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New York Times:
Trump's Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll — WASHINGTON — For 13 months in the Oval Office, and in an unorthodox business career before that, President Trump has thrived on chaos, using it as an organizing principle and even a management tool.
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CNN:
The great unraveling: Trump's allies are really worried about him — (CNN)Not since Richard Nixon started talking to the portraits on the walls of the West Wing has a president seemed so alone against the world. — One source — who is a presidential ally — is worried, really worried.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Jared has faded’: Inside the 28 days of tumult that left Kushner badly diminished … They were the ascendant young couples of the Trump White House: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Rob Porter and Hope Hicks. They enjoyed rarefied access to the president and special privileges in the West Wing.
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Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
Get stylish like Hope Hicks in a Veronica Beard jacket … Hicks, who turns 30 next October, revealed she was leaving the White House on Thursday. She is Trump's longest surviving aide and helped guide his early shoestring campaign operation after working for the Trump Organization
CNN:
Exclusive: FBI counterintel investigating Ivanka Trump business deal
Exclusive: FBI counterintel investigating Ivanka Trump business deal
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CNN:
When Jeff Sessions finally called Trump's bluff
When Jeff Sessions finally called Trump's bluff
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David Jackson / USA Today:
John Kelly: 'We didn't cover ourselves in glory' on Rob Porter abuse allegations
The Intercept:
Jared Kushner's Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade — The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar's minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt …
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Associated Press:
SEC dropped inquiry a month after firm aided Kushner company — NEW YORK (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate firm a $180 million loan.
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Political Wire and IJR
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week — Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariff Folly — His tax on aluminum and steel will hurt the economy and his voters. — Donald Trump made the biggest policy blunder of his Presidency Thursday by announcing that next week he'll impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum.
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Detroit Free Press:
Police: 2 shot at Central Michigan University, gunman still at large — Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office gives tips on how to survive an active shooter situation. Video provided by Brevard County Sheriff's Office. Wochit — CONNECT
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USA Today:
2 dead, gunman at large in Central Michigan University shooting
2 dead, gunman at large in Central Michigan University shooting
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Lucia I. Suarez Sang / Fox News:
2 killed at Central Michigan University, gunman ‘armed and dangerous’
2 killed at Central Michigan University, gunman ‘armed and dangerous’
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Wall Street Journal:
White House on Gun-Law Changes: Not So Fast — Trump backs away from broad overhaul to gun laws after meeting with NRA — WASHINGTON—The White House signaled Friday that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
White House softens tone on gun-control measures after Trump meets with NRA
White House softens tone on gun-control measures after Trump meets with NRA
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New York Times:
N.R.A. Suggests Trump May Retreat From Gun Control
N.R.A. Suggests Trump May Retreat From Gun Control
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI interviewed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin after saying investigation of her boss had concluded … The FBI interviewed top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin around the holidays last winter — more than a month and a half after the politically charged investigation into Clinton's email practices …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Senator seeks answers on why FBI waited weeks to act on Weiner laptop in Clinton case
Senator seeks answers on why FBI waited weeks to act on Weiner laptop in Clinton case
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Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Alec Baldwin on His ABC Talk Show, Woody Allen Fallout and ‘SNL’ Future — “Every time I do it now, it's like agony,” Baldwin says of his Trump parody. — Beginning this weekend, ABC will start spending its Sundays With Alec Baldwin. — Earlier this week, the network ordered a nine-episode …
New York Times:
Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show — Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter. — WASHINGTON — Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring …
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NBC News:
Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats' emails — WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
House Race in Pennsylvania May Turn on Trump Voters' Regrets — BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. — The steel mill where Patti Stroud's husband worked for 26 years shut down a few weeks before Election Day in 2016. Though she is a registered Democrat, Ms. Stroud had long since drifted away from the party over its liberal social policies.
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Washington Post
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Uber and Lyft drivers' median hourly wage is just $3.37, report finds — Majority of drivers make less than minimum wage and many end up losing money, according to study published by MIT … Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes …
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed — A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned.
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘stupidest, dumbass people’ — (CNN)Sen. Orrin Hatch says supporters of the Affordable Care Act are the “stupidest, dumbass” people he's ever seen. — Speaking about the massive GOP tax overhaul at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday …
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The Babylon Bee:
CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine To Spin News Before Publication — ATLANTA, GA—In order to aid the news station in preparing stories for consumption, popular news media organization CNN purchased an industrial-sized washing machine to help its journalists and news anchors spin the news before publication.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's embrace of Russia: The evidence on public display already paints a jarring picture — Trump's in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche. It's worth reviewing what's been established so far. — As Robert Mueller accumulates guilty pleas …
David Dayen / The Intercept:
Instead of Taking on Gun Control, Democrats are Teaming with Republicans for a Stealth Attack on Wall Street Reform — In mid-January, Citigroup executives held a conference call with reporters about the bank's fourth quarter 2017 earnings. The discussion turned to an obscure congressional bill …
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
The number of Delta Airlines passengers who bought tickets with NRA discount: 13 — How many airline passengers does it take to kill a $40 million tax break for Delta Air Lines? 13. — The Georgia legislature removed a jet-fuel tax break from a larger tax package Thursday.
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Andrew Mayeda / Bloomberg:
Wilbur Ross Says Trump Appears to Favor Global Tariff With No Exemption — Trump ‘seemed’ to announce global tariffs, Ross tells CNBC — Ross: ‘Tremendous overreaction’ in markets over announcement — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said President Donald Trump “seemed” …
New York Times:
E.U. Leader Threatens Tariffs on Bourbon and Bluejeans in Retaliation for Trump's Plan — Government and industry officials around the world warned of an escalating trade war, but President Trump doubled down on his vow, tweeting, “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
The Guardian:
EU citizenship for sale as Russian oligarch buys Cypriot passport — Exclusive: Oleg Deripaska joins hundreds of rich people who have bought Cypriot nationality — Sara Farolfi, Luke Harding and Stelios Ophanides in Nicosia … The Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has bought …
The Daily Beast:
Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia's Election Trolls … The Kremlin-backed troll farm at the center of Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election has quietly suffered a catastrophic security breach, The Daily Beast has confirmed, in a leak that spilled new details of its operations onto obscure corners of the internet.
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Raw Story
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Progressives Win the Culture War — I wonder if I'm wrong on the subject of guns. I started this latest round of the debate with the presumption that supporters of moderate gun restrictions are popularly strong but legislatively weak. Since Sandy Hook in 2012, more than two dozen states …
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The American Conservative
Julia Azari / Vox:
Can a maverick candidate save the Republican Party? — Transforming a political party is harder than it looks. — When Mitt Romney announced that he was running for a Utah Senate seat, various corners of the anti-Trump internet gurgled with anticipation that Romney might be a source …