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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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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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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
We now have a better idea who's behind ‘unmasking’ Trump officials' contact with foreign agents — and why
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises
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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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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
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Far from idle speculation’: Dem. senator says ‘looming’ impeachment is reason to filibuster Gorsuch
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats secure enough votes to block Gorsuch, setting stage for ‘nuclear’ option
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Democratic Filibuster of Neil Gorsuch Is On
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Bloomberg:
Democrats Choose Path on Gorsuch That Could Change Washington
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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
Going Nuclear for Neil Gorsuch
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Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy — Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow's UN office in 2013. — NEW YORK — A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents …
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Lili Bayer / The Forward:
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka Backed Violent Anti-Semitic Militia — As a Hungarian political leader in 2007, Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's chief counter-terrorism adviser, publicly supported a violent racist and anti-Semitic paramilitary militia that was later banned …
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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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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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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Devin Nunes Isn't a Joke Back Home — He's become a figure of great fun in Washington, even among his fellow Republicans (e.g., Senator Lindsey Graham, who mocked his “Inspector Clouseau investigation” of the Trump-Russia connection). HBO comedian John Oliver said he had managed somehow to make …
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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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mercedes-Benz pulls ads from 'The O'Reilly Factor' — will others follow? — O'Reilly accuser: ‘My voice is not for sale’ — Mercedes-Benz said Monday that it has “reassigned” its advertisements on “The O'Reilly Factor” following a report about five settlements with women who alleged sexual harassment …
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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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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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Financial Times:
Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone — FT exclusive
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Putin Derangement Syndrome Arrives — Whatever the truth about Trump and Russia, the speculation surrounding it has become a dangerous case of mass hysteria — So Michael Flynn, who was Donald Trump's national security adviser before he got busted talking out of school to Russia's ambassador …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The big Russia questions loom even larger — Following his extraordinary testimony last week, former FBI special agent Clint Watts appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. This exchange, in which he explained Russia's “active measures” during the 2016 campaign, was eye-popping:
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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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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.
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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Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the turmoil over staff shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia cloud hanging overhead, President Donald Trump is steadily plugging away at a major piece of his agenda: Undoing Obama. — From abortion to energy to climate change and personal investments …
South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Woman accused of threatening Sandy Hook parent jailed after she was a no-show for court — Lucy Richards was arrested on Saturday by Tampa City police. She is accused of sending death threats to a Palm Beach County man whose son was murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting. — Sun Sentinel
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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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