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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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American Thinker and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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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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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Local Democrats warn DNC: Cash crunch threatens November gains — LONG BEACH, Calif. — Local Democratic Party leaders are convinced a wave is coming in November. But they're increasingly worried they won't be able to ride it. — At a time when many Democratic candidates and groups …
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
Scandal-ridden GOP donor spoke at Mar-a-Lago last week
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Washington Post:
Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair, GOP official says. …
Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair, GOP official says. …
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Political Wire and RedState
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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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election — Russian bots on Twitter retweeted President Trump — hundreds of thousands of times during the last months of his presidential campaign, Twitter told Congress. — The company revealed to lawmakers …
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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 …
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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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay. Women Say His Harassment Continued. — Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. — Justin Sullivan / Getty Images — In 2007, while working for the candidate who hoped to be the first female president, a young woman filed a complaint …
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Front Page Magazine and New York Times
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: #MeToo, meet #SoWhat
Hillary Clinton: #MeToo, meet #SoWhat
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Associated Press:
Trump: I would be ‘tougher’ in Brexit talks than UK's May — U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming he would take a “tougher” attitude toward Brexit negotiations with the European Union than the approach now being used by British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Every One of the World's Big Economies Is Now Growing
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 …
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Rubio fires chief of staff for improper relations with subordinates — Sen. Marco Rubio has fired his chief of staff after determining he violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and subordinates. — Rubio said in a statement that an investigation concluded …
Fox News:
Florida Democrat removed from office, faces corruption charges following FBI sting — FBI sting operation busts Hallandale Beach mayor. — A Florida mayor was removed from office Friday after she was arrested and charged with three felony corruption charges.
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Sun-Sentinel and IJR
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Susannah Bryan / Sun-Sentinel:
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege
Mayor sought illegal funds for political allies, records allege
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Associated Press, Breitbart and Washington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects secrecy in suit over Kushner-owned apartments — A federal judge has rejected a bid by companies connected to President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner to keep secret details in a pending lawsuit claiming that Maryland apartment complexes owned …
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