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Nick Juliano / Politico:
Trump campaign plans ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally to cheer climate deal exit — President Donald Trump's campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States' withdrawal from a global climate agreement.
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New York Times:
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord — Representatives of American cities, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States' greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris climate accord …
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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Why did Trump withdraw from Paris? To appease his base
Op-Ed Why did Trump withdraw from Paris? To appease his base
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Mother Jones and CNBC
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say
Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
White House Protesters Shame Donald Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
White House Protesters Shame Donald Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
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Raw Story, TheBlaze and Politicus USA
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Did Donald Trump Just Make the Planet Hotter?
Did Donald Trump Just Make the Planet Hotter?
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Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Fox news host Kimberly Guilfoyle …
Fox news host Kimberly Guilfoyle …
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Political Wire and Reuters
Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
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The Resurgent
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump's continued search for new FBI chief seen as chaotic: sources — President Donald Trump is still looking for a new FBI director more than three weeks after he fired James Comey, and sources familiar with the recruiting process say it has been chaotic and that job interviews led by Trump have been brief.
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Reuters:
Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet — White House officials said on Friday they did not know yet whether President Donald Trump will seek to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress next week, a move that could spark a political backlash.
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Bill O'Neil / WXII-TV:
Sen. Burr on Russia investigation: 'There's no truth to Vladimir Putin's words'
Sen. Burr on Russia investigation: 'There's no truth to Vladimir Putin's words'
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CNBC and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Trump Administration Starts Returning Copies of C.I.A. Torture Report to Congress — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun returning copies of a voluminous 2014 Senate report about the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program to Congress …
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Names New Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line — WASHINGTON — He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the Central Intelligence Agency officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the American drone strike campaign that killed thousands …
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
The New York Times Just Outed The CIA's Top Iran Spy
The New York Times Just Outed The CIA's Top Iran Spy
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The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Still Has a Job Because Washington Only Fears Republicans — Photo: Olivier Douliery/Press Pool via Bloomberg News/Getty Images — We don't know the reality underlying recent reporting about Jared Kushner's meetings this past December with the Russian ambassador to the U.S …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Scarborough fingers Bannon as leaker: He's been ‘bragging’ he would sideline Kushner on Russia — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough on Friday revealed that some of his sources within the White House have hinted that White House chief political …
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The Root
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?
Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?
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The Real Deal New York
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senator Says Deal on Health Care Unlikely This Year — Talking Taxes: What's Your Fair Share? — Opinion Journal: Did Obama's Team Illegally Spy on Trump?
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
GOP senators offer downbeat predictions on Obamacare repeal
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
Majority of public wants to keep Medicaid expansion funds
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats' oversight requests — The White House is telling federal agencies to blow off Democratic lawmakers' oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump. — At meetings with top officials …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Lawmakers baffled that immigration getting short shrift in Washington
The Daily 202: Lawmakers baffled that immigration getting short shrift in Washington
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Recode, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
MJ Lee / CNN:
God and the Don — Presidents often turn to faith in times of crisis. That seems unlikely for Trump. — Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump greeted a pair of visitors at his office in Trump Tower. — As a swarm of reporters waited in the gilded lobby …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Single-payer healthcare plan advances in California Senate — without a way to pay its $400-billion tab — A proposal to adopt a single-payer healthcare system for California took an initial step forward Thursday when the state Senate approved a bare-bones bill that lacks a method for paying the $400-billion cost of the plan.
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A What would California's proposed single-payer healthcare system mean for me?
Q&A What would California's proposed single-payer healthcare system mean for me?
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Hot Air, Instapundit and KTLA
Katy Murphy / Mercury News:
California Senate passes single-payer health care plan
California Senate passes single-payer health care plan
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The Nation, Balloon Juice, Common Dreams and Jacobin Magazine
David Lat / Above the Law:
Wachtell Lipton Partner George Conway Withdraws From Justice Department Consideration — Conway cited family reasons as the basis for his decision, but other considerations might have played a role. — On Wednesday evening, George T. Conway III — leading litigator, longtime partner at Wachtell Lipton …
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo — Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke” her.
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election — LONDON — Vladimir Putin again denied that Russia interfered in last year's U.S. election, joking to NBC News' Megyn Kelly on Friday that even her “underage daughter” could have been behind the hacking.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties — Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to include a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters.
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Kaila White / USA Today:
Arizona man wears colander in driver's license photo in name of religious freedom … PHOENIX — After years of trying and getting turned away, an Arizona man has finally received his official state driver's license bearing a photo of him wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head.
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Newseum Institute, The Daily Caller, Heat Street and Friendly Atheist
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The Public Editor Signs Off — There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now. The Trump administration is drowning in scandal, the country is calcified into two partisan halves. And large newsrooms are faced with a choice …
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
CNN Misspells ‘Chief’ on Chyron During Segment Ripping Trump for ‘Covfefe’ — Wednesday on “Anderson Cooper 360” on CNN during a discussion about President Donald Trump's apparent errant tweet that had “covfefe” instead of the word coverage. — However, during that segment …
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