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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel — White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon — A major development in the Obama spy/leak scandal: former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice has been identified as a person who repeatedly requested that associates of Donald Trump (and perhaps Trump himself) be unmasked in raw intelligence intercepts.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner and Daily Wire
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises — Liberal Democrats could yet see their dreams come true. — Last week, a new poll from the liberal outfit Public Policy Polling (PPP) asked Americans if President Trump should resign if evidence emerges that his campaign worked with Russia to help defeat Hillary Clinton
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Washington Times and Hot Air
Adam Housley / Fox News:
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, NBC News and New York Times
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces
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Occupy Democrats, Politico, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Eli Lake: Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of People Connected to Trump Transition
Eli Lake: Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of People Connected to Trump Transition
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The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, National Review and Instapundit
Jonathan Allen / Roll Call:
Opinion: The S.S. Trump Is Sinking — Find a Lifeboat
Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Nuclear Trigger Finger — In the 1944 noir film “Gaslight,” a villain hides his crimes by convincing his innocent wife she's insane, feeding her barely perceptible lies and altering small aspects of her environment until she doubts her own instincts and observations.
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Progress Pond, The Huffington Post, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators fear fallout of nuclear option — Senators in both parties are speculating that a blowup over President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court could lead not only to the end of the filibuster for such nominations, but for controversial legislation as well. — While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court — Let me begin with the nomination of Rod Rosenstein to be Deputy Attorney General. Mr. Rosenstein has spent 27 years in the Justice Department and the last 12 years as U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
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The Daily Signal, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Democratic Filibuster of Neil Gorsuch Is On
The Democratic Filibuster of Neil Gorsuch Is On
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The Huffington Post, LifeNews.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and National Review
CNN:
Senate Dems close to reaching filibuster threshold on Gorsuch
Senate Dems close to reaching filibuster threshold on Gorsuch
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Business Insider, TheBlaze, The Week and ABC News
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Democrats Have Votes to Halt Gorsuch Confirmation, Tally Shows
Democrats Have Votes to Halt Gorsuch Confirmation, Tally Shows
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New York Magazine and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
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Outside the Beltway and Faithwire
Washington Post:
Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel — The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish …
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Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Why Trump lies … Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians' mouths — out of all people's mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech.
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Little Green Footballs, Hullabaloo, Towleroad, Occupy Democrats and Business Insider
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Los Angeles Times:
Our Dishonest President … It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.”
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month — Owner is a Chilean magnate who bought house for $5.5 million — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's daughter and her White House adviser husband, are paying $15,000 a month to rent their new home …
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Business Insider
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman
Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
White House violated protocol by confirming Jared Kushner's trip before he landed in Iraq
White House violated protocol by confirming Jared Kushner's trip before he landed in Iraq
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Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Common Dreams, Mediaite and twitchy.com
NBC News:
North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should be Ready’ — SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's “desperate” dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. — Thae Yong Ho is the most high …
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Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Reuters, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Shakesville
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Business Insider:
AOL and Yahoo plan to call themselves by a new name after the Verizon deal closes: Oath — When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name. — That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider.
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Amid the storm, Devin Nunes' two worlds render vastly different judgments of him — At home, Devin Nunes remains what he has always been, an auspiciously successful man who rose swiftly to unexpected heights, a man high school teachers point to when they tell kids in this often-overlooked place what is possible in this world.
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Raw Story
Susan Bordo / The Guardian:
The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders and the millennial feminists — In this extract from her book, Susan Bordo asks how the most qualified candidate ever to run for president lost the seemingly unloseable election — any books have been written about the way racial differences …
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Althouse, Red Alert Politics, The Daily Caller and Shakesville
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Katie Kieffer / Townhall.com:
Why Isn't Hillary Clinton in Jail?
ProPublica:
Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us — When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Trump Supporter Labeled ‘Fake News’ By ‘60 Minutes’ Beats Everyone To Susan Rice Scoop — Mike Cernovich, a journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories and was deemed “fake news” by “60 Minutes,” was the first to break the news that Obama's former national security advisor Susan Rice …
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Mike Cernovich / Medium:
Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of Incoming Trump Administration Officials
Susan Rice Requested Unmasking of Incoming Trump Administration Officials
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The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America, Hot Air, Instapundit and Vox Popoli
The White House:
White House Releases Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump — The White House is announcing the release of the first official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump, taken in her new residence at the White House. — “I am honored to serve in the role of First Lady …
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The Daily Caller, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, AOL and Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Politico:
White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal — House conservatives and the White House are mulling a potential agreement to revive the GOP Obamacare replacement bill that was pulled from the House floor just over a week ago, POLITICO has learned.
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Axios
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump donates first-quarter salary to National Park Service — President Trump will donate his first three months of salary to the National Park Service, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced Monday. — “The president has spoken with counsel and made the decision to donate …
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Politico, Common Dreams and Washington Free Beacon
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How to Lose a Majority — The very public intra-party fight between President Trump and the Freedom Caucus is just the latest twist in the ongoing fight over the philosophical, strategic and ideological direction of the Republican party. As has been his mode of operation since his candidate days …
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Daily Wire
Douglas Perry / Oregonian:
The secret to Donald Trump's success might be his physical attractiveness, study concludes — President Donald Trump has insisted the mainstream media is pushing “FAKE NEWS!” and has called journalists the “enemy of the people.” — What follows might give him a reason to rethink that opinion.
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IJR, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Heat Street
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump administration cracks down on visas for computer programmers — The Trump administration has quietly issued new policy guidance that would make it harder for companies to use the H-1B visa program to bring foreign computer programmers into the U.S. — A policy memo from the U.S. Citizenship …
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RedState
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
Tucker Carlson's Fighting Words — On Fox News, an unlikely star thrives in the tumult of Trump-era politics. — Tucker Carlson started wearing a bow tie in 1984, when he was in tenth grade at St. George's, a Rhode Island prep school with a dress code. He stopped wearing a bow tie on April 11 …
Kristin Huang / South China Morning Post:
Chinese engineer ‘marries’ robot after failing to find a human wife — ‘Wife’ can identify Chinese characters and speak a few words, but hubby plans upgrades — A Chinese engineer has “married” a robot he created after failing to find a human spouse. — Zheng Jiajia, 31 …
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Shanghaiist and The Daily Caller
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Records show deep ties between FBI and Best Buy computer technicians looking for child porn — Technicians for Best Buy's “Geek Squad City” computer repair facility had a long, close relationship with the FBI in “a joint venture to ferret out child porn,” according to claims in new federal court documents …
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The Verge