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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump makes bizarre claims at press event as Cabinet members take turns praising him — Trump said that few presidents have passed more legislation than he has, though Congress has passed no major legislation since he has been president — Since taking office in January …
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New York Times, The Guardian and Vox
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever — (CNN)Leave it to Donald Trump to reinvent the Cabinet meeting. — The public portion of these gatherings of all of the president's top advisers are usually staid affairs. Photographers are let in to take pictures.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Praise for the chief: Trump's Cabinet tells him it's an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve
Praise for the chief: Trump's Cabinet tells him it's an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
9th Circuit deals Trump travel ban another defeat
9th Circuit deals Trump travel ban another defeat
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Boasts of ‘Record-Setting’ Pace of Activity
Trump Boasts of ‘Record-Setting’ Pace of Activity
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Fox News, Crooked Timber and Hullabaloo
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump touts ‘amazing’ progress, basks in praise of his Cabinet
Trump touts ‘amazing’ progress, basks in praise of his Cabinet
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate GOP won't release draft health care bill — Senate Republicans are on track to finish writing their draft health care bill this evening, but have no plans to publicly release the bill, according to two senior Senate GOP aides. — “We aren't stupid,” said one of the aides.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Plurality Of Voters Think Trump Obstructed Justice — PPP's newest national poll finds a variety of bad news for Donald Trump in the wake of James Comey's testimony to Congress last week. 49% of voters say that they think Trump committed obstruction of justice, to just 41% who don't think he did.
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Business Insider, Political Wire and IJR
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare is in real danger — The Affordable Care Act is in deep trouble — in Washington and large swaths of the country. — Senate Republicans began to coalesce around the framework of a plan to repeal and replace the law last week. Their plan would, like the bill the House passed in May …
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Bloomberg, New York Magazine, neo-neocon, Mother Jones and Viking Pundit
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Want to see the Senate's draft health care bill? Good luck.
Want to see the Senate's draft health care bill? Good luck.
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Axios, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Secret Service Has No Audio or Transcripts of Any Tapes Made in Trump White House — The U.S. Secret Service has no audio copies or transcripts of any tapes recorded within President Donald Trump's White House, the agency said Monday.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer: ‘Premature’ to discuss executive privilege ahead of Sessions testimony
Spicer: ‘Premature’ to discuss executive privilege ahead of Sessions testimony
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Washington Post, Associated Press and Axios
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Secret Service: We don't have any Trump White House tapes
Secret Service: We don't have any Trump White House tapes
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RedState
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Gingrich: Congress ‘should abolish’ special counsel after Comey testimony — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, accusing him of manipulating the investigation into Russian election meddling and calling for Congress to dismiss the special counsel entirely.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Source: Sessions' plans to testify surprised Senate intelligence panel members
Source: Sessions' plans to testify surprised Senate intelligence panel members
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The Hill, RedState, Axios, Talking Points Memo and Washington Free Beacon
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: 40 questions for Jeff Sessions
The Daily 202: 40 questions for Jeff Sessions
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Delta Air Lines and Bank of America Won't Back Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’ — New York's Public Theater lost support from two high-profile corporate donors, Delta Air Lines and Bank of America, on Sunday amid intense criticism of its production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar,” …
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Congressman Mike Quigley:
Quigley Introduces the COVFEFE Act — Legislation Expands Presidential Records Act Preservation to Include Social Media — WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced the Communications …
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
COVFEFE Act would make social media a presidential record
COVFEFE Act would make social media a presidential record
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Engadget, IJR and Washington Free Beacon
Whitney Bermes / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:
Gianforte sentenced to anger management, community service for assault of reporter … Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte stands Monday during his trial in Gallatin County Law and Justice Center. Gianforte plead guilty to charges of misdemeanor assault and faces a six-month deferred sentence …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Dennis Rodman heading to North Korea — Hong Kong and Washington (CNN)NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is expected to arrive in North Korea Tuesday, according to two officials in that country who spoke to CNN. — CNN spotted Rodman at Beijing International Airport, where he declined to answer questions.
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RedState, The Daily Caller, Death and Taxes, New York Magazine and Mediaite
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
The government only has enough money to pay its bills through September, Trump administration says — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for the first time Monday said the Treasury Department only has enough money to fund the government through early September, a much earlier timeline than many analysts had projected.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’ — WASHINGTON - Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, ousted last month as head of the Heritage Foundation think tank, is joining a fast-growing, conservative movement that is pushing states to seek …
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Axios, Political Wire, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Free Beacon
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
My Lawyers Got Trump to Admit 30 Lies Under Oath — Trump sued me, then had to acknowledge 30 times during a deposition that he had lied over the years about a wide range of issues. — Donald Trump closed out last week by rumbling back into his battle against James Comey, who was FBI director until POTUS fired him.
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
‘Brothers in arms’: The long friendship between Mueller and Comey
‘Brothers in arms’: The long friendship between Mueller and Comey
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Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath — Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions …
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Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
The Persistence of Prog Rock — Critics think that the genre was an embarrassing dead end. So why do fans and musicians still love it? — In April, 1971, Rolling Stone reviewed the début album by a band with a name better suited to a law firm: Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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Althouse and Power Line
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
When a liberal power lawyer represents the Trump family, things can get ugly — Four decades ago, soon after a president of the United States interfered in an investigation of his actions, a young lawyer named Jamie Gorelick was assigned her first big case.
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The Week, Power Line, Althouse and Political Wire
New York Times:
U.S. Cyberweapons, Used Against Iran and North Korea, Are a Disappointment Against ISIS — WASHINGTON — America's fast-growing ranks of secret cyberwarriors have in recent years blown up nuclear centrifuges in Iran and turned to computer code and electronic warfare to sabotage North Korea's missile launches, with mixed results.
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Associated Press:
Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court — A measure of melodic phrasing. A rigorous reading of the law at issue. A nod to the proper role of the courts. — Justice Neil Gorsuch's first Supreme Court opinion Monday stayed true to what Gorsuch promised in his nomination hearing …
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Washington Post and Politico
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Recommends ‘Cheaper, Lighter’ Afghanistan Approach — Blackwater founder and former Navy SEAL Erik Prince is recommending, as the Trump administration debates its Afghanistan War approach, that the U.S. military go back to its light footprint approach in Afghanistan.
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A year ago, 49 people died at Pulse nightclub. Today, Orlando remembers. — For the first time since the massacre last June, when Orlando's Pulse nightclub went from patrons' haven to nightmare in a matter of seconds, owner Barbara Poma turned on the building's outside lights Sunday …
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CNN:
Cabinet members give Trump unusual tribute — Washington (CNN)The first meeting of President Donald Trump's full Cabinet evolved into an unusual tribute session Monday as heads of his executive branch agencies hailed the opening five months of Trump's administration while the President himself listened on closely.
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite