, heads to House — RALEIGH — The state Senate on Thursday approved a compromise bill that repeals House Bill 2 but restricts future anti-discrimination ordinances in cities and counties. — Opposition and support for the bill did not fall along party lines in the 32-16 vote.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Lawmakers vote Thursday on deal to repeal HB2 — RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers could repeal House Bill 2 on Thursday under a deal struck late Wednesday night by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders. — Senate leader Phil Berger announced the deal shortly …
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
North Carolina Strikes a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law
North Carolina Strikes a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, WRAL-TV, Mediaite, The American Conservative, New York Magazine, Althouse, The Daily Signal and RedState
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Pence breaks tie in Senate vote on Planned Parenthood funding — Vice President Mike Pence and a GOP senator recovering from surgery were dramatically summoned to the Senate Thursday to advance legislation that would allow states to block federal family-planning funds to Planned Parenthood.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
A Liberal Fantasy Ripped from a Hollywood Script
A Liberal Fantasy Ripped from a Hollywood Script
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Washington Monthly and The Week
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Mike Pence Brings Congress One Step Closer to Defunding Planned Parenthood
Mike Pence Brings Congress One Step Closer to Defunding Planned Parenthood
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New York Times and twitchy.com
Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
With Vice President Pence breaking tie, Senate moves against Planned Parenthood
With Vice President Pence breaking tie, Senate moves against Planned Parenthood
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RedState and SARAH PALIN
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
McCaskill warns Democratic donors of pitfalls of blocking Trump nominee for high court — Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri warned Democratic donors that blocking President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee could have dire consequences, according to audio obtained by The Star.
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Politico, The Fiscal Times, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon and rubber hose
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Paul Wood / BBC:
Trump Russia dossier key claim ‘verified’ — The BBC has learned that US officials “verified” a key claim in a report about Kremlin involvement in Donald Trump's election - that a Russian diplomat in Washington was in fact a spy. — So far, no single piece of evidence has been made public proving …
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Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
EU could BREAK UP the US: Juncker in jaw-dropping threat to Trump over support for Brexit — EUROPEAN Union boss Jean-Claude Juncker this afternoon issued a jaw-dropping threat to the United States, saying he could campaign to break up the country in revenge for Donald Trump's supportive comments about Brexit.
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Theresa May's Empty Brexit Promises
Theresa May's Empty Brexit Promises
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Rebecca Leber / Mother Jones:
“Irrational,” “Reckless,” “Irresponsible”: The EPA Just Accidentally Told the Truth About Trump's Climate Plan — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump visited the Environmental Protection Agency, where he signed an executive order dismantling key Obama-era policies aimed at fighting climate change.
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
EPA climate release tries to praise Trump but blasts him instead
EPA climate release tries to praise Trump but blasts him instead
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Talking Points Memo and U.S. Senator Shelley …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Energy Department tells staff not to use phrase ‘climate change’: report
Energy Department tells staff not to use phrase ‘climate change’: report
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Politico, RedState, Common Dreams, Geller Report, Occupy Democrats, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Magazine, The Week, AOL and Axios
Decision Desk HQ:
Creating a National Precinct Map … In January 2011, I sent an email to the Washington State Democratic Party asking about precinct results from the 2008 presidential caucus race. State party chairman Jaxon Ravens replied simply with the question, “Why would you want them?”
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NBC News and Political Wire
New York Times:
U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight — BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States launched more airstrikes in Yemen this month than during all of last year. In Syria, it has airlifted local forces to front-line positions and has been accused of killing civilians in airstrikes.
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National Review, NPR, No More Mister Nice Blog, The American Conservative, Just Security, Politico and rubber hose
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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.
Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
I worked for Jared Kushner. He's the wrong businessman to reinvent government. — How the New York Observer could predict the fate of the Office of American Innovation. — On my first day of work as the editor in chief of the New York Observer, which had been acquired five years earlier …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
GOP scrambles to head off special election disaster — Republicans are increasingly anxious that a splintered GOP field could lead to an upset Democratic victory in one of the first congressional elections of the Trump era. — Once an unthinkable prospect in the conservative suburban …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Trump's unpopularity is historically unique — President Trump is not the first president to see his approval rating drop to 35 percent, as it did in Gallup's most recent tracking poll. — But he is the first president on record to go that low without it owing to one of three things: war, Watergate or economic strife.
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