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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller's Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel's office as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure — Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed …
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Washington Post:
Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era
Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Mueller's office questioned Sessions in Russia investigation
Mueller's office questioned Sessions in Russia investigation
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer withdraws offer on Trump's wall — Chuck Schumer is taking his big spending boost for Donald Trump's border wall off the table. — The Senate minority leader, through an aide, informed the White House on Monday that he was retracting the offer he made last week to give Trump …
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NBC News:
Poll: Democrats, Trump to blame for government shutdown — Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats about equally for the three-day government shutdown that ended Monday with another stopgap spending measure, according to a new NBC News| SurveyMonkey poll.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Schumer Sells Out the Resistance
Schumer Sells Out the Resistance
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Jim Newell / Slate:
Why Democrats Caved — Shortly after voting to end …
Why Democrats Caved — Shortly after voting to end …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’
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Jonathan Carlson / WGCL-TV:
Feds: Man threatened to kill CNN employees — A Michigan man was arrested after an FBI investigation, accused of threatening to travel to Atlanta to commit mass murder at CNN headquarters. — According to federal court documents, the man, from a Detroit suburb, made 22 calls to CNN about a week ago.
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
'Fake news. I'm coming to gun you all down': Mich. man accused of making threatening calls to CNN — On Jan. 9, an operator in Atlanta manning the public contact number for CNN received a phone call. According to a federal arrest affidavit unsealed Monday, the male caller launched into a threat.
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Darran Simon / CNN:
Michigan man arrested after caller threatens to kill CNN employees
Michigan man arrested after caller threatens to kill CNN employees
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tony Perkins: Trump Gets ‘a Mulligan’ on Life, Stormy Daniels — Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders' prayers. Or at least to their continuing grievances. — They embrace Trump the policymaker, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, despite being uneasy about Trump as a man.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump evangelicals have lost their gag reflex — The Rev. Billy Graham has been one of the most visible, respected and influential Christians in the world since the 1950s. But he often had a blind spot when it came to politics. Graham was President Richard Nixon's golfing buddy and spiritual adviser.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Tony Perkins: Evangelicals gave Trump a ‘mulligan’ on past behavior
Tony Perkins: Evangelicals gave Trump a ‘mulligan’ on past behavior
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CBS News:
Kentucky school shooting: At least 5 shot at Marshall County High School - live updates — BENTON, Ky. — Authorities say at least five students were shot Tuesday morning at a southwestern Kentucky high school. A suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky …
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CNN:
1 killed, 7 taken to hospitals after Kentucky high school shooting
1 killed, 7 taken to hospitals after Kentucky high school shooting
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Stephen Lance Denee / Associated Press:
1 dead, 7 hospitalized, suspect held in high school shooting
1 dead, 7 hospitalized, suspect held in high school shooting
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Courier-Journal:
Kentucky high school shooting leaves one person dead and multiple injured
Kentucky high school shooting leaves one person dead and multiple injured
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Florida Takes Big Step Toward Expanding Voting Rights To Over 1.5 Million People — The state has some of the country's harshest laws disenfranchising felons. That could change in November. — Floridians will get to decide in November whether they want to amend the state constitution …
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November — Florida voters will have a chance to restore voting rights to more than 1 million former felons through a ballot initiative this November. — The proposed constitutional amendment …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Michael Wolff: Trump does not want to be president — Author Michael Wolff said in a new interview that he believes President Trump — does not want to be the president. — “There is nothing to indicate that ... Trump is going to find his footing as the president of the United States …
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Hawaii governor didn't correct false missile alert sooner because he didn't know his Twitter password — Minutes after the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a missile alert at 8:07 a.m. on Jan. 13 — terrifying residents and visitors across the state — some officials …
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Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will no longer join the President in Davos — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)First lady Melania Trump, in a change of plans, will not be joining President Donald Trump on his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this week.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Camerota Roasts Schlapp: 'Conservatives Don't Care Anymore About Extramarital Affairs?'
Camerota Roasts Schlapp: 'Conservatives Don't Care Anymore About Extramarital Affairs?'
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Neil Diamond:
NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED — NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING — AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED — Legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond today announced …
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Harriet Agerholm / Yahoo:
Republican senator caught on mic calling teenage staff ‘beautiful girls’ — Republican Senator Roger Wicker has been roundly criticised after he was caught in footage calling underage teenagers “beautiful girls”. — The 66-year-old made the comments during Monday's Senate vote on a temporary funding bill …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Conservatives push Ryan for vote on hardline immigration bill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)As Senate moderates pushed their leader to make a commitment to have a bipartisan immigration vote, House conservatives on Tuesday were pushing their leadership to tack to the right on the issue.
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Pew Research Center:
Republicans and Democrats Grow Even Further Apart in Views of Israel, Palestinians — Netanyahu remains a deeply polarizing figure in the U.S. — The partisan divide in Middle East sympathies, for Israel or the Palestinians, is now wider than at any point since 1978.
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Sean McElwee / VICE:
These Democratic Senators Should Be Afraid for Their Jobs — Chelsea Manning's recent announcement that she would challenge incumbent Ben Cardin in Maryland's Senate primary set off a flurry of debate about the legitimacy of her challenge. Beyond the specifics of Manning's run …
Washington Times:
Shock poll: Americans want massive cuts to legal immigration — Cutting chain migration even more popular than legalizing Dreamers — A government shutdown is in the rearview mirror, but the outlines of a looming immigration deal remain murky with the sides still far apart …
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