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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn Offers to Testify in Exchange for Immunity — Former national security adviser tells FBI, the House and Senate intelligence committees he's willing to be interviewed in exchange for deal, officials say — WASHINGTON—Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
1 big thing: Trump, baffled and brooding — Trump, during an opioid and drug abuse listening session Wednesday n the Cabinet Room with Chris Christie, Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos / AP's Evan Vucci — President Trump brought his chaos …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Senate Intelligence Committee turned down Flynn's request for immunity: NBC — The Senate Intelligence Committee has turned down former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's request for immunity.
NBC News:
Michael Flynn's Immunity Request Rejected By Senate Intelligence Committee — The Senate Intelligence Committee turned down the request by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's lawyer for a grant of immunity in exchange for his testimony, two congressional sources told NBC News.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Is Just the Errand Boy in the Trump-Russia Scandal — For a week, Washington has stared slack-jawed at the antics of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Flopsweat), the clown prince of the Trump-Russia intelligence and influence scandal. — To the bemusement of his colleagues on both side of the aisle …
Alex Whiting / Just Security:
Flynn's Public Offer to Testify for Immunity Suggests He May Have Nothing to Say
Flynn's Public Offer to Testify for Immunity Suggests He May Have Nothing to Say
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Fox News Insider:
Michael Flynn Says He Has ‘Story to Tell’: Jason Chaffetz on Immunity Offer
Michael Flynn Says He Has ‘Story to Tell’: Jason Chaffetz on Immunity Offer
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn in 2016: Immunity ‘means you probably committed a crime’
Michael Flynn in 2016: Immunity ‘means you probably committed a crime’
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's failing presidency has the GOP in a free fall — In the aftermath of the GOP health-care debacle came a revealing act of candor. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan admitted that his party, which controls the House, Senate and White House, is not yet a “governing party” because it could not …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Mistakes, He's Made a Few Too Many — Crisis will inevitably strike, so America needs stability and strength. Will Trump be ready? — Near the end of the campaign I wrote a column called “Imagine a Sane Donald Trump,” lamenting that I believed he was crazy, and too bad.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Freedom Caucus's new health care demand: let insurers charge sick people more
The Freedom Caucus's new health care demand: let insurers charge sick people more
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Washington Examiner and Axios
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats in Trump territory in no mood to deal
Democrats in Trump territory in no mood to deal
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Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
The House Un-Freedom Caucus
Adam Kinzinger / New York Times:
How the Freedom Caucus Is Undermining the G.O.P.
How the Freedom Caucus Is Undermining the G.O.P.
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CleanTechnica and The Hill
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Devin Nunes and the Tragedy of the Russia Inquiry — Last week, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Devin Nunes, announced dozens of intelligence reports that inappropriately included details on President Donald Trump's transition.
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Barton Gellman / The Century Foundation:
Is the Trump White House Spying on the FBI?
Is the Trump White House Spying on the FBI?
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Three White House officials tied to files shared with House intelligence chairman
Three White House officials tied to files shared with House intelligence chairman
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Pelosi on Nunes: 'I've never seen behavior this bizarre'
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spends his first weeks isolated from an anxious bureaucracy — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes a private elevator to his palatial office on the seventh floor of the State Department building, where sightings of him are rare on the floors below.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Diplomats instructed to ‘avoid eye contact’ with Tillerson: report — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has remained relatively removed from President Trump's administration and his own department, a new report by The Washington Post says, adding that many diplomats have yet to meet him and some have been told to avoid eye contact.
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
1 in 3 voters give President Trump a grade F — WASHINGTON — After more than two months in office, America's new president, Republican Donald Trump, got a grade of F from 1 in 3 voters, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. — By contrast, the same number graded predecessor Democrat …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump suffers month of rough polling
Trump suffers month of rough polling
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Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Rachel Maddow Explains How Mike Pence Is Going To Go Down With Trump For Russia Scandal — Rachel Maddow pointed out the obvious. None of the excuses that Vice President Mike Pence is giving for his lack of knowledge about the Russia scandal make sense. As the head of Trump's transition …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Prince of Oversight — When Donald Trump's now-notorious Access Hollywood tape first leaked in October last year, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz reacted to the news the way he usually does—he got himself in front of a camera, and fast. — Within hours after the story broke …
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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
GOP lawmaker: The Bible says the unemployed ‘shall not eat’ — One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to SNAP: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) recently quoted the New Testament to question the strength of the program's current work requirements.
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Shannon Dooling / WBUR:
ICE Arrests Green Card Applicants In Lawrence, Signaling Shift In Priorities — Federal immigration officers arrested five people in Lawrence on Wednesday when they showed up for scheduled appointments at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office.
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The Guardian:
Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties — US and UK officials were troubled by Moscow contacts and encounter with woman linked to Russian spy agency records — US intelligence officials had serious concerns about Michael Flynn's appointment …
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Raw Story
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Conservative Governors Still Not Ready to Accept Free Medicaid Money — The train wreck involving the American Health Care Act in the U.S. House last week offered a burst of fresh hope to those in the 19 states that have not yet accepted the Medicaid expansion authorized by the Affordable Care Act …
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Jerry Brown on running for president: 'Don't rule it out' — California Gov. Jerry Brown isn't ruling out out running for president in 2020. — Brown opened up about his possible future in elected office during a Thursday press conference about his plan to fix California's infrastructure, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Privacy payback: Protesters want to publish browsing histories of Republicans who voted to strip privacy rights — Crowdsourcing efforts have cropped up to purchase lawmakers' browsing history if President Trump signs the bill — Angry internet users have targeted Republican lawmakers …
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USA Today:
Penn State trustee says he is ‘running out of sympathy’ for ‘so-called’ victims — Penn State trustee Albert L. Lord said he is “running out of sympathy” for the “so-called” victims of former Nittany Lions assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to an email sent to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Mediaite and Boing Boing
Thomas Black / Bloomberg:
American Jobs Are Headed to Mexico Once Again — Twitter blasts can't reverse the pull of global competition — ‘It still makes sense to go forward with their business plans’ — After Donald Trump's election, the flow of manufacturers setting up shop south of the border dwindled to a trickle.
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Associated Press:
Democratic Supreme Court opposition grows; Schumer warns GOP — Senate Democratic opposition to Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee swelled Friday as Democrats neared the numbers needed to block Judge Neil Gorsuch with a filibuster. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …