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Housing official says she was replaced for rejecting Carson's costly office redecoration — Department's ex-chief administrative officer says she was replaced by a Trump appointee and told ‘$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair’ … A senior career official in the US Department of Housing …
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‘$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair’: HUD staffer files complaint over Ben Carson office redecoration — Washington (CNN)The former chief administrative officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development says she was demoted in part for refusing to spend more than was legally allowed …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
HUD Official Says She Was Demoted For Refusing To Blow Budget Cap On Decor
HUD Official Says She Was Demoted For Refusing To Blow Budget Cap On Decor
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CNN:
Ivanka Trump's South Korea trip fuels White House tension — Washington (CNN)She's a policy adviser bearing sensitive new details on sanctions to the South Koreans. She's a loyal family member who won't entertain questions about her father's purported infidelities.
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
State Department point man on North Korea, Joe Yun, to retire Friday … SEOUL — The State Department's point-man on North Korea, Joseph Yun, will leave his post on Friday, even as there are glimmers of hope that Pyongyang might finally be willing to sit down for talks with Washington.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
U.N. Links North Korea to Syria's Chemical Weapon Program
U.N. Links North Korea to Syria's Chemical Weapon Program
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Trump taps Brad Parscale to run his 2020 re-election campaign — (CNN)President Donald Trump has hired Brad Parscale, the digital media director of his 2016 campaign, to run his re-election bid, the campaign announced on Tuesday. — The announcement was initially hyped by The Drudge Report …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump names ‘digital guru’ Brad Parscale campaign manager for 2020 re-election bid
Trump names ‘digital guru’ Brad Parscale campaign manager for 2020 re-election bid
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's Facebook advertising advantage, explained
Trump's Facebook advertising advantage, explained
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump campaign's digital director will manage 2020 reelection efforts
Trump campaign's digital director will manage 2020 reelection efforts
Jackie Wang / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Democrats' early voting totals should ‘shock every conservative to their core,’ Abbott email says — AUSTIN — Early voting for the March primary is more than half over, and Democrats have outpaced Republicans at the polls on each day. — Through Sunday in the 15 Texas counties …
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
How Republicans Can Win the Midterms
How Republicans Can Win the Midterms
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New York Times:
We All Must Live With Mitch McConnell's Proudest Moment — Remember when the Senate confirmed Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, the veteran federal appeals court judge, to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly two years ago this month?
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue To Be Detained Indefinitely
Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue To Be Detained Indefinitely
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court throws out ruling that said detained immigrants deserve bond hearings
Supreme Court throws out ruling that said detained immigrants deserve bond hearings
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR first: Levi Sanders makes it official, he's a candidate for NH's 1st District House seat — Bernie Sanders' son, a Claremont resident, running for Shea-Porter seat — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — MANCHESTER, N.H. — It's official. An eighth Democrat has entered …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders struggles to address Russian support after Mueller indictment
Bernie Sanders struggles to address Russian support after Mueller indictment
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Matt Phillips / New York Times:
Trump's Tax Cuts in Hand, Companies Spend More on Themselves Than on Wages — President Trump promised that his tax cut would encourage companies to invest in factories, workers and wages, setting off a spending spree that would reinvigorate the American economy. — Companies have announced plans for some of those investments.
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WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Man armed with AR-15 stops attack by neighbor in Oswego — Share Update: … OSWEGO, Ill. — A man armed with an AR-15 rifle stopped an attack by one of his neighbors and held him until police arrived. — It happened Monday at an apartment building on Harbor Drive in Oswego Township.
