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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Newly Emboldened, Trump Says What He Really Feels — For months, President Trump's legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweets, and to do nothing to provoke him or suggest his investigation is not proper.
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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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Kevin McCullough / Townhall.com:
The Coming Collusion Bloodbath — The firing of Andrew McCabe, the discovery of his “private notes,” the ill-tempered response by other Obama loyalists and a yet to be disclosed Inspector General's report on an investigation that began before Donald Trump had come to office are all pieces …
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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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Graham: Trump firing Mueller would be ‘the beginning of the end of his presidency’
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: Expect Trump to Attack Mueller More Directly
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump said Mueller's team has ‘13 hardened Democrats.’ Here are the facts.
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Timothy Meads / Townhall.com:
Sen. Graham: It's ‘Beginning of End’ for Trump Presidency If Mueller Is Fired
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Republicans warn Trump
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Jeff Sessions may have violated his recusal pledge when he fired Andrew McCabe
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump had senior staff sign nondisclosure agreements. They're supposed to last beyond his presidency. … Back in April 2016, when the notion of Donald Trump in the White House still seemed fanciful, The Post's Robert Costa and Bob Woodward sat down with Trump, and Costa, at one point …
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Financial Times:
Cambridge Analytica scrambles to halt Channel 4 exposé — Cambridge Analytica, the data firm alleged to have used the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge in its work for Donald Trump's election campaign, is trying to stop the broadcast …
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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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Washington Post:
Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines … Two former federal officials who crafted the landmark consent decree governing how Facebook handles user privacy say the company may have violated that decree when it shared information …
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Washington Post:
U.S. and British lawmakers demand answers from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
How your Facebook ‘likes’ helped Trump steal the 2016 election | Will Bunch
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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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Washington Post:
D.C. lawmaker says recent snowfall caused by ‘Rothschilds controlling the climate’ … A D.C. lawmaker responded to a brief snowfall Friday by publishing a video in which he espoused a conspiracy theory that Jewish financiers control the weather. — D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. …
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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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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
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Doree Lewak / New York Post:
Women's March members bail over ties to Farrakhan
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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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Dan Diamond / Politico:
White House tweaks plan to seek death penalty as part of opioid response — President Donald Trump's plan to fight the opioid epidemic will call for the death penalty in some cases, White House officials said Sunday, scaling back the administration's plan to punish drug dealers.
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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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Patterico / RedState:
The Exit Polls Are in From the Russian Election, and You'll Never Guess Who Won
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