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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump urges national unity, investigation of ‘the other side’ amid Russia probe — Saying there were “no phone calls, no meetings, no collusion,” President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed for an investigation of “the other side” amid the FBI probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Assessing the new Democratic intel memo — It took a while, owing to delays over classified information, but Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have finally released their rebuttal to the “FISA abuse” memo put forth earlier this month by committee Republicans.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the Release of the Democratic Memo — WASHINGTON — An application to wiretap a former associate of President Trump's campaign in fall 2016 “made only narrow use” of information provided by a former British spy who compiled a notorious dossier about Mr. Trump and Russia …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Nunes Memo Is Fake and the Russia Scandal Is Very Real — More than a month ago, conservatives rose up in coordinated demands to “release the memo.” The memo, supposedly, contained breathtaking evidence of corruption in the Justice Department. The agents of the Deep State had allegedly used …
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The Atlantic
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Dems' rebuttal to GOP FISA memo is released; Trump deems it a ‘bust’ — President Trump on Saturday dismissed a Democratic rebuttal to the GOP memo outlining government surveillance abuses in the 2016 campaign as a “total political and legal bust,” claiming that it only confirms the …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo tears it apart — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff brought receipts. — Late on Saturday afternoon, House Democrats surprised the country by releasing their rebuttal to the so-called Nunes memo — the document, prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
2 Weeks After Trump Blocked It, Democrats' Rebuttal of G.O.P. Memo Is Released — WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee released a redacted Democratic memorandum on Saturday that counters Republican claims that top F.B.I. and Justice Department officials had abused their powers in spying on a former Trump campaign aide.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democratic memo: FBI was investigating Trump campaign associates weeks before receiving dossier
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Lawfare:
Takeaways From the House Intelligence Democrats' Memo
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Nunes gets conservative award for pushback on Russia probe
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The Daily Caller
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Selection …:
Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo
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Business Insider, Politicus USA and The Guardian
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian spies hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it, U.S. officials say … Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea has expressed willingness to talk to the United States, South Korean presidential office says … PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The North Korean delegation to the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics said that Pyongyang was “willing to have talks” with the United States …
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Washington Post:
After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexico's president shelves plan to visit White House … Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled this week after a testy call between …
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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
CPAC speaker Mona Charen stuns with fiery rebuke of Trump, Le Pen — A conservative columnist was escorted out of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday after slamming President Trump and conservatives for behaving like “hypocrites” when it comes to women's issues.
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Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Prepping for impeachment: Here's what Greitens and lawmakers face in the coming days — The Missouri Capitol stands at dusk on the final day of the 97th Legislature at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Friday, May 16, 2014. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Ana Cerrud / Washington Post:
Police, yelling, power turned off: Confrontation over Trump's Panama hotel escalates … PANAMA CITY — The majority owner of President Trump's only hotel in Latin America abruptly ordered Trump employees out of the property on Thursday, triggering a confrontation in which Trump employees refused …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Corey Lewandowski returns to the Oval Office — Two days before President Trump gave his unchained, campaign-style speech at CPAC, he had a secret visitor in the Oval Office. — You didn't see it on the president's schedule, and the news hasn't leaked out until now …
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Chris York / HuffPost UK:
Michael Wolff Says Donald Trump And Jared Kushner ‘Will Throw Each Other Under The Bus’
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The Guardian:
Colombia extradites ‘Pablo Escobar of Ecuador’ to US — Washington Edison Prado is accused of shipping hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to US … A suspected drug chief known as the “Pablo Escobar of Ecuador” was extradited to the US on Saturday, Colombia's chief prosecutor's office has announced.
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Supreme Court could cripple public unions in run-up to 2018 midterms — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could shrink government unions and their campaign war chests by as much as two thirds, with potentially devastating consequences for the Democratic Party in a competitive election cycle.
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Political Wire and The Guardian
Dana Schuster / Page Six:
Inside the toxic atmosphere at ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ — Megyn Kelly has fashioned herself as a champion of the #MeToo movement, filling her NBC talk show, “Megyn Kelly Today,” with brave women fighting injustice. — But a former colleague says it's all an act.
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Mediaite
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump would like to see a military parade on Veterans Day with ‘a lot of plane flyovers’ … President Trump on Saturday night said he is hopeful that a military parade “with a lot of plane flyovers” can be staged in Washington on Veterans Day but acknowledged that the expense could be a concern.
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Political Wire
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Maxine Waters: Time ‘to get ready for impeachment’ — (D-Calif.), who has been a leading opponent of President Trump — on Capitol Hill, told thousands of Democratic activists and officials “to get ready for impeachment.” — Speaking at the California Democratic Party's annual convention in San Diego …
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