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Wall Street Journal:
The Buck Stops Everywhere Else — Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.
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New York Times:
Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions — WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump's campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America. But more than four months into his presidency …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Has anyone told Donald Trump that he runs the government? — The buck clearly does not stop with Donald Trump. — On Monday, President Trump tweeted something strange. “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump signals to his base that he is a man of action
The Daily 202: Trump signals to his base that he is a man of action
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Los Angeles Times and Washington Times
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Trump Tanks His Own Case at the Supreme Court
Trump Tanks His Own Case at the Supreme Court
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
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Daily Kos, Political Wire, Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Exclusive: Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says — There will be much in former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming congressional testimony that will make the White House uncomfortable, but he will stop short of saying the president interfered …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump will live-tweet during testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: report — President Donald Trump will reportedly respond live on Twitter as former FBI Director James Comey testifies to a Senate committee this week. — On Thursday, Comey is expected to testify …
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Liberal Values, Daily Kos, The Week, The Daily Caller and Portland Mercury
Mike Allen / Axios:
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers — With CNN's clock already counting down to fired FBI Director Jim Comey's testimony on Thursday morning, where's the White House war room? Remember the scandal-containment unit that was supposed to quarantine the rest of the White House …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
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Axios, Associated Press, ABC News and Political Wire
Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
WaPo's Robert Costa: Trump ‘May Live Tweet’ James Comey's Testimony
WaPo's Robert Costa: Trump ‘May Live Tweet’ James Comey's Testimony
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House ices Russia war room idea
White House ices Russia war room idea
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New York Magazine and Washington Free Beacon
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda
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New York Times, ABC News, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Marc Kasowitz, ‘Toughest of the Tough Guys,’ Stands Beside Trump
Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians — WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …
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Errata Security:
How The Intercept Outed Reality Winner — Today, The Intercept released documents on election tampering from an NSA leaker. Later, the arrest warrant request for an NSA contractor named “Reality Winner” was published, showing how they tracked her down because she had printed out the documents and sent them to The Intercept.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
The easy trail that led the feds to Reality Winner, alleged source of NSA leak
The easy trail that led the feds to Reality Winner, alleged source of NSA leak
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Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:
NSA Leaker: ‘Being White Is Terrorism’
NSA Leaker: ‘Being White Is Terrorism’
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Power Line and TheBlaze
The Intercept:
Statement on Justice Department Allegations
Statement on Justice Department Allegations
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Fox News, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Week and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Madison Park / CNN:
What we know about Reality Winner
What we know about Reality Winner
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business — LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe — Ride-hailing company told its more than 12,000 workers Tuesday — Workplace investigations commissioned after post by ex-staffer — Uber Technologies Inc. told employees that more than 20 people have been fired after a company investigation …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber Fires 20 Amid Investigation Into Workplace Culture — Uber has fired more than 20 employees in conjunction with an internal investigation into its workplace culture, according to a current Uber employee. — The company disclosed the move at an all-hands meeting at its San Francisco headquarters …
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Daily Mail and The Week
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Notre Dame: Man shot by French police after attacking them with hammer — Live: security operation near Notre Dame — French police have shot a man outside the Notre Dame in Paris after he tried to attack them with a hammer, according to local media. One policeman was injured in the attack.
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’ — The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines — Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised — President Donald Trump has a plan. It'll be ready in two weeks.
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ThinkProgress, The Week and Axios
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed:
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It — BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates. If the president can say those things, why can't they?
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid — Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.
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Lawfare:
The $110 Billion Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia is Fake News — Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. — Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. Only problem is that there is no deal.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
“Show them a body”: Senate Republicans prepared to take a failed vote on Obamacare repeal — It's not their first choice, but it may be their only option. — Senate Republicans are pushing desperately this week to find a health care plan they can coalesce around — but hopes are fading, even among lawmakers.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP aims for June vote on Obamacare repeal
Senate GOP aims for June vote on Obamacare repeal
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Axios, Associated Press, The Week, Political Wire, Bloomberg and Talking Points Memo
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Everyone's thinking of running for president. — When former vice president Joe Biden announced a few days ago that he was setting up a new political action committee called American Possibilities, the political world read it as a signal: He's seriously thinking of running for president in 2020.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Former Vice President Biden to headline Romney summit
Former Vice President Biden to headline Romney summit
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Matthew Walther / The Week:
Ben Sasse is insufferable — The Vanishing American Adult, Sen. Ben Sasse's slick new paean to hard work and old-fashioned middle-class American family values, is the most boring book I've ever read. — The Nebraska Republican is, if not absolutely insufferable, the least sufferable person in the Senate.
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Washington Post
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
An Excerpt From My Definitely Not a Presidential Campaign Book — I regret to say, friends, that the Potential Candidates are At It Again. Chaos may currently reign, but some people have enough confidence in the future to sow seeds and conceive children, and other people have enough confidence …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Lawless Presidency — Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society. — You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point. You can also look at decades of American history.
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The Atlantic
New York Times:
Where Are the United States Attorneys? — Three months after President Trump abruptly fired half of the nation's 93 United States attorneys, following the resignations of the other half, he has yet to replace a single one. — It's bizarre — and revealing — that a man who called himself the …
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Washington Post
Stuff.co.nz:
Bird-flipping welcome for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Zealand — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Premier House on a bleak Wellington day. — The weather was awful and the mood of the locals wasn't much better when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Wellington.
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