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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Can Commit All the High Crimes He Wants. Republicans Aren't Going to Impeach Him. — Since the beginning of Donald Trump's presidency, or even before, Democrats have been waiting for the moment when the Republican Party's indulgence would snap. In every incremental advance of the Russia story …
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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Top intelligence official told associates Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey on FBI Russia probe — The nation's top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau …
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC Poll: Most say Trump is interfering with Russia investigations — A majority of Americans report grave suspicions about President Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey and his conduct during investigations of Russia's interference in the 2016 election, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Murray Waas / Vox:
3 senior FBI officials can vouch for Comey's story about Trump — Sources: McCabe, Rybicki, and Baker could corroborate the ex-director's claims that the president asked him to back off investigating Michael Flynn. — One by one this winter, then-FBI Director James B. Comey pulled aside three …
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Colin Packham / Reuters:
Watergate ‘pales’ compared with Trump-Russia: former U.S. intelligence head — The Watergate scandal pales in comparison to events in Washington surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and alleged links between his campaign and Russia, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Comey Told Sessions: Don't Leave Me Alone With Trump — WASHINGTON — The day after President Trump asked James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Mr. Comey confronted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and said he did not want to be left alone again …
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CNN:
James Comey testimony: Trump asked me to let Flynn investigation go
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump
Stephen Dziedzic / ABC:
Donald Trump's alleged Russia links will dwarf Watergate scandal, says James Clapper
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Comey: Trump Asked For ‘Loyalty,’ Wanted Him to ‘Let’ Flynn Investigation ‘Go’
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Tim Marcin / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING IS BETTER THAN BILL CLINTON'S AT THIS POINT IN HIS FIRST TERM
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Intelligence officials Rogers and Coats said they won't discuss specifics of private conversations with Trump
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump preps for war with Comey
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Senate trying to insert Russia sanctions into popular Iran bill
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The Daily Beast:
White House Staff, Congress Blindsided by FBI Pick Announcement … A number of senior Trump officials learned of the president's pick to lead the FBI the same way everyone else did: on Twitter. — President Donald Trump's top communications staff, and much of his senior White House team …
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
President Trump Nominates Chris Wray for FBI Director — This morning President Trump announced that he would nominate Chris Wray as the next Director of the FBI. I worked with Wray in the Justice Department. He was the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division …
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New York Times:
Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director — WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday that he had selected the former federal prosecutor Christopher Wray, a partner at the Washington law firm King & Spalding, to be his new F.B.I. director. — The president revealed his decision in a morning tweet.
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran Assails Saudi Arabia After Pair of Deadly Terrorist Attacks — Iran's revolutionary guard lashed out at Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, hours after 12 people were killed and 42 others were wounded in devastating attacks on two potent symbols: Iran's Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump invites Qatar's leader to White House to resolve crisis
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Bozorgmehr Sharafedin / Reuters:
Attackers bomb Iran parliament and mausoleum, at least 12 dead: Iranian media
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
Initial Comments on James Comey's Written Testimony — James Comey's seven-page written statement, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee this afternoon in connection with Comey's impending testimony tomorrow, draws no conclusions, makes no allegations, and indeed, expresses no opinions.
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Holly Figueroa O'Reilly / Washington Post:
President Trump is violating my constitutional rights by blocking me on Twitter — The president can unblock me, or see me in court. — The president of the United States, the leader of the free world, has blocked me and others who are critical of him on Twitter. — Did I make death threats against him?
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Fox host to Trump: ‘Fake news media’ isn't the issue, it's you
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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Blocking People On Twitter Is A First Amendment Violation, But Only When Trump Does It
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Wichita Eagle:
Lawmakers override Brownback veto of tax increases, rolling back 2012 cuts — TOPEKA — Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback's signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday night, forcing into law tax increases to fix a budget shortfall and provide more money for schools.
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Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
Legislature overrides Brownback's veto of bill that rolls back his 2012 tax cuts
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
A top Uber executive, who obtained the medical records of a customer who was a rape victim, is fired — Sources say Eric Alexander carried around for a year confidential information about a woman who was assaulted during a ride in India in 2014. — A top Uber executive obtained medical records …
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The White House:
President Donald J Trump Works to Rebuild American Infrastructure — CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE: America's infrastructure is out of date and falling apart, particularly the internal waterways that are so vital for transporting the country's goods. — The Obama Administration's attempt …
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Us Weekly:
How Ivanka Trump Influences Her Father Donald Trump — She got it from her mama. At just 5 years old, Arabella Kushner already has mom Ivanka Trump's defining characteristic, the former Trump Organization VP revealed in a September interview with Harper's Bazaar: “She knows exactly what to say to get what she wants.”
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Had a Plan to Work With Russia's Military. It Wasn't Exactly Legal. … Donald Trump's first national security adviser pushed so hard for the Pentagon to cooperate with the Russian military that his initiative would likely have broken the law if it had ever been enacted.
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Mrs. S. F. Kistler / The Federalist:
I Bake New Neighbors Bread To Welcome Them, And They Never Say Hello to Me Again — Let me tell you about my Southern California neighborhood. I have lived in this one for 22 years. I don't know anyone, but it's not for lack of trying. Each time a new neighbor moves in I bake a loaf of bread and take it to them.
Rachael Burford / Daily Mail:
Female nursery worker is stabbed by three women in London — A nursery worker was stabbed by three women as they chanted ‘Allah will get you’. — Karrien Stevens, who runs Little Diamonds nursery in Hermon Hill, London confirmed that a member of staff, aged in her 30s …
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Austin Carr / Fast Company:
The Real Story Behind Elon Musk's $2.6 Billion Acquisition Of SolarCity And What It Means For Tesla's Future-Not To Mention The Planet's — The Tesla CEO's merger with his cousins' sustainable-energy company, SolarCity, is totally logical-and hugely risky. With eyes now on the private sector …
New York Times:
How Russian Propaganda Spread From a Parody Website to Fox News — Made up Russian attack on U.S. ship Invented a quote from a U.S. Air Force general Reprinted article with only hints of skepticism — Parody website Made up Russian attack on U.S. ship — Invented a quote from a U.S. Air Force
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Sessions allies angry about Spicer refusing to defend him — Jeff Sessions' close allies in the administration are infuriated that Press Secretary Sean Spicer declined to publicly voice confidence in the Attorney General from the podium. During Tuesday's White House press briefing …
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