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Gary Cohn to Resign as Trump's Top Economic Adviser — Gary D. Cohn, President Trump's top economic adviser, plans to resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration, White House officials said on Tuesday. — The officials insisted …
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Trump complicit with Scaramucci attacks on Kelly — Trump in tweet: I have people I want to change — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump publicly derided reports Tuesday that chaos is engulfing the West Wing, but in private, the man who thrives on discord seems to be sowing some of it himself.
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Washington Post:
How the Washington establishment is losing out to little-known Trump advisers on trade … Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson privately warned senior trade officials on Tuesday that President Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum could endanger …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Confronted Cohn on Trade Hours Before Resignation, Sources Say — President asked adviser to publicly stand by tariff plan — Cohn didn't give an answer in Oval Office meeting Tuesday — President Donald Trump demanded economic adviser Gary Cohn's cooperation on tariffs in a meeting …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘It means disaster’: White House aides fear more policy chaos after Cohn departure — For many longtime Republican policy wonks and senior aides on Capitol Hill, Gary Cohn served as a touchstone. He was seen as the rare Trump administration official who did a good job of navigating substantive …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is producing the greatest reality show ever — (CNN)You can leave reality TV. But reality TV never leaves you. — That's the lesson — or at least one of the lessons — the first 13-plus months of Donald Trump's presidency has taught us. Again and again …
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Wall Street Journal:
Gary Cohn Resigns as White House Economic Adviser After Losing Tariffs Fight — Defeat on tariffs was latest setback for Mr. Cohn, who has seen many ups and downs in turbulent West Wing — Gary Cohn will resign from the White House after 14 months serving as President Donald Trump's top economic adviser …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's dangerously thin red line — In early February, after President Trump's well-received State of the Union address and Davos trip, economic adviser Gary Cohn was having lunch with the president and Chief of Staff John Kelly, in the small dining room off the Oval Office. — “I've got to tell you.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Four unfolding events that show the crazy times we're in
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Ben White / Politico:
How Trump's trade war finally broke Gary Cohn
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says ‘hush agreement’ invalid because he never signed — Adult film star Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump Tuesday, alleging that he never signed the nondisclosure agreement that his lawyer had arranged with her. — The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court …
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Adviser to Emirates With Ties to Trump Aides Is Cooperating With Special Counsel — WASHINGTON — An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand jury …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
National Democrats' strategy comes up short in Texas — The first primary of the 2018 midterm elections has already scrambled the political landscape, after a Democratic candidate spurned by the national party qualified for a primary runoff in one of the districts central to Democrats' efforts …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Valdez, White headed to runoff in Democratic gubernatorial primary
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz calls out challenger Beto O'Rourke in a sign of a tough fight to come in Texas
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump administration goes on offense, sues California over sanctuary laws — After more than a year on defense against a flurry of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, the Justice Department went on offense Tuesday, filing a suit against the State of California …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to sue California over ‘sanctuary’ laws that aid those in U.S. illegally
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here's What I Learned. — I first got news of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., via an alert on my watch. Even though I had turned off news notifications months ago, the biggest news still somehow finds a way to slip through.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Give me a break, Axios … Late October saw the news that George Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia probe. George who? asked the media when the announcement came down. The answer: Papadopoulos was a former Trump campaign adviser who'd admitted …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway found to have violated Hatch Act — violated the Hatch Act on two occasions, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) informed the Trump administration Tuesday. — Appearing in her official capacity, Conway endorsed and advocated against political candidates, the watchdog said, referring its findings to President Trump
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Peter Overby / NPR:
Kellyanne Conway Violated Federal Ethics Rules, Watchdog Agency Says
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Carli Teproff / miamiherald:
Teen shot five times at Stoneman Douglas High plans to sue BSO, school system — A 15-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor and his family have put Broward County authorities on notice that they will sue to seek money damages to help cover the cost of his recovery.
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Kurds pull back from ISIS fight in Syria, saying they feel let down by U.S. … BEIRUT — U.S.-allied forces in eastern Syria said Tuesday that they are withdrawing from the front lines of the war against the Islamic State in order to battle the United States' NATO ally Turkey elsewhere in the country …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty After Fyre Festival Fiasco — Millennial entrepreneur admits $26 million funding fraud — Billy McFarland ‘grossly underestimated’ required preparations — The millennial entrepreneur whose 2017 Fyre Festival began with promises of music and luxury …
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Nicole Hong / Wall Street Journal:
Head of Fyre Festival Pleads Guilty to Fraud
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Ana Isabel Martinez / Reuters:
Kushner to visit Mexico following latest Trump tirades — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, will visit Mexico on Wednesday and meet President Enrique Pena Nieto, the Mexican foreign ministry said, after a ratcheting up of tensions over trade and plans for a border wall.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Received Inside Info From Russia Probe … On Dec. 19, 2017, a former staffer for Sen. John McCain named David Kramer testified before the House intelligence committee behind closed doors. He'd played a role in bringing the salacious and unverified Steele dossier …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Trumpism Is a Psychology, Not an Ideology — Trump presents an insurmountable challenge an intellectual approach to politics because his decisions aren't based on any coherent body of ideas. — For the last couple of years I've been banging my spoon on my high chair about how Trumpism …
Jacob Fischler / Roll Call:
Chao Goes Off the Rails on New York-New Jersey Project — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao came to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to answer questions about the administration's infrastructure proposal Tuesday. But she spent much of the time confirming and defending …
Ted Cruz:
I am deeply grateful that Republicans in Texas turned out and put their confidence in me to continue leading the fight for Texas values in Washington. The last five years have been an incredible honor and I'm proud of what we've been able to accomplish for 28 million Texans …
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Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Banks Battle Retailers Over Proposal to Disclose Consumer Hacks — House bill sets a federal standard for timely notification — Equitax and financial firms would be exempt under the law — American banks and retailers are sparring over whether financial firms should follow …
Michael J. Knowles / Daily Wire:
Don't Forget: The Infamous ‘Dred Scott’ Decision Was Largely About Preventing Blacks From Owning Guns — Black lives matter. — On this 161st anniversary of the Supreme Court's infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford to deny American citizenship to any black person, whether slave or free …
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