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John Santucci / ABC News:
Several White House staffers terminated or reassigned for security clearance issues: Sources — Several White House staffers have been terminated or reassigned for issues related to their security clearances — with at least one individual employed in the Office of the First Lady relieved of duty …
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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 — THE STEP BACK: FOUR UNFOLDING EVENTS THAT SHOW WE'RE LIVING IN RIDICULOUSLY CRAZY TIMES ... REASON 1: THE SPEAKER IS WAGING A VERY PUBLIC WAR WITH THE PRESIDENT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'LL LOSE: SPEAKER PAUL RYAN has privately …
Washington Post:
How the Washington establishment is losing out to little-known Trump advisers on trade
How the Washington establishment is losing out to little-known Trump advisers on trade
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is producing the greatest reality show ever
Donald Trump is producing the greatest reality show ever
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump blames past presidents as far back George H.W. Bush for economic woes
Trump blames past presidents as far back George H.W. Bush for economic woes
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Axios and One America News Network
The Guardian:
Police confirm Sergei Skripal was poisoned with nerve agent — Scotland Yard also say first responding police officer now ‘seriously ill’ in hospital … The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was deliberately poisoned with a nerve agent in a case that police are now treating as attempted murder …
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Former Russian Spy Poisoned by Nerve Agent, British Police Say — LONDON — A former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned by a nerve agent in England this week, the British authorities said on Wednesday, heightening suspicions that the episode was an assassination attempt by a national government …
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and TASS
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Putin praises Trump, says US political system eating itself — MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on President Donald Trump on Wednesday, but added that he was sorely disappointed with the U.S. political system, saying that it has been “eating itself up.”
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
With primary ending, Cruz takes opening shot at Beto O'Rourke's name — Cruz, O'Rourke respond to name-mocking ad — Washington (CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's first shot at his expected Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O'Rourke? Mocking his name. — As Tuesday's primaries were closing …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Ben Carson Removes Anti-Discrimination Language From HUD Mission Statement — It will no longer reference “inclusive” communities “free from discrimination.” — WASHINGTON Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is changing the mission statement of his agency …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Power Briefing: Trump's new D.C. reality — SPOTTED today in the House members' dining room: House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Joe Scarborough having lunch today. — TRUMP'S D.C. REALITY ... Many very qualified Washington Republicans have said some version of this to us:
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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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
U.S. Holocaust Museum Revokes Award to Aung San Suu Kyi — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has revoked a prestigious human rights award it had given to the Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, now Myanmar's civilian leader, faulting her for failing to halt or even acknowledge …
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Andrew Hollinger / ushmm.org:
Press Contacts — Dear State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,
Press Contacts — Dear State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,
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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.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Nunberg Says He Enjoyed Defiance But Will Comply With Mueller — Says president ‘never did anything illegal’ around him — Plans to testify on Friday, hand over subpoenaed emails — Longtime Donald Trump associate Sam Nunberg said he loved the attention he received from a round …
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Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Requiem for a Strike — West Virginia teachers have a deal. On Tuesday, a compromise reached by a conference committee composed of Democratic and Republican members of the state House and Senate raised public worker pay by 5 percent. Teachers and union representatives said the deal …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Enters Into Conditional Settlement Agreement to Produce Fast and Furious Documents to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Today, the Department of Justice entered into a conditional settlement agreement with the House Committee on Oversight …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: DOJ Announces Fast and Furious Documents Withheld by Eric Holder Will Be Released
BREAKING: DOJ Announces Fast and Furious Documents Withheld by Eric Holder Will Be Released
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RedState
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Why is Paul Allen building the world's largest airplane? Perhaps to launch a space shuttle called Black Ice. … A massive airplane being built by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen moved a step closer to flight last week, when it crept out of its hangar in Mojave, Calif. …
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Nigel Jaquiss / Willamette Week:
In 2011, Portland Police Investigated a Sexual Assault Complaint Against Billionaire Mark Cuban. He Wasn't Charged. Here's What Happened. — WW has obtained the transcript of a Portland Police detective's interview with Cuban. “Oh my Lord,” Cuban said. “Oh my f***ing Lord.”
