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Holland Cotter / New York Times:
Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction — WASHINGTON — With the unveiling here Monday at the National Portrait Gallery of the official presidential likenesses of Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, this city of myriad monuments gets a couple of new ones …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Obamas' official portraits unveiled — Washington (CNN)Barack and Michelle Obama re-emerged on the public stage Monday in Washington, only this time for an event that has nothing to do with politics. — The former first couple's official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian's National …
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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
The Obamas' portraits are not what you'd expect and that's why they're great
The Obamas' portraits are not what you'd expect and that's why they're great
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Rob Porter told White House senior staff ex-wife's black eye was accidental: Sources — Hours after allegations of domestic abuse came to light — including stark photos of one ex-wife with a black eye and a harrowing account of violence from a second ex-wife — former White House Staff …
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Axios:
Trump's real plan for 2018 — President Trump today will unveil a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that his own aides don't think will pass, and a $4 trillion budget that Axios' Jonathan Swan calls “science fiction.” — It's the strangest of year-ahead plans for a party that controls …
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Hungary no longer wants to arrest former White House aide Gorka, but mystery lingers
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
She is Hope Hicks' pinch hitter
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump extends condolences to Putin over plane crash near Moscow
Trump extends condolences to Putin over plane crash near Moscow
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Proposes to Cut Medicare and Spend Big on Wall, Defense — Lawmakers already acted to raise military, domestic spending — Immigration enforcement a major theme of 2019 proposal — President Donald Trump will propose cutting entitlement programs by $1.7 trillion, including Medicare …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's infrastructure proposal, explained
Trump's infrastructure proposal, explained
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits
White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Budget Director Warns Interest Rates May ‘Spike’ on Deficit
U.S. Budget Director Warns Interest Rates May ‘Spike’ on Deficit
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump's $4.4 Trillion Budget Boosts Defense With More Red Ink
Trump's $4.4 Trillion Budget Boosts Defense With More Red Ink
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NBC News:
Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after suspicious letter sent to her home — President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was taken to a Manhattan hospital as a precaution on Monday after a suspicious letter containing an unidentified substance was sent to her apartment, senior law enforcement and city officials told NBC News.
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Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
Police: Donald Trump Jr.'s wife exposed to white powder — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said.
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Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Dear America: Your News Media Absolutely Hates You — It'd be nice to say that American media doesn't hate this country. It'd be nice to claim that the American press, while maintaining objectivity and balancing against bias, is still inherently American - that they are patriots who love …
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Christine Kim / Reuters:
Head held high, Kim's sister returns to North Korea — SEOUL (Reuters) - A prim, young woman with a high forehead and hair half swept back quietly gazes at the throngs of people pushing for a glimpse of her, a faint smile on her lips and eyelids low as four bodyguards jostle around her.
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P.J. Crowley / Axios:
After “fire and fury,” more strategic patience with North Korea
After “fire and fury,” more strategic patience with North Korea
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Wired:
INSIDE THE TWO YEARS THAT SHOOK FACEBOOK—AND THE WORLD — How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all. — ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.
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Chris Massie / CNN:
GOP Senate candidate's parents max out donations to primary campaign of Democrat he hopes to unseat — (CNN)Just months after Republican Kevin Nicholson announced his bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2018, his own parents donated the legal maximum to her primary campaign.
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Sessions invokes ‘Anglo American heritage’ of sheriff's office — Sessions: Crime rate going up is not a blip — Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday brought up sheriffs' “Anglo-American heritage” during remarks to law enforcement officials in Washington.
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
The Education Department Officially Says It Will Reject Transgender Student Bathroom Complaints — Department officials have said they were considering the issue since last February — now, a department spokesperson tells BuzzFeed News the agency's position is set.
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's No. 3 attorney had been unhappy with her job for months before the department announced her departure on Friday, according to multiple sources close to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
CNN, Despite Trump Bump, Prepares for Dozens of Layoffs — A year ago, CNN was positioning itself as ready to take on Vice and BuzzFeed in the digital space. Now, the company is rightsizing as it prepares for AT&T's embrace. — Besides the occasional Twitter-issued invective from the president …
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Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Trump administration wants to sell National and Dulles airports, other assets around U.S. … The Trump administration is making a push to sell off federal assets as part of its infrastructure plan released Monday. — Among the targets: Reagan National and Dulles International airports …
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Senators flag ‘unusual’ Susan Rice email on Russia probe from Inauguration Day — Ex-national security adviser Susan Rice sent an “unusual email” to herself the day President Trump was sworn into office documenting former President Barack Obama's guidance at a high-level meeting …
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Amir Tibon / Reuters:
Abbas Tells Putin: ‘We Refuse to Cooperate With U.S. in Any Form’; Putin: Trump Sends Best Wishes — In a meeting between the Palestinian and Russian presidents in Moscow, Putin assures Abbas that he has spoken with Trump, knows Palestinians want U.S. out of peace talks
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Wills Robinson / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Married senior policy advisor to President Obama pleaded guilty to sex crimes for taking pictures up women's skirts on the DC Metro and resigned before the government could fire him — William Mendoza, 42, was the executive director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Analysis: The Generic Is Falling! The Generic Is Falling! — I hear it all the time these days. The Democratic electoral wave is petering out. The generic ballot shows the Democrats' advantage is cratering. President Donald Trump's job approval ratings are up.
New York Times:
Is Devin Nunes Obstructing Justice? — As public scrutiny exposes deep flaws in the memo from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, about alleged F.B.I. surveillance abuses, the committee's Republicans are increasingly downplaying its significance.
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA watchdog to say chief wrongly accepted Wimbledon tickets, airfare, but his lawyers blast findings — VA Secretary David Shulkin says taxpayers did not foot the bill for his sightseeing during a European trip. He also dismisses rumors that he is in the running to become the next HHS secretary.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ben Shapiro's Website Eyes Buying Glenn Beck's TheBlaze … The people who head Ben Shapiro's conservative news site are in talks to buy Glenn Beck's troubled media empire TheBlaze, The Daily Beast has learned. Two sources familiar with the conversations said this appears quite likely, though the deal isn't final.
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Jana Winter / Foreign Policy:
Former Senior FBI Official Is Leading BuzzFeed's Effort to Verify Trump Dossier — Anthony Ferrante coordinated the U.S. government's response to Russian election interference. Now he's helping a news site defend itself from a Russian billionaire's lawsuit.
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Trump's Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws — The Trump administration's controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn from consideration to be deputy director of the US Census Bureau, according to sources close to the bureau. — In November, Politico reported …
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