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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange … Alexander Nix, who heads a controversial data analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign, wrote in an email last year that he reached out to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about Hillary Clinton's missing 33,000 emails.
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Key Russia Probe Splinters as Grassley, Feinstein Set Own Paths — Judiciary chairman, top Democrat launch separate inquiries — Grassley looking into Hillary Clinton emails, uranium case — The Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan Russia probe has fractured, with Chairman Chuck Grassley …
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Campaign Legal Center:
FEC Complaint: Hillary for America & DNC Failure to Disclose — CLC filed a complaint with the FEC alleging the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign committee violated campaign finance law. They failed to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient of payments …
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Here Are The 10 Most Important Reported Claims About The Steele Dossier On Russia
Here Are The 10 Most Important Reported Claims About The Steele Dossier On Russia
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
GOP spin about the new ‘Steele Dossier’ story is disingenuous nonsense
GOP spin about the new ‘Steele Dossier’ story is disingenuous nonsense
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Senate panel expects to receive Clinton campaign documents this week
Senate panel expects to receive Clinton campaign documents this week
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Washington Post, ABC News and Scared Monkeys
Jessica Finn / Daily Mail:
Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …
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Dave McKenna / Deadspin:
Second Woman: George H.W. Bush Groped Me — Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her. “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote.
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
George H.W. Bush responds after actress accuses him of sexual assault — (CNN)Former president George H.W. Bush has responded after an actress alleged that he touched her inappropriately while he was sitting in his wheelchair during a photo op that took place a few years ago.
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Axios
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot
George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Storms erode Trump's ratings — Was it the tweet storms or the hurricanes? Something hit President Trump's numbers. His personal ratings have deteriorated and his job approval has hit a low. — Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing in a new Fox News poll, down from 42 percent last month.
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Dems lead by 15 points on generic ballot — Democratic candidates lead by 15 points in a hypothetical match-up for the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new Fox News poll. — In the survey, 50 percent of respondents said that if the election for Congress were held today …
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Political Wire
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Republican tax plan could affect 401(k) plans, despite Trump assurances
Republican tax plan could affect 401(k) plans, despite Trump assurances
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Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual. — It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …
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New York Times:
As G.O.P. Bends Toward Trump, Critics Either Give In or Give Up — Despite the fervor of President Trump's Republican opponents, the president's brand of hard-edge nationalism — with its gut-level cultural appeals and hard lines on trade and immigration — is taking root within his adopted party …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon
McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon
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Political Wire
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020 — In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer. Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I went to an Ivy league college’ — President Trump on Wednesday cited his Ivy League education in pushing back at the notion that he is an uncivil leader. — “You know people don't understand, I went to an Ivy League college,” he told reporters at the White House. “I was a nice student.
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NAACP:
NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines — Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues — (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …
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Molly Olmstead / Slate:
The NAACP Has Issued a Travel Advisory for American Airlines
The NAACP Has Issued a Travel Advisory for American Airlines
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Jack Date / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooter's laptop missing its hard drive — A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed …
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Mike Snider / USA Today:
Kellogg's to replace racially insensitive Corn Pops boxes following Twitter call out — Kellogg's will be redesigning Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint about racially insensitive art on the packaging. — The Battle Creek, Mich.-based cereal and snack maker said on Twitter Wednesday …
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Hot Air:
Progressive, “Fair Wage” Pizza Shop Closing Its Doors — In the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston back in 2015, the people at the nonprofit organization Haley House came up with a novel idea. They would open a pizza shop based on the principles of economic justice and fair wages to support the community.
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Lydia Polgreen / Highline:
Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar... I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt. The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.
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Tracy Watkins / Stuff.co.nz:
US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’ — U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa. — US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal. This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.
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Randy Wimbley / WJBK-TV:
Black customer terrified by locksmith's racist text message — SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - A Southfield woman in need of a locksmith was shocked after getting a glimpse of a text conversation the worker had about her. — The message may have been a joke but that woman was not laughing - instead she was pretty shaken up.
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
San Juan mayor calls for canceling ‘alarming’ contract for Puerto Rican power repairs … WASHINGTON — A $300 million contract to fix Puerto Rico's hurricane-damaged power grid that was given to a tiny Montana company should be voided, said San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz …
Corpus Christi Caller-Times:
Child faces deportation after crossing checkpoint for gall bladder surgery — A Guatemalan migrant mother and son have called an Austin, Texas church home for more than a year. They have no intentions of leaving it, due to their fear of being deported. (Feb. 23) AP — CONNECT
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