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White House worried FBI director could quit over Nunes memo release — White House and FBI clash over GOP memo — Washington (CNN)Top White House aides are worried FBI Director Christopher Wray could quit if the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Rising White House fear: Nunes memo is a dud — Inside the Trump administration, sources who've been briefed on the Nunes memo expect it will be underwhelming and not the “slam dunk” document it's been hyped up to be. — What we're hearing: There is much more skepticism inside the administration …
The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Has Been Advising Donald Trump on the Nunes Memo, Because of Course He Has … President Donald Trump is at odds with his own chief law enforcement officers over a controversial memo fueling Republican allegations of a conspiracy against the Trump presidency.
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CNN:
Trump sees Nunes memo as a way to discredit the Russia investigation — White House: Trump has not seen the FBI memo — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump continues to tell his associates he believed the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools …
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Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's FBI memo release ‘risks revealing British spying methods’ — Britain's spy agencies risk having their intelligence methods revealed if Donald Trump releases a controversial memo about the FBI, congressional figures have warned. — The UK will be less likely …
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Aide Carter Page Was on U.S. Counterintelligence Radar Before Russia Dossier — Court documents, testimony show foreign-policy adviser was known to authorities as early as 2013 — Carter Page, who served as a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's campaign …
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New York Times:
The Republican Plot Against the F.B.I. — So this is what a partisan witch hunt really looks like. — In a demonstration of unbridled self-interest and bottomless bad faith, the Trump White House and its Republican minions in Congress are on the cusp of releasing a “memo” …
New York Times:
With Memo, Devin Nunes, Once a Scourge of the Hard Right, Becomes Its Hero — WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Representative Devin Nunes once called fellow Republicans “lemmings in suicide vests.” — Now it is Mr. Nunes, Republican of California and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
FBI Director Must Be Prepared to Resign Over Nunes Memo, Ex-Agents Warn
FBI Director Must Be Prepared to Resign Over Nunes Memo, Ex-Agents Warn
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
FBI memo firestorm engulfs GOP retreat
CBS News:
FBI director prepared to issue rebuttal if Nunes memo released, Fran Townsend says
FBI director prepared to issue rebuttal if Nunes memo released, Fran Townsend says
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans: If Poor Carter Page Can Be Wiretapped, Who Among Us Is Safe?
Republicans: If Poor Carter Page Can Be Wiretapped, Who Among Us Is Safe?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP leader cautions Nunes on FBI memo
Senate GOP leader cautions Nunes on FBI memo
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Rick Gates withdraw from Russia case — Three attorneys representing Rick Gates told a federal court Thursday they are immediately withdrawing as counsel for the former Donald Trump campaign aide, who is fighting special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of him on money laundering and other charges.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Rick Gates attorneys seek to withdraw from the case
Rick Gates attorneys seek to withdraw from the case
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William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
“F—ing Sith Lord,” “Horrific Leakers," and “Berserkazoid Craziness”: The Mooch Recalls His Brief Shining Fortnight at the Center of American Politics — Steve Bannon is the ultimate swamp creature, Reince Priebus acts like Richie Cunningham, Donald Trump is like Michael Jordan, and other observations of Anthony Scaramucci.
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Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
Judge strikes down Florida's system for restoring felons' voting rights — U.S. District Mark Walker said Florida's voter restoration process unfairly relies on the personal support of Gov. Rick Scott. — TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Florida's lifetime ban on restoring …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans give up on Obamacare repeal — WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Republicans are giving up on their years-long dream of repealing Obamacare. — Though the GOP still controls both chambers of Congress and maintains the ability to jam through a repeal-and-replace bill via a simple majority …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump's talk of GOP ‘unity’ a myth
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
The Publisher of Newsweek And The International Business Times Has Been Buying Traffic And Engaging In Ad Fraud — Several of Newsweek Media Group's business websites are buying and manipulating traffic that originates on pirated video streaming sites. The company acknowledged buying traffic, but denies engaging in ad fraud.
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Manya Brachear Pashman / Chicago Tribune:
Green card veteran facing deportation starts hunger strike — A U.S. Army veteran and green card holder with a felony drug conviction began a hunger strike Wednesday to protest his likely deportation, after a federal court denied his appeal to remain in the U.S., where he has lived since age 8.
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Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
‘Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal’: Employees say Whole Foods is using ‘scorecards’ to punish them — Whole Foods uses checklists called “scorecards” and tests called “walks” to ensure stores comply with a new inventory-management system. — “The stress has created …
New York Times:
White House Wants Pentagon to Offer More Options on North Korea — WASHINGTON — The White House has grown frustrated in recent weeks by what it considers the Pentagon's reluctance to provide President Trump with options for a military strike against North Korea, according to officials …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with North Korean defectors in Oval Office in bid to raise pressure on Kim Jong Un
Trump to meet with North Korean defectors in Oval Office in bid to raise pressure on Kim Jong Un
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CBS News:
Investigator calls Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in Natalie Wood drowning death — For the first time since reopening the investigation into the mysterious death of the legendary actress, investigators speak out to “48 Hours” — Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death …
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CNN:
4 students hit by gunfire at Los Angeles school; 12-year-old girl in custody — (CNN)Police arrested a 12-year-old girl Thursday after a morning shooting at a Los Angeles middle school left five people injured, including two with significant gunshot wounds, officials said.
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Daily Mail:
Democratic congresswoman caught on camera playing CANDY CRUSH while Trump delivered State of the Union while two others answered emails and read tweets — Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence tapped her way through Candy Crush during Tuesday's State of the Union Address
Lindy West / New York Times:
I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great — It has been one year and 28 days since my last tweet. — I deactivated my account shortly after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted, “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!” on Jan. 2, 2017.
Katie Reilly / TIME:
Facebook Users Spent 50 Million Fewer Hours Per Day on the Site Last Quarter — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said people spent 50 million fewer hours per day on the site last quarter after the company made changes to display fewer viral videos. — “Our focus in 2018 is making sure Facebook …
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Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
White Supremacists Are Targeting Colleges “Like Never Before,” Researchers Say — A new report by the Anti-Defamation League says the amount of white supremacist messaging on college campuses increased 258% between fall 2016 and fall 2017. — White supremacists are targeting colleges …
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak … Four years after the United States pledged to help the world fight infectious-disease epidemics such as Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats' behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing — It gives me no pleasure to say this, but the Democrats' behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing. — I take a back seat to nobody in decrying President Trump's cynical and divisive performance.
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Washington Post:
McConnell urges Mississippi governor to consider Cochran Senate seat … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has asked the governor of Mississippi to consider appointing himself to the Senate if ailing Republican Sen. Thad Cochran resigns from office, according to two people familiar with the conversations.
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio has given at least 5 interviews to an anti-Semitic publication — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio has given several interviews to a publication that traffics in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and on Wednesday declined an opportunity to distance himself from the extremist material.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Geraldo to Hannity: Nixon Wouldn't ‘Have Been Forced to Resign’ If You Were In Media Then — How influential does Geraldo Rivera think Sean Hannity is? So influential that he could have led to Richard Nixon serving out his second term. — Appearing on Hannity's radio program this afternoon …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Nicholas von Hoffman, Provocative Journalist and Author, Dies at 88 — Nicholas von Hoffman, a provocative author, broadcast commentator and syndicated columnist who examined American politics and culture for five decades from a left-wing perspective, died on Thursday in Rockport, Me. He was 88.