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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough — Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona. — As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch. — On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Virtually every Republican now a Trump Republican — So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together — WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage. — With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender — In 1911, in the midst of a debate about whether Britain's House of Lords should willingly give up its veto power over legislation or fight a doomed battle to retain its privileges, a British peer, Lord Selborne, framed the debate for his fellow lords this way …
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David Dayen / The Intercept:
After Day of Feuding, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker Join Trump to Upend a Major Consumer Protection — With national attention focused Tuesday morning on a mushrooming feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., followed by a feud in the afternoon between Trump and Sen. Jeff Flake …
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
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Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits — Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions. — The overturning of the rule …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Flake and Corker feel liberated to speak their minds. That should terrify Trump.
The Daily 202: Flake and Corker feel liberated to speak their minds. That should terrify Trump.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump
Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Flake won't rule out 2020 presidential run against Trump
Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes
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ABC News:
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
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Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
He who must be named — For decades, conservatives labored …
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Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier — The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
The Daily Beast:
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The FBI's Political Meddling
The FBI's Political Meddling
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier
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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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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Scott Brown admits investigation into inappropriate comments — U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa Scott Brown admitted on Wednesday that he is under investigation by the State Department for making inappropriate comments during a Peace Corp event in Samoa earlier this year.
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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NBC News:
Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capitol Hill — WASHINGTON — Diplomatic efforts between the United States and North Korea are in peril with Pyongyang shunning talks in response to President Donald Trump's increased public attacks on Kim Jong Un, according to multiple U.S. government and congressional officials.
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe — Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office — The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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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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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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed — Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
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Fox News:
HIV-infected school aide accused of sexually victimizing 42 children in Maryland — A former Maryland school aide and track coach accused of sexually assaulting several male students while he was HIV positive was indicted Friday on more charges as the number of victims has nearly doubled.
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Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home — Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks) — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths
Bloomberg:
Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel — An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports are up 24 percent this year. — Four days after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed a handful of executive memos to advance …