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Mike Allen / Axios:
A huge clue about Mueller's endgame — Axios has learned that special counsel Robert Mueller has focused on events since the election — not during the campaign — in his conversations with President Trump's lawyers. The top two topics that Mueller has expressed interest in so far …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This new report on Trump's state of mind should alarm you … THE MORNING PLUM: — We cannot know for sure why President Trump unleashed a volley of attacks over the weekend on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Perhaps he is edging toward an effort to remove him.
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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
If Mueller didn't charge Flynn and Manafort with collusion, then who was colluding?
If Mueller didn't charge Flynn and Manafort with collusion, then who was colluding?
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Bob Bauer / Lawfare:
The President and His Lawyers, Part II: The Attorney General and the Saturday Night Pre-Massacre
The President and His Lawyers, Part II: The Attorney General and the Saturday Night Pre-Massacre
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National Review, USA Today and Washington Post
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘You Will Not Destroy America’: A Trump Battle Is No Longer One-Sided
‘You Will Not Destroy America’: A Trump Battle Is No Longer One-Sided
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP strategist stuns MSNBC host with Trump shocker: ‘He is going to fire Mueller’ and Republicans will do ‘nothing’
Steve Vladeck / Lawfare:
It's Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills
It's Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Andrew McCabe's firing and Trump's anti-Mueller tirade, explained
Andrew McCabe's firing and Trump's anti-Mueller tirade, explained
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New York Times:
Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President — MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
What Hope Hicks Knows — The departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in. — On the morning of Wednesday, February 28, Hope Hicks arrived at the White House just after 8 a.m. Within a week …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Under Pressure Over Data Breach — Demands follow report that Cambridge Analytica violated rules — Lawmakers seek more than ‘false reassurance’ on data safety — Government officials in the U.S. and Europe are demanding answers from Facebook Inc. after reports …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Democrats fume over Parscale's limited answers on Russian digital meddling
Democrats fume over Parscale's limited answers on Russian digital meddling
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Washington Post and Political Wire
New York Times:
Sons of Rich Black Families Fare No Better Than Sons of Working-Class Whites — Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping …
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Roberto Villalpando / Austin American-Statesman:
LATEST: Police hope home security video yields clues in bombing, chief says — 10:25 a.m. update: Austin police are asking residents in Southwest Austin neighborhood to give investigators any surveillance footage from their homes after a bomb explosion injured two men in the area Sunday night.
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CNN:
4th blast in Austin leads police to believe a ‘serial bomber’ is on the loose
4th blast in Austin leads police to believe a ‘serial bomber’ is on the loose
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Two injured in explosion in Austin, police say
Two injured in explosion in Austin, police say
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Hillary Clinton:
During an interview last week with an Indian news publication, I was asked about 2016, and whether Trump is the “virus” or a “symptom” of something deeper going on in American society. Like most Americans, people overseas remain shocked and dismayed at what they are witnessing daily.
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Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: What if Trump is right and there is no collusion?
Commentary: What if Trump is right and there is no collusion?
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Clinton: ‘I meant no disrespect’ with Trump voter comments
Clinton: ‘I meant no disrespect’ with Trump voter comments
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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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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
DC council member apologizes after blaming snowfall on Jewish bankers controlling climate
DC council member apologizes after blaming snowfall on Jewish bankers controlling climate
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Front Page Magazine, The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false NYC housing paperwork — 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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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian — The Bits newsletter will keep you updated on the latest from Silicon Valley and the technology industry. — You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. — SEE SAMPLE - MANAGE EMAIL PREFERENCES - NOT YOU?
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trump Organization's real estate partner in India accused of $147 million fraud … NEW DELHI — A real estate investment company that partnered with the Trump Organization on an office tower project in India has been accused of defrauding its foreign investors of at least $147 million …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans bet their Senate majority on Trump — His approval rating is perpetually underwater, and the pandemonium surrounding his presidency only grows the longer he's in the job. — But Senate Republicans are nevertheless making a counterintuitive, all-in bet that President Donald Trump …
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 …
Chad Blair / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Why I'm Leaving The GOP — The former Republican congressman from Hawaii says he can no longer remain in a party led by Donald Trump. — Today, after much consideration, I abandon my party because I am unwilling to abandon my principles. I can no longer stand with a Republican Party …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Middle East civilian deaths have soared under Trump. And the media mostly shrug. … The numbers are shocking — or at least they should be. — 2017 was the deadliest year for civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria, with as many as 6,000 people killed in strikes conducted by the U.S.-led coalition …
Washington Post:
Kushner Companies confirms meeting with Qatar on financing … Jared Kushner's father met with Qatar's finance minister three months after President Trump's inauguration, a New York City session at which funding for a financially troubled real estate project was discussed, the company acknowledged Sunday.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’ — Bi-partisan concern that government is tracking U.S. citizens — West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of the American public believe that the U.S. government engages in widespread monitoring of its own citizens and worry that the U.S. government could be invading their own privacy.
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Congressman suggests Second Amendment as means of opposing Trump — A Democratic congressman from Long Island implied that Americans should grab weapons and oppose President Trump by force, if the commander-in-chief doesn't follow the Constitution. — Rep. Tom Suozzi made the remark …
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Abby Aguirre / Vogue:
Kamala Harris Is Dreaming Big — Photographed by Zoe Ghertner, Vogue, April 2018 — IT'S A COLD JANUARY NIGHT in D.C., and I'm at the Hart Senate Office Building, trailing U.S. Senator Kamala Harris into a conference room. Inside, a group of young Latino congressional staffers has gathered …
Henry Meyer / Bloomberg:
Russian Observers Charge Fraud in Putin's Landslide Re-Election — Cameras capture ballot-stuffing in numerous polling stations — Russia election chief says Western pressure united society — Russian election observers denounced what they said were large-scale violations …
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