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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Sessions to testify in front of Senate Intel committee this week — will testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week to respond to former James Comey's testimony about him last week. — Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Amid growing controversy, Sessions abruptly cancels public testimony — The sudden move comes as Sessions faces more scrutiny for his involvement in the Comey firing and meetings with Russia. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to testify publicly next Tuesday before the House and Senate appropriations committees.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions won't testify at congressional budget hearings but at Senate intelligence hearing instead — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had agreed to testify this week before the Senate and House appropriations committees about the Justice Department budget, wrote the chairmen …
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Feinstein calls for investigation of ‘all matters related to obstruction of justice’
Feinstein calls for investigation of ‘all matters related to obstruction of justice’
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Sam Stein / HuffPost:
Top Dem Donor Calls On Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Impeachment
Top Dem Donor Calls On Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Impeachment
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Adam West, Straight-Faced Star of TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88 — The actor struggled to find work after the campy superhero series was canceled, but he rebounded with voiceover gigs, including one as the mayor of Quahog on ‘Family Guy.’ — Adam West, the ardent actor who managed to keep …
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
Adam West, TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88 — Adam West — an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series “Batman” — died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 88. A rep said that he died after a short battle with leukemia. — “Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight …
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Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
I was an FBI agent. Trump's lack of concern about Russian hacking shocks me. — Is the president breaking his oath to protect and defend the country from foreign attacks? — Reactions to former FBI director James B. Comey's testimony Thursday mostly seemed to follow predictable, partisan lines.
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New York Times:
Trump-Comey Feud Eclipses a Warning on Russia: ‘They Will Be Back’ — WASHINGTON — Lost in the showdown between President Trump and James B. Comey that played out this past week was a chilling threat to the United States. Mr. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I. …
Politico:
How Theresa May lost it — A reluctance to delegate, hubris and campaigning ineptitude ruined British prime minister's grand plan to secure a mandate. — alfway through Britain's seven-week snap election campaign, some in Theresa May's team came to the conclusion that they had a problem — the candidate.
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Nick Timothy / Conservative Home:
Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser
Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser
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Alan Cochrane / Telegraph:
Ruth Davidson planning Scottish Tory breakaway as she challenges Theresa May's Brexit plan
Ruth Davidson planning Scottish Tory breakaway as she challenges Theresa May's Brexit plan
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Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
Britain's Election Disaster
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fight breaks out at anti-Sharia protest — An anti-Sharia protest in Seattle turned violent on Saturday after a fight broke out between demonstrators and counter-protesters. … The protest in Seattle was among dozens of demonstrations that took place across the country on Saturday.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country
Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country
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Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
Former Vice President Joe Biden's niece evades jail after pleading guilty in $110G credit card scam — A niece of former Vice President Joe Biden pleaded guilty Friday to a $110,000 credit card scam at an iconic Manhattan pharmacy, prosecutors said. — Caroline Biden, 29 …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
One explanation for McCain's grogginess: a 75,000-mile itinerary as ‘shadow’ diplomat — Maybe this is why Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) seemed a bit groggy during Thursday's high-profile congressional hearing: He had spent the previous week on the other side of the world …
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Josh Einiger / abc7ny.com:
Students, parents say some Wall Township High School yearbook photos were censored … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2078795" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — Something's fishy behind the scenes of the Wall Township High School yearbook.
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Reuters:
U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city — U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.
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CNN:
Mueller staffing up Russia probe while Trump lawyer declares victory — Special counsel Mueller has built a team of formidable legal minds who've worked on everything from Watergate to Enron — (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyer has responded to fired FBI Director James Comey's tell-all to Congress by taking a victory lap.
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Crispin Sartwell / Wall Street Journal:
Fiestas and Apple Orchards: Small-Town Life Before Trump — My corner of Pennsylvania was thriving again—until immigration agents began carting people away.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game. — Faith leaders whose politics fall to the left of center are getting more involved in politics to fight against President Trump's policies. — In Nashville, a crowd of ministers carrying palm fronds occupied …