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Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter — Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page's contacts with the Russian government over the years.
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Democratic rebuttal calls Nunes memo ‘deliberately misleading’ — WASHINGTON — A top House Democrat is challenging the core conclusion of the memo released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Friday, calling the allegation that the Justice Department and FBI withheld key details …
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Democrats melt down over Nunes memo and enter the Upside Down — The Democratic Media Complex is once again suffering hysterics, pulling out its hair and screaming over the release of the House Republican report, aka “the memo.” — The memo alleges abuses by top officials of the FBI …
Associated Press:
Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it — WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before he'd read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. — The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
This is the week that the GOP truly became the party of Trump — This was the week when the Republican Party finally went all in with President Trump. What once seemed unlikely is now reality. The Republican establishment — there are a few dissenting voices, of course …
Washington Post:
Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it … Republican leaders' open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the party of law and order, has become an adversary …
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New York Times:
Trump's Unparalleled War on a Pillar of Society: Law Enforcement
Trump's Unparalleled War on a Pillar of Society: Law Enforcement
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Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP
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Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
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Washington Post:
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Devin Nunes's Nothingburger
Devin Nunes's Nothingburger
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Failed memo stunt leaves Nunes in danger of losing his seat — GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has represented California's 22nd Congressional District since 2003 — in title, at least. For the past year, however, Nunes has served the interests of the Trump White House while hanging his constituents out to dry.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Washington Is Abuzz Over the Nunes Memo. His California District, Not So Much.
Washington Is Abuzz Over the Nunes Memo. His California District, Not So Much.
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Los Angeles Times
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry — The actress is finally ready to talk about Harvey Weinstein. — Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. — She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trusted.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality … This post has been updated. — The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, according to two administration officials briefed …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet Lauding a $1.50 Benefit From the New Tax Law — WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan faced a backlash on Saturday after he pointed to a secretary's $1.50 weekly increase in take-home pay as a sign of the Republican tax plan's success. — “A secretary at a public high school …
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Nick Coltrain / Coloradoan Online:
Protests turn violent at CSU after Charlie Kirk speech — Protests around a conservative speaker at CSU on Friday night started peaceful, even if it got rowdy at times, but quickly turned violent when a group wielding riot shields, large flashlights and face masks emblazoned with skulls stormed …
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New York Times:
As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested — For more than a year, an F.B.I. inquiry into allegations that Lawrence G. Nassar, a respected sports doctor, had molested three elite teenage gymnasts followed a plodding pace as it moved back and forth among agents in three cities.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump Hotel caught directly profiting off taxpayer dime — Ethics watchdogs have warned about Donald Trump's conflicts of interest since before he took office — and for good reason. Despite claiming that he would divest from his businesses, Trump simply turned them over to his sons …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
AN ARCTIC SPY MYSTERY — An arrest in Moscow shakes Norway's far north — Frode Berg volunteered in a soup kitchen in rural Russia. He helped organize an annual cross-border festival and ski race. His congregation supported a new church in a Russian town just over the boundary line that divides East from West.
Amy Lieu / Fox News:
Dad who charged at Larry Nassar receiving hundreds of donations — A distraught father who lunged at disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar in a court proceeding Friday seems to have a lot of support from the public. — As of early Saturday, more than 700 donors had pledged a total …
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