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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Was F—ing Pissed”: With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing — Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble. — A day after White House Staff Secretary …
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Email to FBI: Porter's friend ‘actively working to quell’ background check issues — White House aide's ex-wife details alleged abuse — Washington (CNN)The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that a close friend …
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Women in the World, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Media Matters for America
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The ‘family values’ crowd is mute on Rob Porter … Appearing on CNN's “New Day,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) was blunt about the Rob Porter issue. “I have no use for anybody who beats their spouse,” he said. “I tell you, the guy should have been shipped out the door months ago, as soon as they found out about it.”
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The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Fingered Corey Lewandowski in Rob Porter ‘Smear Campaign’
Trump White House Fingered Corey Lewandowski in Rob Porter ‘Smear Campaign’
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Rob Porter scandal: Everywhere but Fox News
Rob Porter scandal: Everywhere but Fox News
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Hope Hicks, elusive Trump aide, in the spotlight amid Rob Porter scandal
Hope Hicks, elusive Trump aide, in the spotlight amid Rob Porter scandal
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Fox News Insider:
Jonah Goldberg: John Kelly's Initial Defense of Rob Porter Indicative of ‘Bunker Mentality’ at WH
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Kelly Was Alerted on Porter's Past, Sources Say
Kelly Was Alerted on Porter's Past, Sources Say
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CBS News:
House Intel Republicans plan to wall off their aides from Democratic staffers — In a sign of increasing partisan hostilities, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee plan to construct a wall - a physical partition - separating Republican and Democratic staff members in the committee's secure spaces …
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Ed Henry / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele — EXCLUSIVE - Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia …
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CNN:
Clash with witness shows Nunes' drive to discredit dossier — Nunes' hometown split on FBI memo controversy — Washington (CNN)Last month, an attorney expressed his outrage with leaders of the House Intelligence Committee: He demanded to know why a committee official shared …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Congress stumbles toward second shutdown — The White House urged federal agencies on Thursday evening to prepare for a government shutdown at midnight, as a budget deal stalled on Capitol Hill amid resistance from a cantankerous GOP senator and unhappy House Democrats.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Democrats expand battleground, target 101 GOP seats — WASHINGTON — House Democrats are stepping on the gas, with plans to target over 100 Republican-held congressional districts in the November midterm elections. — At House Democrats' annual conference Thursday, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan …
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Ratings Changes in 21 Districts — The first two months of 2018 have given both parties reasons for optimism. Republicans have cut Democrats' lead in the FiveThirtyEight average of generic congressional ballot polls in half, from roughly 12 points in December to about six points today.
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
This Budget Deal May Be The End Of The House Freedom Caucus
This Budget Deal May Be The End Of The House Freedom Caucus
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
White House advises government agencies to prepare for shutdown as Congress struggles …
White House advises government agencies to prepare for shutdown as Congress struggles …
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David Ovalle / miamiherald:
Bad info from Spirit Air led me to flush pet hamster down airport toilet, student says — Before Belen Aldecosea flew home from from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along a special guest: Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster. No problem, the airline told her.
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Omarosa Opens Up About Her Time Inside The White House On Tonight's Celebrity Big Brother — Omarosa opens up to Ross Mathews about her time inside the White House, on BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION airing tonight, Thursday, Feb. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/...
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
'It's Bad': Omarosa Cries Through Description of Trump White House on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’
'It's Bad': Omarosa Cries Through Description of Trump White House on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump's draft plan to punish legal immigrants for sending US-born kids to Head Start — Or getting insured through the Children's Health Insurance Program, or getting assistance to heat their homes. — The Trump administration is working on new rules that would allow the government …
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Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits
Exclusive: Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow plunges 1,033 points and sinks into correction — Inflation fears driving market jitters — For the second time this week, the Dow plunged more than 1,000 points. — And it's now in a correction — 10% off its record high just two weeks ago. — Fears about the bond market …
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Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Dow plunges more than 1,000 points on specter of higher interest rates
Dow plunges more than 1,000 points on specter of higher interest rates
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI surveillance of Carter Page might have picked up Bannon — The FBI was monitoring Carter Page when the former Trump campaign adviser says he spoke with Trump adviser Steve Bannon about Russia in January 2017, raising the strong possibility that the FBI intercepted a conversation between the two men.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Former Cato employees describe years of harassment — Three former employees of the famed Cato Institute say they were sexually harassed by Ed Crane, the 73-year-old co-founder and president emeritus of the think tank and one of the most recognizable figures in the libertarian movement.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Two more officials cited in FBI texts step down — The FBI's media chief and the head of the Justice Department's anti-espionage section are both departing. — Two more senior government officials who were prominently discussed in text messages exchanged by FBI personnel formerly assigned …
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Another longtime Comey aide leaving FBI
Another longtime Comey aide leaving FBI
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News executive VP rails against diversity of US Olympians: “Darker, Gayer, Different” — BLOG ››› February 8, 2018 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF — Fox News' John Moody, who serves as the network's executive vice president and an executive editor …
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CNN:
‘Pillar of the community’ deported from US after 39 years to a land he barely knows — Palestinian deported after 39 years in the US — Amman, Jordan (CNN)With nothing but the clothes on his back and less than $300 in his pocket, Amer Adi was put on a plane and deported to Jordan …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
George W. Bush says Russia meddled in 2016 US election — ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former President George W. Bush said on Thursday that “there's pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the 2016 American presidential election, forcefully rebutting fellow Republican …
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
MeToo movement lawmaker investigated for sexual misconduct allegations — SAN FRANCISCO — California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia — whose high-profile advocacy of the #MeToo movement earned her national media notice — is herself the subject of a state legislative investigation in the wake …
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle — Jimmy Buffett awoke one morning last year in one of his many homes — he can't remember which one, there are a lot of them — and a panic gripped him in his throat. His new Broadway musical, “Escape to Margaritaville,” was coming along nicely, but something was off.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Files Denaturalization Complaint Against Diversity Visa Recipient Who Transferred Non-Profit Funds to Specially Designated Global Terrorist — The Department of Justice today filed a complaint to revoke the naturalization of a Sudan native—who entered the United States …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Uranium One informant makes Clinton allegations in testimony — An FBI informant connected to the Uranium One controversy told three congressional committees in written testimony that Moscow routed millions of dollars to America with the expectation it would be used to benefit Bill Clinton
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Stopped Sabotaging the Economy Because They Have the White House Now — During the Obama era, Democrats frequently believed, but only rarely uttered aloud in official forums, that the Republican Party was engaged in economic sabotage. Not a coldly conscious plot, exactly.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
With Enemies Like This, Donald Trump Doesn't Need Friends — So, the Washington Post says that Donald Trump wants to honor the military with a parade, which the Trump-haters inform us is the worst thing that ever was because it's Donald Trump who wants to honor the military with a parade.
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka fully supports Danny Tarkanian (whose campaign paid Gorka $5,000) … Danny Tarkanian made a new friend last year. The insurgent candidate, who is running in the Nevada Republican primary to unseat incumbent Sen. Dean Heller, obtained the endorsement of former deputy assistant to President Trump, Sebastian Gorka.
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
The Real Reason that Most Trump Fans Can't Stand ‘Never Trump’ Conservatives — One of the most interesting political divides of the Trump era is that between long-time Republicans who strongly support Donald Trump, and those who have been in the group of so-called “Never Trump” conservatives.