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CBS Philly:
Toomey: Proposed Tariffs Are ‘Big Mistake’ — PHILADELPHIA — The proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum by President Donald Trump has caused a divide among Republican legislators. Sen. Pat Toomey, who is against the tariff, joined The Dom Giordano Program on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT to explain.
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Blue-Collar Trump Voters Are Shrugging at Their Tax Cuts — DAYTON, Ohio — At Slyder's Tavern, Matt Kazee, a machinist, drank a couple of beers as he waited for burgers to take home for dinner. His tab was about equal to the increase in his take-home pay after President Trump's tax cut found its way into the nation's paychecks.
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Raw Story
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
It's time to give socialism a try — In the United States, we've arrived at a pair of mutually exclusive convictions: that liberal, capitalist democracies are guaranteed by their nature to succeed and that in our Trumpist moment they seem to be failing in deeply unsettling ways.
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Hot Air, RedState and The Resurgent
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Cannabis candidate’ accused of abusing women and resume inflation — CHICAGO — Benjamin Thomas Wolf, an Illinois congressional candidate whose provocative campaign has captured national media attention, has smoked weed in front of an American flag, brandished an AR-15 in a campaign ad and is running ads on porn sites.
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Wall Street Journal:
Russian Influence Campaign Extracted Americans' Personal Data — Operators used social media to pitch fake business directories, petitions in return for information — All the Facebook account Black4Black asked for was some personal information about Ajah Hales and other Cleveland-area small-business owners.
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Bloomberg:
Wells Fargo Is the Go-To Bank for Gunmakers and the NRA — San Francisco-based firm inherited its relationship with NRA — Banks arrange for weapons companies to access loans and bonds — Wells Fargo & Co. has emerged as the preferred financier for the U.S. gun industry.
Bloomberg:
Trump Fundraiser's Email Breach Shows Risks Before Midterms — Broidy learned of hack last week from reporter, lawyer says — Emails show his moves in GOP finance, foreign affairs circles — A top Republican fundraiser for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign learned last week that his email accounts …
Meghan McCarron / Eater:
Everything You Know About Tex-Mex Is Wrong — Overshadowed by barbecue in its home state, Tex-Mex is the most important, least understood regional cuisine in America — The official version of chili con carne can only be made by people from Texas. It's literally the law: In 1977 …
TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson's ‘Confession’ on FOX Special — This never-before-seen video is the smoking gun in the upcoming FOX special, ‘The Lost Confession?’ ... and it provides the reason O.J. Simpson went to Nicole Brown Simpson's house the night she was murdered. — Simpson is interviewed …
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Producer to Pay $60 Million in Settlement — Movie was allegedly financed with stolen Malaysian funds — Lawsuits are part of wider U.S. probe of stolen 1MDB funds — The producer of the “Wolf of Wall Street” agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it financed …
Jenn Bernstein / FOX 61:
Gov. Malloy: ‘NRA has become a terrorist organization’ — HARTFORD — A war of words has erupted between two Connecticut lawmakers and the National Rifle Association. — “The idea that the NRA should be recognized as a voice for gun safety is ridiculous,” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said Tuesday night.
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CNN:
This is what Nikolas Cruz's life in jail is like — Parkland, Florida (CNN)New documents obtained by CNN provide a glimpse into the Florida school shooter's life in the Broward County Jail. — In observation reports from February 17 to 24, deputies described Nikolas Cruz's activities, demeanor and behavior.
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Shannon Liao / The Verge:
Amazon admits Alexa is creepily laughing at people and is working on a fix — Wait, what? — Over the past few days, users with Alexa-enabled devices have reported hearing strange, unprompted laughter. Amazon responded to the creepiness in a statement to The Verge, saying, “We're aware of this and working to fix it.”
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