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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says — Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight lipped with Congress. He won't be that way with the Special Counsel. — BETSY WOODRUFF1.16.18 9:33 PM ET — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Bannon Is Subpoenaed in Mueller's Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between …
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CNN:
WH directs Bannon to avoid answering Hill queries in Russia probe — NYT: Mueller subpoenas Bannon to testify — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon faced angry lawmakers from both parties during a contentious interview that stretched …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lawmakers vow to force answers from Bannon in Russia probe after he defies subpoena — Lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election vowed Tuesday to force answers from Steve Bannon after the former senior strategist to President Donald Trump stonewalled their inquiries …
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Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Bannon refuses lawmakers' questions, following ‘White House instructions’
Bannon refuses lawmakers' questions, following ‘White House instructions’
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Steve Bannon subpoenaed during House Intel meeting for information the White House instructed him not to give
Steve Bannon subpoenaed during House Intel meeting for information the White House instructed him not to give
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election — Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford — whose stage name is “Stormy Daniels” — and Donald Trump …
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Stormy's Story — Not long after the 2016 Republican National …
Stormy's Story — Not long after the 2016 Republican National …
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested — WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer suspected of helping China identify the agency's informants in that country has been arrested, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Many of the informants were killed …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer was arrested last night on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information. — Jerry Chun Shing Lee, aka “Zhen Cheng Li”, 53 …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration — Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.
Dan Gartland / SI.com:
Athletes Who Are the Same Size as Donald Trump — Trump is 6'3" and 239 pounds, according to his annual physical. You can't teach size, the old adage goes. — “I was always the best athlete, people don't know that,” Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week ahead of his much-anticipated annual physical.
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Emily Swanson / Associated Press:
Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating — WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a record not to be coveted: Donald Trump is wrapping up a year in office with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year. — That's according to polling by Gallup …
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New York Times:
Debate Continues Over What Trump Said. But Does the Exact Word Matter? — Over a three-day weekend at his private club in Palm Beach, Fla., President Trump showed little or no concern about the angry reaction set off by his use of obscenities to describe the third world countries …
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CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With the reading of their own version of a Declaration of Independence, founders of the state of New California took the first steps to what they hope will eventually lead to statehood.
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press — John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate. — After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump rises around 5:30 a.m. and begins making his first calls to aides and lawmakers as early as 6. He's dressed in his signature dark suit by 8 a.m. at the latest …
NBC News:
Facebook is a ‘living, breathing crime scene,’ says one former tech insider — SAN FRANCISCO — With more than 2 billion users, Facebook's reach now rivals that of Christianity and exceeds that of Islam. However, the network's laser focus on profits and user growth has come at the expense of its users …
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Democrats grab key Wisconsin Senate seat in Tuesday's special elections — MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall. — Patty Schachtner, the chief medical examiner …
U.S. Department of Justice:
DOJ, DHS Report: Three Out of Four Individuals Convicted of International Terrorism and Terrorism-Related Offenses were Foreign-Born — Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data for the First Time on Terrorism-Related Activity — Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Cooks Terror Stats for Bogus Immigration Argument
Team Trump Cooks Terror Stats for Bogus Immigration Argument
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
House GOP leaders may target Obamacare to avoid shutdown — The move is intended to persuade Republicans to support another short-term government funding bill. — House GOP leaders may load up a temporary government funding bill with Obamacare tax delays in a bid to win over reluctant Republicans and avoid a shutdown at week's end.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Democrats face make-or-break moment on shutdown, Dreamers
Democrats face make-or-break moment on shutdown, Dreamers
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Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Feds planning massive Northern California immigration sweep to strike against sanctuary laws — U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a major sweep in San Francisco and other Northern California cities in which federal officers would look to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented people …
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Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin issues ultimatum: If courts block Medicaid plan, half million Kentuckians will lose care — Gov. Matt Bevin has issued an executive order that would strip Medicaid coverage from nearly half a million Kentuckians should his proposed overhaul of the federal-state health plan be struck down in court.
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Melissapamerktla / KTLA:
Louise Turpin Was ‘Perplexed’ When Deputies Arrived at Perris Home Where Malnourished Children Were Shackled: Sheriff's Capt. — The mother of 13 malnourished children who were found being held at a filthy, foul-smelling Perris home, some of them chained to furniture, was “perplexed” …
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Deborah Wrigley / abc13.com:
Source: Couple killed in NW Harris Co. gated community were ‘executed’ … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc13.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2944513" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — A source tells Eyewitness News that a man and wife found dead inside their home …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia. He's Just a Moron. — A recent Washington Post story chronicled the rise of Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, who has gained special influence with President Trump. McCarthy's methods include obsequiousness, attention to detail …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Suggests Countering Devastating Cyberattacks With Nuclear Arms — WASHINGTON — A newly drafted United States nuclear strategy that has been sent to President Trump for approval would permit the use of nuclear weapons to respond to a wide range of devastating but non-nuclear attacks …
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Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
GOP activist from Virginia quits Republican Party over Trump's remarks — A young Republican activist from Northern Virginia who was seen as a potential rising star quit the party Tuesday, citing President Trump's “appalling comments” about Haitian immigrants and what he called a nativist streak in his home state.
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Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
‘He shot them both,’ defense lawyer says of illegal immigrant accused of killing two cops — There's never been much dispute over whether Luis Bracamontes shot and killed two Sacramento-area deputies in October 2014. — He has repeatedly admitted to it in court hearings …
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Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
California bullet train cost surges by $2.8 billion: ‘Worst-case scenario has happened’ — The estimated cost of building 119 miles of bullet train track in the Central Valley has jumped to $10.6 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion from the current budget and up from about $6 billion originally.
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