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Hope Hicks told House Intelligence Committee she was hacked, sources say — WASHINGTON — Hope Hicks told the House Intelligence Committee last week that one of her email accounts was hacked, according to people who were present for the former White House communications director's testimony in the panel's Russia probe.
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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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Haley Britzky / Axios:
White House: tariff “carve-outs for Mexico and Canada” on the table — Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday that there are “potential carve-outs for Mexico and Canada based on national security,” regarding the tariffs announced by President Trump.
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen tries to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels — President Donald Trump's lawyer is trying to silence adult-film star Stormy Daniels, obtaining a secret restraining order in a private arbitration proceeding and warning that she will face penalties if she publicly discusses …
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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 …
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The Guardian:
Sergei Skripal was deliberately poisoned with nerve agent, say police — Former Russian spy's case being treated as attempted murder, with police officer also ‘seriously ill’ … The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was deliberately poisoned with a nerve agent in a case that is now being treated …
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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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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Former Russian Spy Poisoned by Nerve Agent, British Police Say
Former Russian Spy Poisoned by Nerve Agent, British Police Say
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Washington Post, BBC, TASS and The Daily Caller
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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Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
McDonald's is flipping its iconic arches upside down in an unprecedented statement — McDonald's is flipping its logo on all its digital channels to celebrate International Women's Day on Thursday. — People driving by a McDonald's in Lynwood, California, might be baffled by an upside-down sign.
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The DCCC's scorched-earth campaign against Texas Democrat Laura Moser backfired — Moser made it into a May runoff election. — Until a few weeks ago, Laura Moser was a little-known name, one of seven candidates running for the Democratic primary in Texas's Seventh Congressional District.
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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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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson Is Asked to Acknowledge Wife's Role in HUD Office Renovation
Ben Carson Is Asked to Acknowledge Wife's Role in HUD Office Renovation
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Power Briefing: Trump's new D.C. reality
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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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
We're All Fascists Now — Christina Hoff Sommers is a self-identified feminist and registered Democrat with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a wicked sense of humor. She is also a woman who says bad things. Things like: Men and women are equal, but there are differences between them.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Charges His Campaign Top Dollar To Rent A Basically Empty Trump Tower Office — His tiny re-election effort spent more on its monthly rent there than his campaign paid for most of the 2016 run. — WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's re-election campaign last year spent …
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Political Wire
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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BBC:
Britain First leader and deputy leader jailed for hate crimes — The leader and deputy leader of far-right group Britain First have been found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment. — Paul Golding, 36, and Jayda Fransen, 32, were arrested over the distribution of leaflets and posting of online videos during a gang-rape trial.
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Kevin Rawlinson / The Guardian:
Britain First leaders jailed over anti-Muslim hate crimes
Britain First leaders jailed over anti-Muslim hate crimes
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WaPo Columnist: You Know What Time It Is, Kids? Socialism Time!
WaPo Columnist: You Know What Time It Is, Kids? Socialism Time!
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The Resurgent
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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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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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.
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
The NYPD Is Ready to Arrest Harvey Weinstein. Will District Attorney Cy Vance Finally Agree to Let Them? … The NYPD is prepared to collar Harvey Weinstein for felony sexual assault, a police official with direct knowledge of the case told The Daily Beast.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Cannabis candidate’ accused of abusing women and inflating his resume — 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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What we believe Mueller is investigating … Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein's order appointing Robert S. Mueller III to serve as special counsel outlined what Mueller and his team would be investigating. … The referenced part of the Code of Federal Regulations, 28 C.F.R.
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 …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Photo of Charles Murray Is Too Traumatizing for Some Middlebury College Students — One year after Middlebury College students shut down a planned debate between the American Enterprise Institute's Charles Murray and Professor Allison Stanger—injuring Stanger in the process …
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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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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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James Rogers / Fox News:
Amelia Earhart mystery solved? Scientist ‘99 percent’ sure bones found belong to aviator — The 81-year-old mystery surrounding American aviator Amelia Earhart's disappearance has baffled sleuths for decades, but a U.S. forensic expert has published new evidence in 'Forensic Anthropology …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks at the 26th Annual Law Enforcement Legislative Day Hosted by the California Peace Officers' Association — Remarks as prepared for delivery. — Thank you, Mark for that kind introduction, for your leadership with the CPOA, and most all for your 22 years of service in law enforcement.
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Foreign Policy:
China's Long Arm Reaches Into American Campuses — Beijing is stepping up efforts to inject party ideology into student life. Some Chinese students are crying foul. … WHEN CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING VISITED WASHINGTON ON SEPT. 24, 2015 ON A STATE VISIT, HUNDREDS OF CHINESE STUDENTS LINED …