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Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In — WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
John Dowd Calls Mueller ‘Terrific’ After Passing Trump Baton — Dowd said representing the president was hard work, and now he wants to “just take it easy, and get some rest.” — After 39 weeks and six days working for President Donald Trump, John Dowd figures he deserves a break.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump So Quiet? — It's quiet at the White House. Is it ... too quiet? — Trump-watching over the last few days, since about 1 p.m. on Friday, has been a strange experience. There are things happening, and even some big ones; the parade of occasional anonymously sourced West Wing stories continue.
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Alex Whiting / Just Security:
Why Dangling a Pardon Could Be an Obstruction of Justice—Even if the Pardon Power is Absolute
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Inside the Cutthroat Battle to Be the Next Hope Hicks — Hope Hicks plans to depart Washington by Good Friday, over a month after she resigned as the White House communications director on February 28. She will leave behind a press operation that is inherently broken …
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The Week
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
White House staffers view post-Hope Hicks era with trepidation — The reign of Hope Hicks, the unflappable White House communications director and the right side of President Trump's brain, comes to an end this week, leaving a communications team bitterly divided and an impetuous president increasingly isolated.
Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
It's Time to Stop Yammering About Liberal Bias — We're now several days into a roiling debate over whether liberals ought to be upset that the Atlantic hired a man who once argued that a quarter of American women should be executed. Predictably, both sides have progressed from that specific …
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The Federalist
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David French / National Review:
The Sliming of Kevin Williamson
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Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / mprnews.org:
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking classified information to reporter — A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to the news website The Intercept. — Terry James Albury …
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Justice Dept. charges Minnesota FBI agent for leaking secret document to news outlet
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New York Times:
Trump Rings Up Roseanne Barr After Her Show Is a Ratings Winner — President Trump made a personal phone call on Wednesday to a political supporter with a huge megaphone — Roseanne Barr. — Mr. Trump called Ms. Barr to congratulate her on the revival of her comedy, “Roseanne,” and to thank her for her support.
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Boeing hit by WannaCry virus, but says no impact on jet production — Boeing was hit by the WannaCry computer virus Wednesday, initially raising fears within the company that airplane production could be affected. Later Boeing played down the impact and called it a “limited intrusion” with production unaffected.
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Carolyn McAtee Cerbin / USA Today:
5 things to know about VA nominee Ronny Jackson — President Donald Trump's overall health “is excellent” and he did “exceedingly well” on cognitive screening. That's according to his White House physician, Navy doctor Ronny Jackson. (Jan. 16) AP — President Trump announced Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
Trump ousts Veterans Affairs chief Shulkin, nominates personal physician to replace him
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Roseanne’ Revival's Huge Debut Stuns Hollywood, Prompts Soul-Searching — Roseanne made a triumphant return last night, blowing past projections to draw a 5.2 adults 18-49 rating in 18.2 million (Live+same day). — While nostalgia was expected to bring in eyeballs, no one predicted …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Documents suggest possible coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe: investigators — The political rhetoric over the FISA abuse memo took a new turn with the ranking Democrat drafting his own version; Catherine Herridge goes in-depth for ‘Special Report.’
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Front Page Magazine, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is attempting to scale back federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws, freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses, including Facebook, while sidelining officials …
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Carly Wanna / Yale Daily News:
Jeb fires Trump barbs at Yale talk — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush's psychiatrist wants him to move past the 2016 presidential election. — “I'm not going to talk about the 2016 election,” Bush joked on Tuesday in a talk sponsored by the The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale.
Joanna Rothkopf / Jezebel:
Statistically, at Least 2 Disney Princesses Have Had Abortions — We need many kinds of Disney princesses, according to an extremely fun meme whooshing across the 'net. We need a Disney princess who juuls; we need a Disney princess who is falling asleep/calling a cab/having a smoke/taking a drag …
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
A Top Lawyer At The Justice Department Is Quitting To Fight For LGBT Rights — Diana Flynn has been chief of the Civil Rights Division Appellate Section since the Reagan administration. She planned to stay until retirement, no matter who was in power, but instead she's about to join Lambda Legal …
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Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
Why Does Subway Construction Cost So Much? Congress Wants to Find Out — The astronomical costs of building the Second Avenue subway and other New York public transit projects are now the subject of a federal inquiry. — The Government Accountability Office said on Wednesday …
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Trump Tweeted Pictures Claiming “The Start” Of His Border Wall, But It Was Actually An Old Project — President Trump on Wednesday tweeted that he had been briefed about “the start of our Southern Border WALL” and included pictures depicting construction for the project, but there was one slight problem with the announcement.
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Raw Story
BBC:
Julian Assange has internet cut at Ecuadorian embassy in London — Ecuador has cut Julian Assange's internet connection at its embassy in London, preventing him from communicating with the outside world. — The move is to prevent the WikiLeaks founder from interfering in other countries' affairs, Ecuador said.
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Jessica Miller / Salt Lake Tribune:
Judge ‘beyond angry’ after Corrections workers withheld evidence, allowing Utah killer to avoid death penalty — Manti • A Utah prisoner — who was weeks away from a trial where jurors would have decided whether he should be executed for killing his cellmate — was instead sentenced Wednesday …
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Mike Pence's hometown to host first gay pride festival — John Oliver trolls Pence with a gay bunny book — Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence's hometown plans to hold its first LGBT Pride Festival next month, according to a Facebook post regarding the event scheduled for April 14.
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Luke Barnes / ThinkProgress:
The ‘crying Nazi’ from Charlottesville now says he's an FBI informant — Ever since white supremacist Chris Cantwell took part in last August's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, his life has taken a turn for the worse. — First Cantwell posted a widely circulated video …
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Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day ‘Were Trying’ to Have a Baby During Affair … Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day's affair was much more than a one-night stand, so much so that they even considered the prospect of starting a family together, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
Mansfield teacher suspended for discussing her sexual orientation with students, officials say — Updated at 9:35 p.m. to include comments from MISD's school board meeting. — A Mansfield ISD elementary school art teacher was suspended after the district received complaints from parents …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Peter Thiel's Palantir is investigating employee's links to Cambridge Analytica — Whistleblower: I regret my role at Cambridge — A data crunching firm co-founded by Facebook board member Peter Thiel is investigating links between one of its employees and Cambridge Analytica.
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Family of boy in viral police hug photo dies after SUV plunges off cliff. He's still missing. … Five members of a Washington family were killed after their SUV went off a Pacific Coast Highway cliff and crashed into the rocky ocean, authorities said. — The victims were identified …
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Raw Story
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied — David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application. — The Florida high school student …
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses First Skirmish in Suit Over D.C. Hotel Profits — U.S. judge says joint Maryland-D.C. case goes forward for now — Justice Department argument seeking complete dismissal fails — President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting …
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Raw Story
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Republicans consider ‘balanced-budget amendment’ after adding more than $1 trillion to the deficit — House Republicans are considering a vote on a “balanced-budget amendment,” a move that would proclaim their desire to eliminate the federal deficit even as they control a Congress that has added more than $1 trillion to it.
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