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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Republicans concede key FBI ‘footnote’ in Carter Page warrant — Republican leaders are acknowledging that the FBI disclosed the political origins of a private dossier the bureau cited in an application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, undermining a controversial GOP memo released Friday …
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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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Hit & Run, Mediaite, The Week, Althouse and National Review
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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CNN:
Source: Bannon not expected to appear before House Intel Tuesday despite subpoena — Rep. Collins: Bannon should answer questions — (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is not expected to appear before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday, risking being held in contempt …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo
Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo
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Fox News:
Clinton associates fed information to Trump dossier author Steele, memo says
Clinton associates fed information to Trump dossier author Steele, memo says
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Front Page Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and bizpacreview.com
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Did Steele Really Snooker the FBI?
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Bannon Reportedly Expected to Skip House Intel Committee Appearance Despite Subpoena
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bannon subpoenaed by House intelligence panel, but will he show?
Bannon subpoenaed by House intelligence panel, but will he show?
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Raw Story
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Intelligence Committee approves release of Dems' rebuttal to FISA memo
Intelligence Committee approves release of Dems' rebuttal to FISA memo
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Mediaite and Fox News Insider
New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Want Him to Refuse an Interview in Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Trump have advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to four people briefed on the matter …
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Mother Jones, The Hill, Vox, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Business Insider, Booman Tribune, Raw Story, The Week, CNBC, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Washington Times and Axios
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
White House Official Called Trump ‘a Deplorable’ — The White House principal deputy press secretary, Raj Shah, called President Donald Trump “a deplorable” and referred to the release of the Access Hollywood tape as “some justice,” according to private messages independently obtained and verified by New York.
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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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump: Democrats' muted State of Union reaction ‘treasonous’ — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday called Democrats' stone-faced reaction to his State of the Union address last week “treasonous” and “un-American” during a visit to a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Root
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout — President Trump, in a speech near Cincinnati, accused Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address of being un-American. While he spoke, the market took a tumble. — PYEONGCHANG 2018
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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Danielle Tcholakian / Longreads:
Journalists Shouldn't Be Fired for Investigating Their Own Publications — In 1896, a Tennessee publisher named Adolph Ochs became the majority stockholder of The New York Times, and in a short few paragraphs under the heading “Business Announcement,” he outlined his plans for the paper.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek Guts Its Top Edit Staff Amid Legal Turmoil
Newsweek Guts Its Top Edit Staff Amid Legal Turmoil
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The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon, more at Mediagazer »
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Bob Mueller's Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think — PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED in a tweet over the weekend that the controversial Nunes memo “totally vindicates” him, clearing him of the cloud of the Russia investigation that has hung over his administration for a year now.
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Patterico / RedState:
Well, Well, Well: Nunes Admits the Partisan Origins of the Dossier *Had* Been Disclosed After All — Listen up, young people: Emily Litella is a character developed by Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. Each week, she would fly into a rage about something that she had misheard …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Nunes: Fine, the FBI Didn't Lie, But Its Font Was Too Small
Nunes: Fine, the FBI Didn't Lie, But Its Font Was Too Small
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Washington Post and Mother Jones
David French / National Review:
The Memo Doesn't Make Its Case — The truth requires greater transparency.
The Memo Doesn't Make Its Case — The truth requires greater transparency.
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Front Page Magazine, Talking Points Memo, American Greatness, Washington Times and NPR
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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania Republican launches effort to impeach state supreme court to save GOP gerrymander
Pennsylvania Republican launches effort to impeach state supreme court to save GOP gerrymander
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue Media:
Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker: Impeach justices for ruling against gerrymander scheme
Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker: Impeach justices for ruling against gerrymander scheme
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Washington Post
TMZ.com:
‘Frasier’ Star John Mahoney Dead at 77 — John Mahoney, the beloved dad on “Frasier,” has died in Chicago ... TMZ has learned. — According to John's publicist ... he passed away Sunday in hospice care. — The British-born actor famously played Martin Crane, the father of Kelsey Grammer …
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Chris Jones / Chicago Tribune:
John Mahoney, Steppenwolf and ‘Frasier’ actor, dead at 77
John Mahoney, Steppenwolf and ‘Frasier’ actor, dead at 77
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NPR
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Polls swing toward GOP, easing fears of midterm disaster — Republicans are feeling better about their prospects in the midterm elections, buoyed by recent polls that show their numbers improving. — An ebullient President Trump — touted the shift in public sentiment reflected …
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Axios
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to establish National Vetting Center focused on travelers, immigrants to US
Trump to establish National Vetting Center focused on travelers, immigrants to US
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Washington Times
National Journal:
The GOP's Misguided Midterm Optimism — Recent polls have made some Republicans feel better about November. They shouldn't. — All of our national elections are important, but there is always a special significance to the last midterm elections before the congressional and state-legislative redistricting processes take place.
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
'I wasn't hearing any call from God': Michele Bachmann opts out of running for Al Franken's Senate seat … Former U.S. representative Michele Bachmann has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat recently vacated by Al Franken, just weeks after she told a televangelist she was mulling the decision.
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Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Wynn Set Up LLC to Pay His Accuser — The casino mogul and his legal representatives took steps to conceal $7.5 million settlement — Steve Wynn and his legal representatives set up a company separate from his Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN -0.65% , according to public records …
New York Times:
The Dating Blues? #MeToo — I'm single this year for the very first time. — All I want is a man who's not committed a crime. — But that feels very unlikely in this landscape we're in, — much to my chagrin. — And so I'm going on dates, — And I'm truck'n along,
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Quentin Tarantino Explains Everything: Uma Thurman, The ‘Kill Bill’ Crash & Harvey Weinstein — EXCLUSIVE: Since Saturday morning when The New York Times published Uma Thurman's depiction of assault at the hands of Harvey Weinstein, the writer/director most closely associated with her biggest successes …