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New York Times:
Melania Trump Parts Ways With Adviser Amid Backlash Over Inaugural Contract — WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump, has parted ways with an adviser after news about the adviser's firm reaping $26 million in payments to help plan President Trump's inauguration.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
5 Things Barack Obama Said in His Weirdly Off-the-Record MIT Speech — On Friday, former President Barack Obama spoke for an hour to an audience of hundreds of people at a major sports policy conference at MIT, but his remarks were off-the-record and kept completely secret by virtually all attendees …
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Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Antisemitic incidents in US soar to highest level in two decades — Largest year-on-year increase since 1979 comes as Trump administration is accused of failing to condemn bigotry … Antisemitic incidents in the US surged 57% in 2017, the Anti-Defamation League said on Tuesday …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Corker decides against reelection bid, sticks with retirement — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will not run for reelection after reconsidering his decision last fall to retire, his chief of staff said Tuesday. — After listening to some Tennessee Republicans and GOP senators who were privately urging …
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CNN:
Sheriff says he got 23 calls about shooter's family, but records show more — Washington (CNN)As critics have taken aim at law enforcement for missing warning signs about South Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, public records have emerged that conflict with Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel's statements …
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Krista Smith / Vanity Fair:
Jennifer Lawrence, a New Light … It is nearing dinnertime as I wind through the streets of Beverly Hills, passing the storied haunts Craig's and Tower Bar on my way to the home of Jennifer Lawrence. She has offered to host, and who would turn down an invitation to hang out with this supernova?
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
NSA chief says Trump hasn't told him to confront Russian cyber threat — NSA chief: Need authority to stop Russian cyber threat — Washington (CNN)US Cyber Command chief Adm. Mike Rogers told lawmakers on Tuesday that he has not been granted the authority by President Donald Trump …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Trump said he would charge a gunman. Here's what he's actually done in the face of danger. … President Trump's assertion that he would have run toward the Parkland, Fla., gunman had he been near the school would have been a bold claim for just about anybody to make.
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Leak: How NYT Editor James Bennet Justifies The Op-Ed Page To His Own Paper — “The world needs this from us right now.” — In December, New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet met with a group of Times employees to answer questions about his much-questioned opinion section.
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Miranda Green / The Hill:
Major EPA reorganization will end science research program — A federal environmental program that distributes grants to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults and children is being shuttered amidst a major organization consolidation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
DCCC Internal Polling Presented to Members of Congress Panned Single Payer Health Care — For Democrats in Washington, the question of how to talk to voters about health care is a vexing one. — In the wake of the election, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
New York Times:
Georgia Republicans Vow to Kill Airline Tax-Cut Bill After Delta Ends N.R.A. Discount — The lieutenant governor in Georgia threatened on Monday to kill a proposed lucrative tax cut for Delta Air Lines after the company eliminated a discount fare program for the National Rifle Association over the weekend.
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Marc Berman / New York Post:
Warriors have their plans in place for skipping White House visit — The Warriors head to Washington on Tuesday but will not visit the White House. Instead, they will take a side trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. President Trump uninvited them to the White House …
WSOC-TV:
Facebook Live shooting: Suspect in custody after killing caught on video — WINGATE, N.C. - Police said the suspect they were searching for has turned himself in after a man was shot to death Monday morning in Wingate while streaming on Facebook Live. — Officials with Union County Emergency …
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Parkland students are first glimpse of post-millennial wave that will change the country — (CNN)Don't look now, but here comes the post-millennial generation. — Americans are just growing accustomed to the impact of the massive millennial generation as consumers, workers and voters.
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Speaker Paul Ryan says GOP will look at “system failures,” not gun control, in wake of Florida shooting — WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that House Republicans would focus on law enforcement failures, not tighter gun control, in the wake of the latest mass shooting …
CNN:
CNN Poll: 6 in 10 concerned Trump isn't doing enough to protect US elections — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — A majority (55%) say Trump has attempted to interfere with the Russia investigation, up from 51% in January — Washington (CNN)About 6 in 10 Americans say Donald Trump …
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Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg:
A ‘Deeply Libertarian’ Plan to Restrict Gun Sales — What if you could volunteer for a “No Gun” registry? Would that prevent more deaths? — After this month's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, support for restricting access to firearms has seen a sharp rise.
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