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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow falls over 1,000 points — The Dow had its worst week in two years. Why? — The markets plunged Monday, with the Dow falling nearly 1,600 points in the largest intraday point decline ever. — The selloff knocked the Dow down as much as 6.3%. — At its worst levels …
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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
White House says it's ‘concerned’ about stock market drop — The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 400 points Monday afternoon and the S&P 500 traded more than 1 percent lower, extending last week's plunge. — President Donald Trump has touted the strong stock market performance since …
Ben White / Politico:
‘The president clearly set himself up’: Trump's stock market miscalculation
‘The president clearly set himself up’: Trump's stock market miscalculation
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Matt Phillips / New York Times:
Dow and S.&P. Drop by More Than 4%, Extending Stock Sell-Off
Dow and S.&P. Drop by More Than 4%, Extending Stock Sell-Off
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Reuters and The Stranger …
Adam Shell / USA Today:
Gyrating Dow, after brief rebound, down 400 pts
Gyrating Dow, after brief rebound, down 400 pts
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump touts economy, tax break as market tanks
Trump touts economy, tax break as market tanks
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Lawfare:
‘I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News’: FBI Messages Show the Bureau's Real Reaction to Trump Firing James Comey — Then-FBI Director James Comey meets with North Dakotan state, local, and tribal leaders in 2016 (FBI) — When President Trump fired James Comey as FBI director last May …
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New York Times:
The Times Asks Court to Unseal Documents on Surveillance of Carter Page — WASHINGTON — The New York Times notified the Justice Department on Monday that it is asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to unseal secret documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dossier author Steele wrote another anti-Trump memo; was fed info by Clinton-connected contact, Obama State Department … A newly released document from the Senate Judiciary Committee says Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled the Trump dossier, wrote an additional memo …
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Chaos at Newsweek: Top editors suddenly out — Employees at Newsweek have been told that editor-in-chief Bob Roe and executive editor Ken Li have been fired, sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN. — A reporter, Celeste Katz, who had written articles about financial issues …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek Guts Its Top Edit Staff Amid Legal Turmoil … Newsweek on Monday fired all of its top staff amid turmoil that has upended the newsroom. — In a company meeting, news director Christina Silvia announced that the outlet had fired Editor in Chief Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Newsweek in Chaos as Top Editors, Reporters Fired and New York Staff Sent Home
Newsweek in Chaos as Top Editors, Reporters Fired and New York Staff Sent Home
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Associated Press:
Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, denying a plea from Republicans legislative leaders to block it.
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't block Pa. ruling that state redraw congressional boundaries immediately …
Supreme Court won't block Pa. ruling that state redraw congressional boundaries immediately …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Pennsylvania's Republican gerrymander is finally dead
BREAKING: Pennsylvania's Republican gerrymander is finally dead
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Mother Jones
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw congressional map
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw congressional map
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Philly.com, Washington Post, Politico and Common Dreams
Alayna Treene / Axios:
White House: Trump lawyers in favor of appointing second special counsel — Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah told reporters on Air Force One Monday that President Trump's attorneys have already approved the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate the FBI …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Eagles' 1st Super Bowl Win Draws 103.4M Viewers, Smallest Audience In Nine Years - Update — UPDATE, 1:13 PM: As late as it went and as rowdy as it got, the City of Brotherly Love made pretty swift progress this morning picking up the debris of last night's victory celebrations for the Philadelphia Eagles' first Super Bowl win ever.
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Matt Lombardo / New Jersey Online:
Several Eagles will skip Donald Trump White House visit after winning Super Bowl
Several Eagles will skip Donald Trump White House visit after winning Super Bowl
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Deena Zaru / CNN:
Some Philadelphia Eagles players skipping White House visit over Trump
Some Philadelphia Eagles players skipping White House visit over Trump
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Justin L. Mack / Indianapolis Star:
Driver accused of killing Colts player Edwin Jackson is undocumented immigrant, has been deported twice — Police have confirmed that the driver who is held in the death of Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe was an undocumented immigrant who used …
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Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Boycott the Republican Party — A few days after the Democratic electoral sweep this past November in Virginia, New Jersey, and elsewhere, The Washington Post asked a random Virginia man to explain his vote. The man, a marketing executive named Toren Beasley, replied that his calculus was simply to refuse to calculate.
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Think California politics is on the far-left fringe? Just wait for the next elections. … SACRAMENTO — For those who think California politics is on the far-left fringe of the national spectrum, stand by. The next election season, already well underway here, will showcase a younger generation …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
California's Future Looks Depressingly Clear
California's Future Looks Depressingly Clear
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
Trump calls black lawmakers “treasonous” and “un-American” for not applauding him — Donald Trump marked the week since his divisive State of the Union address with a speech in which he accused black lawmakers who refused to applaud him of “treason.” — Last Tuesday, members …
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CNN:
Trump ambassador nominee promoted fringe conspiracy theories on Twitter — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump's nominee to be the ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries spread fringe conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks about Trump's political opponents on Twitter …
CNN:
Super Bowl anti-terrorism documents left on plane — (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security documents critiquing the response to a simulated anthrax attack on Super Bowl Sunday were marked “For Official Use Only” and “important for national security.” — Recipients of the draft …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
An Actual Nazi Is About To Be The Only GOP Candidate In A Congressional Race — The Holocaust denier has no primary opponents. — A former leader in the American Nazi Party is about to be the only Republican on the ticket for a congressional race in Illinois.
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Patrick Rucker / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Scott Pruitt called Trump an ‘empty vessel’ on ‘the Constitution and rule of law’ in another 2016 interview — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Pruitt called Trump an “empty vessel” on the Constitution and rule of law in a February 2016 interview with a local Oklahoma radio show
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Emma Cott / New York Times:
How Our Reporter Uncovered a Lie That Propelled an Alt-Right Extremist's Rise — Covering white supremacists poses difficult challenges for Times journalists. Are we simply providing a platform for them to recruit followers and spread hate? Are we casting a sympathetic light on people who should only be condemned?
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Raw Story
Southern Poverty Law Center:
The Alt-Right is Killing People — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) counted over 100 people killed or injured by alleged perpetrators influenced by the so-called “alt-right” — a movement that continues to access the mainstream and reach young recruits.
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