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White House denies House investigation request for Flynn documents — What you need to know about Michael Flynn — (CNN)The White House declined Tuesday to provide documents related to President Donald Trump's former national security adviser that the panel investigating Michael Flynn had requested …
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Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:
White House Refuses to Turn Over Flynn Documents to House Inquiry — WASHINGTON — White House officials have refused to turn over documents related to the hiring and firing of Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, the -House's top oversight lawmakers said Tuesday.
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign payments, House Oversight leaders say — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign income he earned from Russia and Turkey, the heads of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Lawmakers: Flynn likely broke law in not revealing Russia payments
Lawmakers: Flynn likely broke law in not revealing Russia payments
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Dean Karayanis / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Looks Like Trump Is Caving on Funding the Wall — RUSH: I'm not happy to have to pass this on. I'm very, very troubled to have to pass this on. And I want to say at the outset that I hope my interpretation is wrong, and I hope this is not the case. But it looks like, from here …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Conservative media figures disappointed with Trump meeting — Some conservative media figures invited to an exclusive event with President Trump Monday night left the White House frustrated and complaining that Trump's staff had intentionally sought to limit what they could report out of the meeting.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Limbaugh: Looks like Trump is ‘caving’ on border wall — Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that it looks like President Trump is “caving” on his proposed wall along the Mexican border, a high-profile campaign promise, ahead of a Friday deadline to fund the government.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall
White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Republicans offer spending plan without border wall
Republicans offer spending plan without border wall
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event — BERLIN — Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin on Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a highbrow international summit to discuss women's entrepreneurship, alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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German crowd hisses, boos at Ivanka when she defends her dad — (CNN)Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women's panel in Berlin Tuesday after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father's commitment to women's issues. — The event opened with the first daughter explaining her role in the White House.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Ivanka Rocks Berlin: President Trump's ‘Policies Are Central to the Economic Empowerment of Women’
Exclusive — Ivanka Rocks Berlin: President Trump's ‘Policies Are Central to the Economic Empowerment of Women’
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump booed at women's panel in Germany
Ivanka Trump booed at women's panel in Germany
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Chad Kiewiet De Jonge / ABC News:
Only 37 percent say Trump should repeal and replace Obamacare: Poll — As President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress gear up for another attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare, an ABC News/Washington Post poll finds broad public preference for keeping and improving it …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Back Immigration and Trade at Record Levels
Americans Back Immigration and Trade at Record Levels
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Public pans Republicans' latest approach to replacing Affordable Care Act
Public pans Republicans' latest approach to replacing Affordable Care Act
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Tucker Doherty / Politico:
The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think — How did big media miss the Donald Trump swell? News organizations old and new, large and small, print and online, broadcast and cable assigned phalanxes of reporters armed with the most sophisticated polling data and analysis to cover the presidential campaign.
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Anna March / Salon:
Bye bye, Bernie: He's not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can't stop chasing the great white male — The Democratic Party is selling out women and all marginalized groups in favor of Bernie Sanders' dangerous myths VIDEO — To the extent that Democrats are looking for their progressive soul …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
How an Alternative Donald Trump Opening Act Might Have Unfolded
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
100 days of Democratic rage
100 days of Democratic rage
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Sarah Wildman / Vox:
Trump's Holocaust Remembrance Day speech was normal — for any other president — After months of missteps, the president delivers an appropriately somber speech on the Holocaust. — President Donald Trump delivered the type of strong, somber speech about the Holocaust Tuesday morning …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump marks Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘We will confront anti-Semitism’
Trump marks Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘We will confront anti-Semitism’
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speaking fee will undermine everything he believes in — To fight the rising tide of populism, mainstream leaders need to raise their ethical game. — Former President Barack Obama's decision to accept a $400,000 fee to speak at a health care conference organized …
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Bloomberg:
U.S., North Korea Flex Military Muscles as Tensions Simmer — North Korea conducts largest ever live-fire drill, Yonhap says — Nuclear-powered USS Michigan arrives in South Korean port — The U.S. and North Korea both showed off their military prowess on Tuesday as nations …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Has Been Denied Permanent Congressional Press Credentials — The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery has denied Breitbart News permanent credentials to Capitol Hill, a move that would have given the right-wing news outlet more legitimacy within the Washington media.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Ex-Christie aide joins Cuomo as new chief of staff — (CNN)A former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is crossing party lines and the Hudson River to become New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new chief of staff. — Maria Comella confirmed to CNN in an exclusive interview …
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Bonnie Bacarisse / The Daily Beast:
The Republican Lawmaker Who Secretly Created Reddit's Women-Hating ‘Red Pill’ — Last November, voters in New Hampshire's Lakes Region re-elected to the state House of Representatives a man who appears to be one of the secret architects of the Internet's misogynistic “Manosphere.”
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Babies Floating in Fluid-Filled Bags — When babies are born at 24 weeks' gestation, “it is very clear they are not ready to be here,” says Emily Partridge, a research fellow at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. — Doctors dress the hand-sized beings in miniature diapers and cradle …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Centrist Republican leader Charlie Dent says he's still a ‘no’ on Obamacare repeal bill — Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., leader of the centrist Tuesday Group, has told the Washington Examiner that he still opposes the House Republican healthcare repeal bill, saying that a proposed compromise does not address his key concerns.
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Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Jeb Bush-Derek Jeter Group Said to Win Auction for Marlins — Sale price for Major League Baseball team isn't known — Other bidders were Tagg Romney and Quogue Capital's Rothbaum — A group led by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has won …
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
Another Way to Understand the Divide: Migration — Anyone who pays attention to politics is going to get flooded with various takes on how to slice and dice the electorate in order to explain past elections and predict those that are to come. But what I've noticed is that we tend to fall …
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Trend Micro:
From Espionage to Cyber Propaganda: Pawn Storm's Activities over the Past Two Years — Pawn Storm—also known as Sednit, Fancy Bear, APT28, Sofacy, and STRONTIUM—is an active cyber espionage organization that has been very aggressive and ambitious in recent years.
John Frank / Denver Post:
Doug Robinson, nephew of Mitt Romney, says he's running for Colorado governor — The Denver investment banker launched a campaign website and online advertising — Mitt Romney's nephew Doug Robinson is running for governor of Colorado. — The Denver investment banker declared his candidacy …