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CNN:
Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign — Washington (CNN)The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US officials.
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Leah McElrath / Shareblue:
Breaking: U.S. investigators find “signs of possible collusion between the campaign and Russian officials” — Only one week after the Guardian quoted British sources as saying there was “specific concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion” between the Trump campaign and the Russian government …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Sends Letter to Nine Jurisdictions Requiring Proof of Compliance with 8 U.S.C. § 1373 — Today, the Department of Justice sent the attached letters to nine jurisdictions which were identified in a May 2016 report by the Department of Justice's Inspector General …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Feel The Propaganda, Feel the Hate — We're familiar with President Trump's dystopian vision of an America in chaos, preyed on by foreigners and awash in citizens violated by feral criminals and “illegals.” Through last year's campaign and into this year, Trump has repeatedly lied …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Sanctuary Cities Face Aid Cuts as Justice Dept. Tightens Screws
Sanctuary Cities Face Aid Cuts as Justice Dept. Tightens Screws
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump admin warns 9 ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions they may lose funds
Trump admin warns 9 ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions they may lose funds
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Political Wire
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
White House budget chief floats trade on ObamaCare, border wall funding — President Trump's budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Friday that the White House is offering Democrats money for key ObamaCare payments in exchange for money to help fund the president's proposed border wall.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Schumer jabs White House over offer to fund Obamacare subsidies in exchange for border wall
Schumer jabs White House over offer to fund Obamacare subsidies in exchange for border wall
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Brat: New ObamaCare repeal bill has ‘significant’ changes
Brat: New ObamaCare repeal bill has ‘significant’ changes
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Politico, Business Insider, CNN, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: TRUMP SAYS DREAMERS SHOULD ‘REST EASY’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): — President Donald Trump says young immigrants shielded from deportation - often referred to as “dreamers” - should “rest easy” about his immigration policies.
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Trump wades into French elections — Two days before a French election that has Europe on edge, President Donald Trump weighed in Friday with a tweet that seemed to imply support for the controversial far-right populist Marine Le Pen. — Trump's Friday morning tweet responded to a shooting …
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Associated Press:
THE LATEST: TRUMP SAYS CHARGES AGAINST ASSANGE WOULD BE ‘OK’
THE LATEST: TRUMP SAYS CHARGES AGAINST ASSANGE WOULD BE ‘OK’
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Sid Verma / Bloomberg:
Analyst Who Predicted Trump's Ascendancy Bets on Le Pen Win
Analyst Who Predicted Trump's Ascendancy Bets on Le Pen Win
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Business Insider, Fox News Insider and Telegraph
Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Hooters ‘calendar girl’ and Playboy ‘Miss Social’ were Artiles' paid consultants — TALLAHASSEE — Just months before his resignation Friday, Sen. Frank Artiles scored a coup in November when he unseated Democrat Dwight Bullard with an aggressive $1 million campaign in a district that favored Democrats.
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Florida State Senator Resigns After Using Racial Slur in Tirade
Florida State Senator Resigns After Using Racial Slur in Tirade
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Political Wire, TheBlaze and Naked Politics
Kristen Clark Herald / miamiherald:
Sen. Frank Artiles apologizes for using racial slurs
Sen. Frank Artiles apologizes for using racial slurs
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Daily Kos, Naked Politics, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Talking Points Memo
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos Plots Comeback at UC Berkeley — Yiannopoulos wouldn't say who is backing the effort, financially or otherwise, nor would he say which, if any, student group has invited him to speak at Berkeley. — Milo Yiannopoulos is plotting his comeback, allegedly to take place at UC Berkeley …
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and IJR
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Berkeley Once Stood for Free Speech. Now It Rolls Over.
Berkeley Once Stood for Free Speech. Now It Rolls Over.
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Red Alert Politics and New York Times
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
At a ‘Unity’ Stop in Nebraska, Democrats Find Anything But — WASHINGTON — Rarely has a municipal election in a midsize city ignited such a fierce national debate over what defines a Democrat. But the election this spring for mayor of Omaha is pitting abortion rights activists …
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Bernie Sanders Defends Campaigning For Anti-Abortion Rights Democrat
Bernie Sanders Defends Campaigning For Anti-Abortion Rights Democrat
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Salon, CNN, Liberal Values, The Hill, The Root, Common Dreams, Rewire, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Politico, Shakesville, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Review and Washington Free Beacon
May Bulman / The Independent:
Donald Trump has ‘dangerous mental illness’, say psychiatry experts at Yale conference — Mental health experts say President is ‘paranoid and delusional’ — Donald Trump has a “dangerous mental illness” and is not fit to lead the US, a group of psychiatrists has warned during a conference at Yale University.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Today's executive orders are the nail in the coffin of Trump's economic populism — There's no workers' party here. — Friday afternoon, Donald Trump traveled to the US Treasury Department where he's expected to sign a new executive order. The order aims at making life easier …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump signs executive actions to review tax regulations, roll back Dodd-Frank
Trump signs executive actions to review tax regulations, roll back Dodd-Frank
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WTAE:
Trump to unveil tax plan with ‘massive’ cuts next week, AP says — President Donald Trump says businesses and individuals will receive a “massive tax cut” under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week. — In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump says the plan will result …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Massive power outage hits San Francisco, shuts down businesses, BART station, cable cars, traffic lights — A massive power outage in San Francisco caused a blackout Friday morning in several neighborhoods, from the Financial District to the Presidio, forcing the closure of businesses …
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USA Today, RT, Associated Press, Infowars and The Week
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
The Persistence of Trump Derangement Syndrome — Suddenly, Trump Derangement Syndrome is a thing, or is trying to become one. — We're told by many wise and well-meaning people that it is a huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and for constitutional conservatives) …
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Washington Monthly
John R. Ellement / BostonGlobe.com:
Second parchment copy of Declaration of Independence found — in England — Two Harvard University researchers announced Friday that they have found a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence in a tiny records office in southern England. — The only other parchment copy …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Won't Waive Sanctions for Oil Project Exxon Planned in Russia — Exxon Mobil renewed push for waiver to drill in Black Sea in March — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump, whose family and political aides have faced scrutiny over their ties to Russia …
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Treasury won't grant Exxon drilling waiver for Russia
Treasury won't grant Exxon drilling waiver for Russia
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Center for American ProgressCenter …:
Premium Increases for Pre-Existing Conditions Under Latest ACA Repeal Plan, by State — Repealing protections for people with pre-existing health conditions could be on Congress' agenda as early as next week. Facing pressure from the Trump administration, Congress may be ready once again …
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
2nd doctor, wife arrested in genital mutilation case — Federal agents Friday arrested a second doctor in connection with the nation's first genital mutilation case, sources told The Detroit News. — Dr. Fakhruddin Attar is accused of letting Dr. Jumana Nagarwala perform mutilations at his Burhani Medical Clinic on Farmington Road.
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Omar Mahmood / USA Today:
Islam needs Islamophobia right now: Voices — In Pakistan, a mob killed a journalism student because he didn't believe. That could have been me. — Last week, a 23-year-old journalism student was beaten to death by a mob outside the cafeteria of Abdul Wali Khan University in northern Pakistan.