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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department … On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document that they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: release the memo.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts — The Justice Department has given Congress less than 15 percent of the texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page - and that is all Congress is likely to get, at least until department experts finish an effort to recover …
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New York Times:
Gridlock Deepens Under Trump. Is Our Democracy at Risk? — WASHINGTON — As lawmakers recover from a dispiriting government shutdown and prepare for President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, Capitol Hill is absorbed with concern that Mr. Trump's presidency has pushed …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Who is the White House counsel who reportedly threatened to resign?
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations — Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Saturday stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chairman, according to three senior Republicans briefed on the decision. — The decision followed a Friday report …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
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New York Times:
The Follower Factory — Everyone wants to be popular online. — Some even pay for it. — Inside social media's black market. — Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians are buying millions of fake followers. — While the world's social media platforms look the other way.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in final weeks of 2016 campaign — Russian-linked automated Twitter accounts, or bots, retweeted Donald Trump almost half a million times in the final weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Twitter told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Associated Press:
Sean Hannity's Twitter page compromised, vanishes for hours — Fox News host Sean Hannity's Twitter account was compromised and was unavailable for a few hours on Saturday, inspiring speculation by his conservative followers that a government cabal they call the “deep state” or a rogue employee could be to blame.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election
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Jordan Bhatt / International Business Times:
Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests — Trump sets no-protest condition for visit to UK. — Donald Trump is refusing to visit the UK unless Theresa May can ensure that he is not met with protests. — Bloomberg revealed that Trump complained …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Necessity of Stephen Miller — After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller be at the table? — Miller is the White House's point man for immigration policy …
Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Three More Women Are Accusing Jeremy Piven Of Sexual Misconduct — Three more women shared their stories about the Entourage actor with BuzzFeed News, bringing the total number of public accusations of sexual misconduct against him to eight. Piven has denied all the allegations …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida — WASHINGTON — Melania has learned a few things from the master. — The first lady will never be as brilliant at trolling as her husband. He is an idiot-savant who plays in the roiling ocean of Twitter as naturally as a blubbery-necked sea lion.
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Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege — Sun Sentinel — Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, who was removed from office Friday after being snared in an FBI sting, solicited illegal campaign contributions not only for herself but for two political allies, court documents say.
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Courier-Journal:
Reporter rushes to Kentucky school shooting - and learns the alleged gunman is her son … BENTON, Ky. — It was a journalist's worst nightmare. — The editor of the Marshall County Daily Online raced to the county's high school Tuesday morning after reports that shots had been fired.
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Associated Press:
Court rules Kushner firm can't keep business partners secret — NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Friday that the family company once run by Jared Kushner isn't allowed to keep secret the identity of its business partners in several Maryland properties. The decision means the company tied …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Rep. Devin Nunes' hometown paper nails him for being “Trump's stooge” — The Fresno Bee, a daily newspaper in Fresno, CA, issued a savage takedown of GOP Rep. Devin Nunes on Friday, blasting the congressman for being “Trump's stooge” and “doing the dirty work” of the White House.
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Arizona Capitol Times:
Legislative staffers say pro-Trump supporters called them ‘illegal’ for being dark-skinned — Navajo legislator also says protesters asked him if he is in the U.S. illegally — Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include strong denials from pro-Trump protesters of allegations …
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Kansas City Star:
Mike Sanders and former aide plead guilty to wire fraud charge — Mike Sanders, a former Jackson County Executive, prosecutor and once a rising star in Missouri's Democratic Party, is now a convicted felon after pleading guilty Friday afternoon to a federal corruption charge.
Associated Press:
Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more — WASHINGTON (AP) — In different circumstances, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court. But in the era of Donald Trump, the 84-year-old Ginsburg is packing her schedule …
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