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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 …
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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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.”
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The cowardice among Republicans is staggering
The cowardice among Republicans is staggering
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Reality is catching up with Trump — everywhere
Reality is catching up with Trump — everywhere
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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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Kelsey Snell / NPR:
House Passes Funding Extension After Trump Says 'I'd Love To See A Shutdown' — The House passed a bill Tuesday evening to avert a government shutdown on Thursday, as Senate leaders still hope to clear the way for years of budget harmony this week with a long-term spending agreement.
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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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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Ex-RNC chairman Steele: Carter Page still talking to the media 'because he's stupid'
Ex-RNC chairman Steele: Carter Page still talking to the media 'because he's stupid'
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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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 …
Carrie Cordero / Lawfare:
The Nunes Memo and the Law of Unintended Consequences — The memo is out, and it is already stale. The Nunes memo makes one central allegation: that the FBI and Department of Justice did not live up to the duty of candor expected of them by the in camera ex parte nature of proceedings …
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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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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 …
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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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.
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.
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Sessions calls for ‘fresh start’ at FBI — Sessions: Rosenstein is leadership we want — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he believes the FBI needs a “fresh start” following FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's decision to step down. — “Well, I have believed …
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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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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses. … The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive way — except for one petrifying thing.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Pritzker apologizes for comments on race — CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on newly released FBI wiretaps of Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (all times local): — Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is apologizing …
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Kimberly Hutcherson / CNN:
Driver who hit Colts linebacker was an undocumented immigrant, police say — NFL player killed in drunk driving accident — (CNN)Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man were struck and killed in a suspected drunken driving accident early Sunday morning.
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Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
One of Congress' most prolific tweeters and frequent Trump critics tell us why he quit Twitter — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse quit Twitter over Christmas last year, after having built himself a reputation as one of Congress' most prolific tweeters. — Sasse said he will return to social media …
Eli Clifton / LobeLog:
Gorka Joins Outlet That Published “Ten Things I Hate About Jews” — Sebastian Gorka's role as a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump ended in August 2017. A series of investigative articles tied him to Vitezi Rend, a Hungarian group the State Department characterized as collaborating with the Nazis.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court rejects challenge to Trump University settlement — A federal appeals court has upheld the $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to in a bid to resolve long running lawsuits claiming fraud in his Trump University real estate seminar venture.
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