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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade … President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Meets Rosenstein About Democratic Surveillance Memo — White House must decide whether to allow release of rebuttal to GOP document — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to discuss a classified Democratic memo rebutting GOP allegations …
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CNN:
House GOP gives Trump leeway over whether to block Schiff memo — Schiff: Just part of dossier used for Page warrant — (CNN)House Republicans, who lobbied President Donald Trump to release a GOP memo alleging FBI misconduct, are now mum on whether the White House should let the public review the Democratic rebuttal.
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
The Happy Martyrdom of Carter Page — On Monday night, Carter Page was finally ready for his Fox News close-up. It had been nearly a year since he began his one-man public-relations offensive to rebut accusations that, as a Trump campaign adviser, he colluded with Russia.
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Fox News:
Dems set Trump trap? Source says FISA rebuttal memo loaded with sensitive details — The Democratic rebuttal to a highly publicized GOP memo alleging government surveillance abuse is filled with sensitive details, a source told Fox News - claiming this was done intentionally to pressure …
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Carrie Cordero / Lawfare:
The Nunes Memo and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The Nunes Memo and the Law of Unintended Consequences
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
White House Chief of Staff: Trump not expected to extend DACA deadline … White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly said Tuesday that President Trump is not expected to extend the March 5 deadline when work permits will begin to expire for young immigrants known as “dreamers.”
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Chief of staff Kelly suggests undocumented immigrants who didn't sign up for DACA were ‘too afraid’ or ‘too lazy’
Chief of staff Kelly suggests undocumented immigrants who didn't sign up for DACA were ‘too afraid’ or ‘too lazy’
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Kelsey Snell / NPR:
House Passes Funding Extension After Trump Says 'I'd Love To See A Shutdown'
House Passes Funding Extension After Trump Says 'I'd Love To See A Shutdown'
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump calls for shutdown if Congress doesn't pass border-security measures
Trump calls for shutdown if Congress doesn't pass border-security measures
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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Schiff sent his staff to try and collect ‘classified materials for the FBI’ after Russian pranksters told him Putin has NAKED blackmail pictures of Trump — Adam Schiff, the ranking Democratic member of the House Intel Committee was recorded speaking to Russian pranksters who spun elaborate ‘kompromat’ tale
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Los Angeles Times owner will sell paper, ending a long-troubled relationship … The Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Times is expected to announce it is selling the newspaper, according to people familiar with the company's plans, in a surprise move that likely spells the end …
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New York Times:
FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered. — The mission for the Federal Emergency Management Agency was clear: Hurricane Maria had torn through Puerto Rico, and hungry people needed food. Thirty million meals needed to be delivered as soon as possible.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary … It was Christmastime in Washington, and Ben Carson couldn't stop talking about the apocalypse. — “Did you know,” the secretary of housing and urban development asked his acting chief of staff, Deana Bass …
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Biden: Trump should avoid Mueller interview, has ‘difficulty with precision’ — Washington (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that if he were one of President Donald Trump's attorneys, he would suggest Trump not consent to a special counsel interview for fear of being caught misleading investigators.
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CNN:
Trump was ‘joking’ when he accused Democrats of treason, White House says
Trump was ‘joking’ when he accused Democrats of treason, White House says
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
GOP rep: If you don't clap for Trump, you “might have some 'splaining to do” to God
GOP rep: If you don't clap for Trump, you “might have some 'splaining to do” to God
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Wants a Killer”: Post-Bannon, Post-Nunes, Post-Kelly Friction, a Frustrated Trump Searches for a West Wing Reset — He pines for old campaign hands Jason Miller, Corey Lewandowski, and David Bossie—but will Ivanka have the final say? — After the much-hyped Nunes memo failed to deliver …
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed:
Performers And Staffers At “Sleep No More” Say Audience Members Have Sexually Assaulted Them — Former performers and staff at the wildly popular immersive theater production say the show's fantasy environment emboldens some audience members to commit sexual misconduct.
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Wall Street Journal:
Can You Still Date a Co-Worker? Well, It's Complicated — Some employers are starting to review their rules and are now ‘drawing a hard line in the sand’ — Is it still OK to date someone you work with? — Yes. — Well, actually, it depends. — You might need to disclose it.
