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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump attacks everyone but Russia — President Donald Trump railed against the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election Saturday night into Sunday, sending off a stream of tweets attacking the FBI, CNN, the Democratic Party, his own national security adviser …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’: Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election … West Palm Beach, Fla. — President Trump questioned the intensifying special counsel's investigation of his campaign and administration while attacking his own national security adviser …
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Amy Held / NPR:
Trump Chides McMaster For Saying Evidence Of Russian Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
Trump Chides McMaster For Saying Evidence Of Russian Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump's National Security Chief Calls Russian Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
Trump's National Security Chief Calls Russian Interference ‘Incontrovertible’
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Florida teen shooting survivors announce ‘March for Our Lives’ demonstration in Washington — Teen survivors of the school shooting massacre in Florida last week are calling for a march on Washington to demand action on gun control. — Student organizers of the protest told ABC News' …
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Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Florida GOP in crisis as major donor threatens to pull money over guns
Florida GOP in crisis as major donor threatens to pull money over guns
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump needs to ‘talk to these kids’ who survived Florida school-shooting massacre: Democrat representative
Trump needs to ‘talk to these kids’ who survived Florida school-shooting massacre: Democrat representative
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trumps went straight from Parkland to Studio 54- themed ‘disco party’ at Mar-a-Lago: report
Trumps went straight from Parkland to Studio 54- themed ‘disco party’ at Mar-a-Lago: report
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Washington Post:
The 21st-century Russian sleeper agent is a troll with an American accent … Not long after Marat Mindiyarov started working at the Internet Research Agency, the Russian troll factory indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday, he began hearing about the coveted “Facebook Department.”
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
A former Russian troll speaks: 'It was like being in Orwell's world' … The indictment by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III of 13 Russians associated with a St. Petersburg online “troll factory” that allegedly interfered with the U.S. election has brought a sense of vindication to the handful …
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud — In his first indictments for Russian interference in the 2016 election, the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has revealed the inner workings of a shadow campaign—conceived in Moscow and deployed in the United States …
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
‘Black Panther’ brings in a record-breaking box office weekend — The Marvel model for success — All hail the king. — “Black Panther,” Marvel's first film directed by an African-American, brought in an estimated $192 million for its three-day debut in North America this weekend.
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Christopher Lebron / Boston Review:
‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve
‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Adam Rippon will work for NBC as a correspondent for remainder of 2018 Winter Olympics — PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon, the openly gay Olympic team bronze medalist who has become one of the best-known names at these Games, has been hired by NBC to work …
Paula McMahon / Sun-Sentinel:
Nikolas Cruz: 'We had this monster living under our roof and we didn't know.' — Sun Sentinel — Nikolas Cruz was immature, quirky and depressed when James and Kimberly Snead took him into their Parkland home. But he was pleasant and seemed to be growing happier, they said.
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Joe Biden, in public and private, tiptoes toward a 2020 run — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides. — Huddled in his newly opened office steps …
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin's quest for lost glory — As our correspondent prepares to leave Russia, he argues that the Russian leader's rule has been dedicated to restoring pride lost in the collapse of the Soviet Union … Working on one of my final stories as the Guardian and Observer's Moscow correspondent …
Washington Post:
Under fire for travel expenses, Pruitt cancels trip to Israel … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has canceled a nearly week-long trip to Israel, agency officials confirmed Sunday. — Pruitt, who had been scheduled to leave this weekend for an extensive tour of the Mideast ally …
New York Times:
‘An Endless War’: Why 4 U.S. Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert — Reporting from the desert of Niger to a small town in Georgia, The New York Times reconstructed how four American soldiers lost their lives — and why they were in Africa to begin with.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
The 14 GOP senators who voted against Trump's immigration framework — 's immigration framework faced an unexpected opponent this week as it crashed on the Senate floor: Republicans. — The opposition from more than a fourth of the GOP conference came despite an intense pressure campaign …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump administration assault on bipartisan immigration plan ensured its demise
Trump administration assault on bipartisan immigration plan ensured its demise
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