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Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is acting like a partisan hack. That's just how I remember him. — My former colleague doesn't seem to grasp what his job in Congress is. — I served in Congress with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Based on my experience working with him, nothing about the way he's behaving …
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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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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Memo Reading for Nonpartisans — Ignore the spin. When the document goes public, here's what to look for. — The White House looks set to release the House Intelligence Committee memo on 2016 government surveillance abuses, which means the attacks on the document by Democrats …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House Intelligence memo released: What it says — The House Intelligence Committee has released its controversial memo outlining alleged abuses of secret surveillance by the FBI and Justice Department in the Trump-Russia investigation. Here are some key points:
Washington Post:
A process that tarnishes the House — “WHAT THIS is not is an indictment of our institutions, of our justice system,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday about the now infamous “Nunes memo.” “It does not impugn the Mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general,” the speaker insisted.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Media's longtime crusade for transparency ends with Nunes memo as ‘The Post’ remains in theaters
Media's longtime crusade for transparency ends with Nunes memo as ‘The Post’ remains in theaters
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Shareblue Media, Just Security and Washington Post
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's FBI memo release ‘risks revealing British spying methods’
Donald Trump's FBI memo release ‘risks revealing British spying methods’
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Raw Story
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Nunes memo centers on a 40-year-old law written to prevent surveillance abuses
Nunes memo centers on a 40-year-old law written to prevent surveillance abuses
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: FUNNY OR DIE spending 8 million on midterms …
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: FUNNY OR DIE spending 8 million on midterms …
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Washington Post, CNN and New York Daily News
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump accuses top FBI, DOJ officials of politicizing probes as memo release looms
Trump accuses top FBI, DOJ officials of politicizing probes as memo release looms
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Axios, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, bizpacreview.com and RedState
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Russia probe lawyers think Mueller could indict Trump — Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation has gathered enough steam that some lawyers representing key Donald Trump associates are considering the possibility of a historic first: an indictment against a sitting president.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Rick Gates withdraw from Russia case
Lawyers for Rick Gates withdraw from Russia case
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Raw Story, The Last Refuge, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
In Trump vs. the F.B.I., Trump Will Lose
In Trump vs. the F.B.I., Trump Will Lose
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump rips into Kasich at RNC dinner — The president also described to the audience how he aced a mental acuity test. — President Donald Trump on Thursday evening, tore into Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a GOP rival and potential 2020 primary challenger. — Appearing before a Republican …
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
After Sending Media Away, President Donald Trump Joked with RNC About Mental Test — President Donald Trump spoke at an RNC meeting at the Trump International hotel, but the White House press pool was escorted out after he derided them as “haters.” — Breitbart News obtained an audio recording …
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Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
Senator seeks documents on Russia money links to the NRA — WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Democrat is seeking documents from the National Rifle Association and the Treasury Department following reports of an FBI investigation into whether a Russian central banker funneled money to the group during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Bloomberg:
Treasury Warns of Wide Impact If U.S. Sanctions Russian Debt — Would slow Russian growth and provoke retaliation,report finds — Report is one of three ordered by Congress on Russia sanctions — The U.S. Treasury Department warned that expanding sanctions to new Russian sovereign debt …
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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Lee Yeon Cheol / Voice of America:
North Korean Defector: Trump Sent Warning to Kim in State of Union Address
North Korean Defector: Trump Sent Warning to Kim in State of Union Address
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Business Insider
CNN:
Emails show Carson family fingerprints at HUD despite warnings — Washington (CNN)Newly obtained documents show the extensive involvement that family members of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, especially his son, Benjamin Jr., play in official business, despite strong warnings from agency lawyers.
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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Raw Story, AOL, bizpacreview.com, The Week, The Liberty Review and The Daily Caller
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Congress has quietly created a new health care crisis for 26 million Americans — They let funding for community health centers lapse 124 days ago. — Last fall, Kim Wagenaar started to plan how she would close the health clinic she runs in rural North Carolina — when Congress let funding lapse …
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Business Insider
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Mattis warns Syria not to use chemical weapons again — The Syrian regime should think carefully before using chemical weapons again, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Friday, in an apparent reference to last year's U.S. military strike on a regime airfield in retaliation for a previous chemical attack.
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Ari Fleischer / The Hill:
My experience with Andy McCabe: No criticizing James Comey allowed — BY ARI FLEISCHER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/02/18 07:00 AM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — I don't know former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. I've never met him.
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Comey Blasts ‘Weasels’ in Tweet Apparently Aimed at GOP Memo
Comey Blasts ‘Weasels’ in Tweet Apparently Aimed at GOP Memo
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Talking Points Memo
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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Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:
A Father Of Three Girls Abused By Larry Nassar Attacked The Ex-Gymnastics Doctor In Court — Randall Margraves charged at Nassar after two of his daughters delivered victim impact statements. — A father of three girls who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar tried to attack …
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Arizona Republic:
Next Slide — Even before the vote, tensions escalated inside the House building. — Mesnard said Shooter alarmed some colleagues as he walked the halls, popping into offices and saying, “It's a great day for a hanging.” — That led Mesnard, accompanied by law enforcement …
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Political Wire
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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Wall Street Journal:
Ahead of Super Bowl, Poll Shows NFL Is Losing Its Core Audience — Adults who report following the NFL closely have dropped 9% since 2014, the poll finds. Just 51% of men aged 18 to 49 say they follow the NFL closely, down from 75% four years ago. — Ahead of a Super Bowl that caps …
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The Daily Caller, The Liberty Review and The Week
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. — Every couple of weeks Alec Baldwin takes the stage of NBC's Studio 8H, the longtime home of “Saturday Night Live,” to impersonate President Trump. Mr. Baldwin portrays the chief executive as a blustering bully …
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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National Review and The Daily Beast
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Targets Hizballah Financial Network in Africa and the Middle East — WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted the business operations of Hizballah by designating six individuals and seven entities pursuant to Executive Order …
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Axios