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StarWars.com:
Game of Thrones Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to Write and Produce a New Series of Star Wars Films — David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away. — It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit …
Tony Pugh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
After approving Medicaid work requirements, Trump's HHS aims for lifetime coverage limits — WASHINGTON — After allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid enrollees, the Trump administration is now pondering lifetime limits on adults' access to coverage.
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Washington Post:
Trump immigration plan could keep whites in U.S. majority for up to five more years … President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by as few as one or as many as five additional years, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Kim Reynolds leads all Democratic challengers in 2018 race for governor — Copyright Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. 2018 — If the election for Iowa governor were held today, incumbent Republican Kim Reynolds would defeat all five of the leading Democrats trying to succeed her as the state's chief executive.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook hired a full-time pollster to monitor Zuckerberg's approval ratings — Why Tavis McGinn quit after six months — Tavis McGinn applied for a job at Facebook last year hoping to work in market research. He had previously spent three years at Google, where he helped large advertisers refine …
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Washington Post:
Hero or hired gun? How a British former spy became a flash point in the Russia investigation. … In the fall of 2016, a little more than a month before Donald Trump was elected president, Christopher Steele had the undivided attention of the FBI. — For months, the British former spy …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Republican Fiscal Stimulus Could Be Bigger Than Obama's — WASHINGTON — Republicans are pouring government stimulus into a steadily strengthening economy, adding economic fuel at a moment when unemployment is at a 16-year low and wages are beginning to rise, a combination that is stoking fears …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
7 reasons not to completely lose it over the stock market's huge swings — Hopefully you didn't buy peak Bitcoin. — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 666 points on Friday and another 1,175 points on Monday. On Tuesday, it took a sharp dive early in the day and then bounced between positive …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Gowdy implies Clinton friend Blumenthal fed information to Steele — Rep. Trey Gowdy implied Tuesday that longtime Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal fed information that was leaked to former British spy Christopher Steele. — During an interview on Fox News' “The Story,” …
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Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway's ‘opioid cabinet’ sidelines drug czar's experts — President Donald Trump's war on opioids is beginning to look more like a war on his drug policy office. — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has taken control of the opioids agenda, quietly freezing out drug policy professionals …
Adam SchefterESPN Senior / ESPN:
Josh McDaniels changes mind, jilting Colts to stay with Pats — After two days of reflection and conversations with the Patriots, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has decided not to accept the Indianapolis Colts' head-coaching job, the team confirmed Tuesday night.
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John McWhorter / New York Times:
What Trump's Speech Says About His Mental Fitness — As part of the discussion about Donald Trump's lack of fitness for the presidency, some have argued that his linguistic capacities have worsened, suggesting significant cognitive decline. — In interviews in the 1980s and 1990s …
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Washington Post:
A flat-earther finally tried to fly away. His rocket didn't even ignite. … A man who claims that Earth is flat tried to leave it in a homemade rocket Saturday but failed to overcome the gravitational force of a 13,166,800,000,000,000,000,000,000- pound sphere directly beneath him.
Danielle Furfaro / New York Post:
Amtrak train breaks apart at 125 mph — A high-speed Amtrak train bound for Penn Station broke apart as it was cruising through Maryland on Tuesday, sources told The Post. — The 2150 Acela was traveling from Washington D.C. to the Big Apple when the incident happened at about 11:20 a.m …
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Mark Maurer / The Real Deal New York:
Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2 billion — Jamestown in contract to sell the 1.2M sf office-and-retail property at 75 Ninth Avenue — Google did not have to search far and wide for results. — The tech giant is close to acquiring the Chelsea Market building …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives and the Cult of Trump — Before joining the administration, current White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah called Donald Trump “deplorable” and described the leaking of audio of him boasting of sexual assault “some justice,” Olivia Nuzzi reports. Shah is far from alone.
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
This Mutant Crayfish Clones Itself, and It's Taking Over Europe — Frank Lyko, a biologist at the German Cancer Research Center, studies the six-inch-long marbled crayfish. Finding specimens is easy: Dr. Lyko can buy the crayfish at pet stores in Germany, or he can head with colleagues to a nearby lake.
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