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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Conservatives urge Trump to grant pardons in Russia probe — After months of criticizing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, President Donald Trump's supporters are issuing increasingly bold calls for presidential pardons to limit the investigation's impact.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A non-alarmist reading of the Mueller Russia indictment … There's been no shortage of breathless reaction to Trump-Russia special prosecutor Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian organizations for their efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
How A Plea Reversal From Michael Flynn Could Uncover More Federal Corruption — On Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order in United States v. Flynn that, while widely unnoticed, reveals something fascinating: A motion by Michael Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea based on government misconduct is likely in the works.
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
RECKONING WITH TRUMP'S ILLEGITIMACY
RECKONING WITH TRUMP'S ILLEGITIMACY
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump is losing control
President Trump is losing control
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Washington Post:
Trump lashes out over Russia probe in angry and error-laden tweetstorm
Trump lashes out over Russia probe in angry and error-laden tweetstorm
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Blake Hounshell / Politico:
Confessions of a Russiagate Skeptic
Confessions of a Russiagate Skeptic
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Trump-Russia inquiry: Manafort under pressure after reports that Gates has flipped
Trump-Russia inquiry: Manafort under pressure after reports that Gates has flipped
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now
Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What has changed in the Russia investigation?
What has changed in the Russia investigation?
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Washington Monthly, NBC News and RT
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Report: Conservatives want Trump to pardon aides targeted by Mueller
Report: Conservatives want Trump to pardon aides targeted by Mueller
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
White House: Trump Supports Gun Background Check Bill
White House: Trump Supports Gun Background Check Bill
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Madison Park / CNN:
Florida school shooter obtained 10 firearms — CNN will hold a town hall with the victims' classmates, parents and community members. “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” will air live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. — School shooter Nikolas Cruz will attend a 1 p.m. ET hearing …
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De Elizabeth / Vox:
As a teacher, shooter drills were bad. Being expected to die for my students was terrifying.
As a teacher, shooter drills were bad. Being expected to die for my students was terrifying.
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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Students who survived massacre refuse to pose for photo op with Trump
Students who survived massacre refuse to pose for photo op with Trump
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Ryan Saavedra / Daily Wire:
Parkland High School Student: Media Politicizing Tragedy To Push Gun Control, Not Focusing On Students
Parkland High School Student: Media Politicizing Tragedy To Push Gun Control, Not Focusing On Students
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Washington Post:
Funeral after funeral, an emotional marathon for survivors of the Parkland school shooting
Funeral after funeral, an emotional marathon for survivors of the Parkland school shooting
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Fla. shooting survivor on Trump's FBI tweets: ‘Disgusting’
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump tweet angers survivors of Parkland shooting
Trump tweet angers survivors of Parkland shooting
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New York Times:
How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents? — Where does Donald Trump rank on the list of American presidents? — We surveyed presidential politics experts to sketch out a first draft of Trump's place in presidential history. — Since our previous survey in 2014 …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump comes in last in expert presidential rankings survey
Trump comes in last in expert presidential rankings survey
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Oops! Sarah Huckabee Sanders cops to making a rare mistake and says Trump has not confirmed for WHCD yet - but WILL go to Gridiron — The White House told DailyMail.com Monday that President Trump would attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but then walked it back
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CBS News:
Oprah follows up with the partisan voters in Michigan — Last fall, Oprah Winfrey spoke with 14 Michigan voters, seven of whom voted for Donald Trump. Winfrey sat down with the voters again to get their thoughts on Trump's first year in office — Oprah Winfrey
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump hits golf course 3 days after visiting shooting victims
Trump hits golf course 3 days after visiting shooting victims
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trump Jr. to give foreign policy speech while on ‘unofficial’ business trip to India … NEW DELHI — The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is making what's been dubbed an unofficial visit to India to promote his family's real estate projects. But he's also planning to deliver …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why Facebook is afraid of Robert Mueller … Who is afraid of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III? President Trump is afraid. So are those who worked on his campaign. But they are not alone. — Over the weekend, Rob Goldman made it clear that some of America's biggest social media companies are scared of Mueller, too.
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Fact-Checking a Facebook Executive's Comments on Russian Interference
Fact-Checking a Facebook Executive's Comments on Russian Interference
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump is ignoring the worst attack on America since 9/11
Trump is ignoring the worst attack on America since 9/11
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
How Unwitting Americans Encountered Russian Operatives Online
How Unwitting Americans Encountered Russian Operatives Online
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Trump's Miss Universe Gambit — For years, he used his beauty pageants to boost business interests abroad. A 2013 contest, in Moscow, may also have helped give him the Presidency. — The first-round results of the 2013 Miss Universe pageant seem to have come as a surprise …
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New York Times:
Tools of Trump's Fixer: Payouts, Intimidation and the Tabloids — As accounts of past sexual indiscretions threatened to surface during Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, the job of stifling potentially damaging stories fell to his longtime lawyer and all-around fixer, Michael D. Cohen.
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New York Times:
Texas Democrat Writes Giant-Killer Narrative One Livestream at a Time — By Michael TackettPhotographs by Tamir Kalifa Feb. 19, 2018 — BEAUMONT, Texas — Operating on two hours' sleep, Beto O'Rourke was 20 hours into his day and looked it. His white shirt and gray slacks were an accordion of wrinkles.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump open to improving background checks, spokesman says — West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)President Donald Trump “is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system” for gun purchases, less than a week after the Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House: Trump supports stronger background checks for gun buys
White House: Trump supports stronger background checks for gun buys
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Washington Post:
For the weary White House, Florida shooting offered a ‘reprieve’ from scandals … The White House was under siege. — Domestic abuse allegations against a senior aide were ignored, pointing to a potential high-level coverup. Two Cabinet secretaries were caught charging taxpayers for luxury travel.
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Jill Abramson / New York Magazine:
Do You Believe Her Now? — With new evidence that Clarence Thomas lied to get onto the Supreme Court, it's time to talk seriously about impeachment. — Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas testifying before the Senate in 1991. Paul Hosefros/The New York Times/Redux (Hill); Jose R. Lopez/The New York Times/Redux (Rhomas)
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
HOW AN ALT-RIGHT BOT NETWORK TOOK DOWN AL FRANKEN — White nationalist provocateurs, a pair of fake news sites, an army of Twitter bots and other cyber tricks helped derail Democratic Senator Al Franken last year, new research shows. — While everyone has been focused on Russian meddling …
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Washington Post:
Top U.S. officials tell the world to ignore Trump's tweets … MUNICH — Amid global anxiety about President Trump's approach to world affairs, U.S. officials had a message for a gathering of Europe's foreign policy elite this weekend: Pay no attention to the man tweeting behind the curtain.
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Kate Buck / Metro.co.uk:
Passenger drops farts so putrid pilot is forced to make emergency landing — A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after a row caused by a passenger who refused to stop farting. — The passenger apparently kept breaking wind on board a Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol last weekend.
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