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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Trump's gripes against McCabe included wife's politics, Comey's ride home — WASHINGTON — The day after he fired James Comey as director of the FBI, a furious President Donald Trump called the bureau's acting director, Andrew McCabe, demanding to know why Comey had been allowed to fly …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
On Flight to Davos, Trump Erupted Over DOJ Role in Russia Probe — President is said to be angered by Justice Department warning — Kelly reproached officials in meetings, calls last week — President Donald Trump's frustrations with the Russia investigation boiled over on Air Force …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Republicans Vote to Release Secret Memo on Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be “extraordinarily reckless,” voted Monday evening to release a contentious secret memorandum …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The great disorientation machine — The coming release of a secret House memo, hotly sought by conservatives, will intensify the great muddying of the Russia investigation in the public's mind. — Why the memo matters: Trump's allies are betting that when all is said and done …
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New York Times:
Taunted by Trump and Pressured From Above, McCabe Steps Down as F.B.I. Deputy — WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe abruptly stepped down on Monday as the F.B.I.'s deputy director after months of withering criticism from President Trump, telling friends he felt pressure from the head of the bureau to leave …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Some TRUTH TALK about SOTU — HOUSE DEM CANDIDATE on the border says ‘no way’ to wall, and ties GOP candidate to Trump — SPOTTED at the French embassy dinner for Charlie Rivkin — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — A Democrat running for the House on the Texas-Mexico border is running …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Real State of the Union Is Awfully Precarious
The Real State of the Union Is Awfully Precarious
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP
Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How to Get a Wiretap to Spy on Americans, and Why That Matters Now
How to Get a Wiretap to Spy on Americans, and Why That Matters Now
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Trump's slow-motion massacre at the Justice Department
Trump's slow-motion massacre at the Justice Department
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump's State of the Union speech — President Trump is seeking to parlay his first State of the Union address on Tuesday into cash for his reelection campaign by offering supporters a chance to see their name flashed on the screen during a broadcast of the speech.
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Armstrong Williams / The Hill:
Expect Trump's State of the Union to celebrate America — and provide a roadmap to the future
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Please Don't Call Him Presidential
Please Don't Call Him Presidential
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FiveThirtyEight:
Why We Hate The State Of The Union. And A Rebuttal.
Why We Hate The State Of The Union. And A Rebuttal.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
State of the Union gives Trump the chance to ‘act presidential,’ at least for a night
State of the Union gives Trump the chance to ‘act presidential,’ at least for a night
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Julian Assange Thought He Was Messaging Sean Hannity When He Offered ‘News’ on Democrat Investigating Trump-Russia … At about 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, a couple hours after she started pretending to be Sean Hannity, Dell Gilliam says she got a direct message back from the head of Wikileaks, Julian Assange.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Turns GOP Into a Conspiracy of Dunces … Secret societies, government agents of dubious loyalties, dark cabals who work from shadowy bureaucracies seeking to overthrow the president of the United States, sinister masterminds exercising fell powers to serve a diabolical conspiracy …
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CNN:
Trump admin declines to impose new Russia sanctions — US-Russia relations after Trump's first year — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has declined to impose sanctions against companies and foreign countries doing business with blacklisted Russian defense and intelligence entities.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now
White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump's Approval Highest in West Virginia, Lowest in Vermont — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating averaged 38% throughout the U.S. in 2017, but at the state level it ranged from a high of 61% in West Virginia to a low of 26% in Vermont.
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The Slut-Shaming of Nikki Haley — Imagine this: The author of the most popular book in the country goes on Bill Maher's show and says the following about President Barack Obama: “There is something in the book that I was absolutely sure of but it was so incendiary that I just didn't have the ultimate proof,” he says.
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New York Times:
Melania Trump, Out of Sight Since Report of Husband's Infidelity, to Attend State of the Union — WASHINGTON — Over the past week, Melania Trump, a notoriously private first lady, made three very public decisions: She canceled a trip abroad with the president, made an impromptu visit …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller — A self-absorbed, unrestrained prosecutor can do a lot of harm. — Let's say I'm an assistant United States attorney in, oh I don't know, Montana. I get to work one morning and I say to myself, “Self, you know what would be really interesting?
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
There's No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump
There's No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump
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Dylan Dethier / Golf.com:
LPGA star on golf with Trump: ‘He cheats like hell’ — Stories of 2017: President Trump steals the spotlight at U.S. Women's Open — LPGA legend Suzann Pettersen is fond of the sitting U.S. president. But she's not so sure about his handicap. — In an interview with Norwegian newspaper …
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New Jersey Online:
Chris Christie joins ABC News as a contributor — Chris Christie: Thanks for the Memories — Former Gov. Chris Christie has landed a TV gig, NJ Advance Media has learned. — Christie has been hired as an occasional contributor to ABC News, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Chris Christie's moment in the sun continues — at ABC News
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Top DNC official out after less than a year on the job — WASHINGTON — The CEO of the Democratic National Committee is leaving after less than a year on the job, NBC News has learned. — Veteran Democrat operative Jess O'Connell took the helm of the DNC last May with a mandate …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Attacks Reveal What U.S. Won't: Victory Remains Elusive in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — The Taliban are in retreat, the Afghan military is on the brink of assuming control of the country, and the government in Kabul is one step away from being able to provide security across the land.
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Adrian Florido / NPR:
FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico — In the days after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, residents of some of the hardest hit rural areas found themselves stranded — cut off from more populated areas by mudslides, crumbled roads and bridges, and toppled trees and power lines.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Hillary's ‘Sure’ Victory Explains Most Everything — Stretching or breaking the law on her behalf would have been rewarded by a President Clinton. — What exactly were top officials in the FBI and DOJ doing during the election of 2016? — The Page-Strzok text exchanges might offer a few answers.
Hadley Freeman / The Guardian:
What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us? — It's 40 years this week since the director and convicted sex offender went on the run. What does his continued success reveal about the film world's true attitude towards sexual assault?
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Carl Bernstein Bashes ‘Enablers’ Putting Trump Over Country: McCabe Departure is ‘Monday Night Slaughter’ — The way Carl Bernstein sees it, it's only a matter of time before people look back at Andrew McCabe's departure from the FBI and compare it to Richard Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre.