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Axios:
Awful scandal porn: Nunberg gone wild — MSNBC dubbed it “a historic interview.” CNN's Jake Tapper called it “a wild edition of ‘The Lead.’” Drudge's banner headline, with a cable screengrab: “cRaZy!” — Here's what it was: A sad, epic meltdown — a troubled Trump flunky …
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Associated Press:
Ex-Trump aide says he'll likely cooperate with Mueller — WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide spent much of Monday promising to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, even throwing down the challenge to “arrest me,” then backed off his defiance by saying he would probably cooperate in the end.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Sam Nunberg on Mueller, His Media Spree, and His Message for Trump — At 11:30 on Monday night, Sam Nunberg returned a call from New York. Usually easy to get ahold of, Nunberg had been tied up for hours, busy creating absolute mayhem of a variety not enjoyed by American media consumers since the brief era of Anthony Scaramucci.
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The Daily Beast:
‘What The F*ck?’ Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg's Mueller Meltdown Leaves Friends Petrified … Sam Nunberg, an early political adviser to Donald Trump, had a very public meltdown on Monday afternoon, repeatedly daring special counsel Robert Mueller to greenlight his arrest and insinuating that his old boss …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Sam Nunberg's Spectacular Stunt — “By the way, you know I'm the number one trending person on Twitter?” — It was just after 8:00 p.m. on Monday night, and the suddenly-famous Sam Nunberg had phoned me from Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant, a yuppie hangout on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where he was reveling in his triumph.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sam Nunberg goes dark on Tuesday after his spectacular media meltdown
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CNN
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Former Trump aide refusing Mueller subpoena: ‘Screw that’
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 42 craziest quotes from Sam Nunberg's absolutely bonkers CNN interviews
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Peter Navarro gets his 15 minutes of fame as the salesman for the Trump tariffs
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg called before grand jury, says he will refuse to go
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend …
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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
Flynn selling house to pay legal bills in Trump probe — Michael Flynn, the retired Army general and ex-Trump national security adviser who pleaded guilty last year to lying to FBI agents about his Russian contacts, has put his Virginia home up for sale to pay mounting legal fees, friends and family members told ABC News.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
If Andrew McCabe lied, could he be charged like Michael Flynn? — BY JONATHAN TURLEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 03/05/18 04:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — The Justice Department's inspector general is reportedly close to releasing …
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Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation Tuesday morning — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry speaks to the press in Old Hickory after a ribbon cutting ceremony Michael Schwab — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation at a press conference Tuesday morning.
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TheHill:
Australian diplomat whose tip prompted FBI's Russia-probe has tie to Clintons — The Australian diplomat whose tip in 2016 prompted the Russia-Trump investigation previously arranged one of the largest foreign donations to Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable efforts, documents show.
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Mike Konczal / New York Times:
Why Are Democrats Helping Trump Dismantle Dodd-Frank? — This week, the Senate begins debate on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, known as the Crapo bill for its primary sponsor, Mike Crapo, a Republican senator from Idaho. The bill would roll back or eliminate parts of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senate banking bill likely to boost chances of bank bailouts, CBO says
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New York Times:
Trump Reaffirms Commitment to Tariffs but Opens Door to Compromise — WASHINGTON — President Trump, facing an angry chorus of protests from leaders of his own party, including the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, insisted on Monday that he would not back down from his plan to impose across-the-board tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The lemongrass burrito is the new America. Can either party keep up? — Irvine, California (CNN)If recent population trends continue at their current pace, it's likely that by Election Day this November, minorities will constitute the majority of the population in the Congressional District centered …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
'It's almost nasty': Dems seek crackdown on sleeping in the Capitol — A bloc of House Democrats is calling for an ethics investigation into the widespread practice of lawmakers sleeping in their offices, arguing it's an abuse of taxpayer funds. — More than two dozen members …
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How Things Could Go Wrong For Republicans In Mississippi's New Senate Race — On Monday afternoon, Sen. Thad Cochran, the first Republican in over a century to win a statewide race in Mississippi and the longest-serving member currently in Congress, announced he would resign from office on April 1.
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Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Mike Espy announces run for Thad Cochran Senate seat
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
The ‘anti-Trump’ Oscars were a ratings disaster. Conservatives are delighted. … The 90th Academy Awards on Sunday was two things: an evening of pointed political statements and one with record-low viewership. — And many on the right have been quick to claim that those things went hand in hand.
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Oscars Drop to All-Time Low 26.5 Million Viewers
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
EPA appointee gets approval to consult for outside clients — WASHINGTON (AP) — A key aide to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been granted permission to make extra money moonlighting for private clients whose identities are being kept secret.
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The Daily Caller
Alex Nichols / The Outline:
Premium Twitter feeds are for suckers — I know, because I read them. — Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services, partly in response to persistent hoaxes claiming otherwise. And why would they?
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The Trump presidency could cost the nation more than we realize — As the saying goes, you don't miss the water until the well runs dry: This deeply aberrant presidency threatens to cost the nation much more than even some of President Trump's harshest critics may realize.
BBC:
Russian spy: Boris Johnson warns Kremlin over Salisbury incident — The UK would respond “robustly” to any evidence of Russian involvement in the collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal, Boris Johnson has said. — Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are critically ill in hospital …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“He Can Go from a B Player to an A Player”: At Rolling Stone, Ryan Lizza Is Writing, Jann and Gus Wenner Are Still Kicking Around, and Jay Penske Is the Media Tycoon du Jour — Jay Penske, the scion of an auto-racing empire, has a legitimate shot to turn the baby-boomer culture bible around—if he can make it safe for millennials.
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Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Big Banks Get a Big Win in Senate Rollback Bill — Nation's largest banks would gain incentive to buy more municipal bonds in legislation targeting smaller banks — WASHINGTON—Bipartisan legislation expected to clear the Senate as early as this week has just one provision that is set …
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