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David Brooks / New York Times:
When the World Is Led by a Child — At certain times Donald Trump has seemed like a budding authoritarian, a corrupt Nixon, a rabble-rousing populist or a big business corporatist. — But as Trump has settled into his White House role, he has given a series of long interviews …
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Washington Post:
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador — President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials …
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Bombshell: Initial Thoughts on the Washington Post's Game-Changing Story — Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak / Russian Foreign Ministry — The Washington Post this afternoon published a stunning story reporting …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hill Republicans alarmed by Trump disclosure to Russians — Capitol Hill Republicans expressed alarm Tuesday at reports that Donald Trump shared highly classified information with Russian officials and demanded a full accounting from the administration of what the president said.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump acknowledges ‘facts’ shared with Russian envoys during White House meeting — President Trump appeared to acknowledge Tuesday that he revealed highly classified information to Russia — a stunning confirmation of a Washington Post story and a move that contradicted his own White House team after it scrambled to deny the report.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's Fans Shrug Off Oval Office Leak — Reports that Donald Trump divulged highly sensitive information to Russian officials—confirmed Monday by multiple news outlets and only glancingly denied by the White House—have left his most hard-core supporters deeply troubled.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: Senate panel needs briefing on whether Trump shared info — (Maine) says the White House needs to brief the Senate Intelligence Committee over allegations that President Trump shared classified information with top Russian officials. — “Although the President has the legal authority …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell Calls for ‘Less Drama’ From Trump's White House — Defers to Senate Intelligence panel on whether to expand probe — Tells Trump to pick nominee like Merrick Garland for FBI — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he'd like to see “less drama” …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Staff ‘Hiding’ As Russia Chaos Engulfs West Wing
White House Staff ‘Hiding’ As Russia Chaos Engulfs West Wing
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Associated Press:
European official to AP: Country might stop sharing intel with U.S.
European official to AP: Country might stop sharing intel with U.S.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
European official: Country might stop sharing intel with US
European official: Country might stop sharing intel with US
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Katya Golubkova / Reuters:
Russia's response to Trump leak reports: don't read U.S. newspapers
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why the latest White House crisis is a really big deal
Why the latest White House crisis is a really big deal
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Best Defense on Russia Is Incompetence
Trump's Best Defense on Russia Is Incompetence
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Law Can't Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can.
The Law Can't Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Terrible Cost of Trump's Disclosures
The Terrible Cost of Trump's Disclosures
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump says he had ‘absolute right’ to share info with Russia
Trump says he had ‘absolute right’ to share info with Russia
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How Democrats Can Get Their Mojo Back — The great new dividing line …
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Behind the Scenes as Another Crisis Hits the Trump White House
Behind the Scenes as Another Crisis Hits the Trump White House
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Know One of the Sources — I tend to take these stories about the President with a grain of salt. We have seen key details of a number of salacious stories retracted within 48 hours. The media hates the President so much that they'll run a negative story about him without very much provocation.
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Seth Rich, slain DNC staffer, had contact with WikiLeaks, say multiple sources — The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street just steps from his home had leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
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Marina Marraco / WTTG-TV:
Family's private investigator: There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to death — WASHINGTON - It has been almost a year since Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was murdered in the nation's capital. There have been no solid answers about why he was killed until now.
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Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich had sent 44,000 internal emails to WikiLeaks: Report
Murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich had sent 44,000 internal emails to WikiLeaks: Report
Alex Campbell / BuzzFeed:
The Family Of A Murdered DNC Staffer Has Rejected A Report Linking His Death To WikiLeaks
The Family Of A Murdered DNC Staffer Has Rejected A Report Linking His Death To WikiLeaks
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Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's talking with Trump administration about press secretary job — The Fox News host and former First Lady of San Francisco tells the Bay Area News Group: 'I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country.' — NEW YORK — Kimberly Guilfoyle …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Preview of Our Interview with Sally Yates — Last Thursday morning, I sat down with Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General, whom President Trump fired on January 30th, after she refused to defend his original executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Sally Yates: Russians had ‘real leverage’ over Michael Flynn — Watch Anderson Cooper's full, exclusive interview with Yates on CNN and CNN International Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET on “AC360.” — (CNN)Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said former national security adviser Michael Flynn was in a …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland not interested in FBI job, friends say — Judge Merrick Garland, whose nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama was blocked by Senate Republicans, has no interest in being the new FBI director, according to associates. — Garland, the chief judge …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McConnell: I recommended Merrick Garland for FBI director
McConnell: I recommended Merrick Garland for FBI director
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care Puts House in Play — PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans are facing significant backlash over the health care bill that's having the effect of firing up Democrats and putting them in position to make major gains in the House next year.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump aides eager to hitch ride on foreign trip — Goodbye Winter White House. Hello Desert White House. — President Donald Trump is scheduled to depart Friday on an 11-day, five-country tour that comes at a moment of major turmoil in his administration - and, as usual …
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Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Apple's Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership — On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council. He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise. Earlier in the year the man had expressed his intention to attend …
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