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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans — WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared on Sunday to abandon a strategy of deferring to the special counsel examining Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, lashing out at what he characterized as a partisan investigation …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gowdy to Trump: ‘When you are innocent ... act like it’ — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) urged President Donald Trump and his lawyer on Sunday to stop flailing at special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and to let the probe continue unimpeded. — “When you are innocent ... act like it …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump said Mueller's team has ‘13 hardened Democrats.’ Here are the facts. … President Trump on Sunday renewed his attacks on the political affiliations of the members of the special counsel team investigating his 2016 campaign for possibly coordinating with Russia, alleging that the group has …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Firing McCabe Is Just the Start — President Trump raged at his TV on Sunday morning. And yet on balance, he had a pretty good weekend. He got a measure of revenge upon the hated FBI, firing former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe two days before his pension vested.
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Axios:
What McCabe told Mueller — Andrew McCabe says President Trump asked him: “What was it like when your wife lost? ... So tell me, what was it like to lose?” McCabe — the former FBI deputy director who was fired Friday night, 26 hours short of being eligible for a full pension …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Jeff Sessions may have violated his recusal pledge when he fired Andrew McCabe
Jeff Sessions may have violated his recusal pledge when he fired Andrew McCabe
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Kevin McCullough / Townhall.com:
The Coming Collusion Bloodbath
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe's notes as ‘Fake Memos’
Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe's notes as ‘Fake Memos’
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
James Comey's book is already a best seller, with Trump's help
James Comey's book is already a best seller, with Trump's help
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC — NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Sources contradict Sessions' testimony he opposed Russia outreach — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Russian liberal candidate comes distant fourth — MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russia's presidential election (all times local): — Ksenia Sobchak, a liberal challenger in Russia's presidential election who is a distant fourth in the early vote count, says she's satisfied with her campaign.
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential election
Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential election
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats hold double-digit lead for 2018 midterm elections — A new NBC News/WSJ poll also shows President Trump's approval ratings edging up — WASHINGTON — Democrats enjoy a 10-point advantage over Republicans in congressional preference for the 2018 midterm elections …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Regain Double-Digit Advantage Over GOP in Voter Sentiment Poll
Democrats Regain Double-Digit Advantage Over GOP in Voter Sentiment Poll
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Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast:
The Democrats' Only Hope: Give Up Leftism for Lambism
The Democrats' Only Hope: Give Up Leftism for Lambism
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Washington Post:
U.S. and British lawmakers demand answers from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg … Lawmakers in the United States and Britain are calling on Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how the names, preferences and other information from tens of millions of users ended …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Facebook investigating employee's links to Cambridge Analytica — Social media giants grilled on ‘fake news’ — Facebook told CNN it is looking into ties between one of its current employees and Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Terry Moran / ABC News:
Russian ex-spy's poisoning in UK believed from nerve agent in car vents; at least 38 others sickened: Sources — The Russian ex-spy who along with his daughter was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K. may have been exposed to the neurotoxin through his car's ventilation system, sources told ABC News.
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Britain Says It Has Proof Russia Stockpiled Lethal Nerve Agent
Britain Says It Has Proof Russia Stockpiled Lethal Nerve Agent
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Rory Smith / New York Times:
Memo to Theresa May: In Premier League, Russian Roots Run Deep
Memo to Theresa May: In Premier League, Russian Roots Run Deep
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Rep. Keith Ellison:
I Have Fought Against Hate My Entire Career — Standing together when those who have never been on our side seek to divide us — I ran for Congress more than a decade ago because I imagined a more inclusive, tolerant, and welcoming America and I've used my seat in Congress to try to make that vision a reality.
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Doree Lewak / New York Post:
Women's March members bail over ties to Farrakhan — The Women's March — a civil-rights group at the center of protests against the Trump presidency — is losing top staffers and supporters over its leadership's refusal to denounce a racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic rant by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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Larry Getlen / New York Post:
How McConnell and Chao used political power to make their family rich — Peter Schweizer, who delved into the Clinton Foundation's dealings in 2016's “Clinton Cash,” has turned his sights to the money-making machinations of DC's political elite. — His new book, “Secret Empires …
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