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Bloomberg:
FBI's Wray Opposes GOP Memo Release, Citing Inaccuracies — Trump overheard saying memo ‘100 percent’ should be released — Republicans say memo raises doubts about Russia probe — FBI Director Christopher Wray has informed the White House of his opposition to releasing a controversial …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
DOJ gives special counsel internal docs on thwarted Sessions resignation, source says — In the weeks before special counsel Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department turned over a cache of internal correspondence, including documents related …
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Okerr / Lawfare:
The Dubious Legal Claim Behind #ReleaseTheMemo — It seems likely that the House Intelligence Committee will soon #ReleaseTheMemo. According to press reports, the memo claims that the FISA application to monitor Trump campaign advisor Carter Page included information sourced …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Real Aim of the Secret Memo Is the Mueller Investigation — WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said on Tuesday that he wanted Americans to see a secret memo that portrays the early stages of the Trump-Russia investigation as scandalous, he also said he cautioned his Republican colleagues …
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Washington Post:
Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe's role in final weeks of 2016 election
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related …
CNN:
Trump's lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for presidential interview
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The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Won't Say If He Worked With White House on Anti-FBI Memo
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Amanda Carpenter / Politico:
I'm a Republican. Why Is My Party Gaslighting America?
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CBS News:
Viewers approve of Trump's first State of the Union address - CBS News poll — Views of the speech — Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave. Just a quarter disapproved. — How did the speech make you feel?
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Ryan Struyk / CNN:
CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years — Washington (CNN)Almost half of Americans who watched President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address — 48% — say they had a “very positive” impression of the speech, down from 57% of speech-watchers …
NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump's State Of The Union Address
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump arrived at State of the Union separately from the President
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Washington Post:
A divisive and misleading State of the Union
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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Trump campaign: Send us $1 and we'll scroll your name during State of the Union live stream
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Trump's Speech Exposed the GOP's Lack of Direction
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigns amid tobacco stock furor — Fitzgerald's departure comes less than a day after Politico revealed she bought stock in a tobacco company within a month of taking her job.
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Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts — The Trump administration's top public health official bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable disease …
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Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
CDC director who traded tobacco stock resigns
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Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
CDC Director Fitzgerald resigns
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Victor Cha / Washington Post:
Giving North Korea a ‘bloody nose’ carries a huge risk to Americans — Victor Cha is a professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. — North Korea, if not stopped, will build an arsenal with multiple nuclear missiles meant …
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Russian spy chiefs met in Washington with CIA director to discuss counterterrorism
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CBS News:
CIA director Mike Pompeo met with Russian counterpart in U.S.
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HuffPost:
The Hidden Extremism Of Trump's State Of The Union
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korean Defector, Honored by Trump, Has a Remarkable Escape Story
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Ted Sherman / New Jersey Online:
In shocking move, feds drop all charges against Sen. Bob Menendez — Menendez speaks after jury deadlocked, mistrial declared — In a shocking turnaround, the U.S. Justice Department has dropped its case against Sen. Robert Menendez. — In a court in Newark today …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Justice Department seeks dismissal of Menendez case — The Justice Department will not pursue its case against Sen. Bob Menendez and has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of the indictment against the New Jersey Democrat. — The decision, revealed in a court filing Wednesday …
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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
Justice Department asks to drop Menendez indictment, ending case launched in 2015
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6abc.com:
Attorney: Rep. Bob Brady not running for re-election — Action News has learned that Democratic Congressman Bob Brady will not run for re-election. — The word comes from Bob Brady's attorney. — The congressman is expected to hold a press availability at 1:30 p.m. today.
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Philly.com:
Bob Brady is not running for reelection — Bob Brady, the larger-than-life leader of Philadelphia's Democratic Party, announced on Wednesday that he is not running for reelection to the U.S. House. — He revealed the news in a way that seemed all too perfect for the decades-long party boss …
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CNN:
Train carrying members of Congress — including House Speaker Paul Ryan — hits a truck — (CNN)A train carrying members of Congress — including House Speaker Paul Ryan — to their legislative retreat in West Virginia hit a truck Wednesday, multiple sources told CNN.
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Hillary Clinton:
The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women. I've tried to do so here at home, around the world, and in the organizations I've run. I started in my twenties, and four decades later I'm nowhere near being done. I'm proud that it's the work I'm most associated with …
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ABC:
The Cabinet Files reveal national security breaches, NBN negotiations, welfare reform plans — Hundreds of top-secret and highly classified cabinet documents have been obtained by the ABC following an extraordinary breach of national security. — This was not a leak — here's what it took to unlock national secrets
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New York Times:
A Paper Tears Apart in a City That Never Quite Came Together — LOS ANGELES — When an ambitious Civil War colonel from Ohio seized control of a fledgling daily newspaper here in the late 19th century, Los Angeles was a rough-hewed frontier town with no paved streets and a population of a few thousand people.
WSLS-TV:
Virginia Tech freshman had assault rifle, attempted to buy 5,000 rounds of ammo, police say — Man, 19, had been Tech student for six months — BLACKSBURG, Va. - Police have arrested a Virginia Tech student they say illegally had an assault rifle. — Virginia Tech police arrested 19 …
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New York Times:
Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts — Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement. — More than a million followers have disappeared from the accounts of dozens of prominent Twitter users …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Seeks Interview With Ex-Spokesman for Trump's Legal Team — Mark Corallo resigned from position after revelation that president's son arranged meeting with Russian lawyer — Special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking an interview with Mark Corallo, the former spokesman …
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