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CNN:
Scramble for answers as Ronny Jackson allegations threaten to upend nomination — Washington (CNN)Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are raising concerns about allegations involving Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the department …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate to postpone confirmation hearing for Ronny Jackson to head Veterans Affairs, White House officials told — Senate lawmakers have postponed the confirmation hearing for Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after top Republicans …
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Politico, ABC News, Weekly Standard, Washington Press, New York Times, Vox, HuffPost, Raw Story, Mediaite and Axios
CBS News:
Democrats reviewing allegations against VA nominee Ronny Jackson — The ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee is reviewing allegations he's hearing about Ronny Jackson, the White House physician and President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Raw Story, AOL and New York Magazine
Politico:
Ronny Jackson's VA nomination on the rocks — His confirmation hearing may be postponed as senators weigh potentially new negative information about the Veteran Affairs secretary nominee. — Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson's nomination to be Veterans Affairs secretary may be in trouble, according to senators and aides in both parties.
CBC News:
What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack — Police say Alek Minassian, 25, was arrested at the scene after van plowed into pedestrians on busy Yonge St. — Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian …
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Vernon Silver / Bloomberg:
Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights — President denied overnight Miss Universe stay, Comey memos say — Jet landed on a Friday, left pre-dawn Sunday after pageant — President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report …
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Denver Post:
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn should be kept off the 2018 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules — Doug Lamborn has been in Congress for six terms — Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should be kept off the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Colorado Supreme Court boots Rep. Lamborn off primary ballot
Colorado Supreme Court boots Rep. Lamborn off primary ballot
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Axios and ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members — YORK, Pa. (AP) — A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.
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New York Times:
When — if Ever — Will the Super Bowl Champion Eagles Visit the White House? — Springtime in Washington usually brings the blooming of cherry blossom trees and a White House visit from the Super Bowl champions. Peak bloom happened weeks ago, but there's still no sign of the Philadelphia Eagles, the N.F.L.'s current titleholders.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The White House can't hide Trump's worry about Michael Cohen
The White House can't hide Trump's worry about Michael Cohen
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Washington Monthly, ABC News, The Daily Caller and MSNBC
North Yorkshire Police:
Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence — Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river behind his home in Grassington when he found out that officers had launched an investigation. — But today he was jailed for eight months …
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twitchy.com and Daily Wire
Los Angeles Times:
Fox News host Sean Hannity's real estate holdings draw scrutiny — On Feb. 6, conservative media personality Sean Hannity brought his longtime financial advisor, William Lako, on his popular radio show to talk about money. — “For 25 years, you've watched me start with nothing, right, pretty much?”
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Arizona Rep. Martha McSally Alleges Sexual Abuse by High-School Coach — ‘I was looking for ways to not be powerless,’ she says of impact on her life; former coach denies the allegations — TUCSON, Ariz.— Rep. Martha McSally said she was sexually abused by a coach when she was in high school …
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CNN:
Trump ramps up personal cell phone use — (CNN)President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on his personal cell phone to contact outside advisers, multiple sources inside and outside the White House told CNN, as Trump returns to the free-wheeling mode of operation that characterized the earliest days of his administration.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders to announce plan to guarantee every American a job … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will announce a plan for the federal government to guarantee a job paying $15 an hour and health-care benefits to every American worker “who wants or needs one,” embracing the kind …
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Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Divisive Fight Over How A Top Progressive Think Tank Handled Sexual Harassment — One of Washington's leading liberal institutions grappled with a divisive internal battle over sexual harassment during and in the aftermath of the 2016 election, according to documents obtained …
David French / National Review:
America Owes Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein a Debt of Thanks — The contrast between Obama's Department of Justice and Trump's is stark and profound. — We live in an era when political role models are hard to find, integrity is at a premium, and it's exceedingly difficult to find people …
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Above the Law
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Respect Unearned — Washington's self-righteous establishmentarians …
Respect Unearned — Washington's self-righteous establishmentarians …
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American Digest
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
First lady releases menu, details for Macron's state visit — The White House on Monday revealed the menu, entertainment and other details of the first state visit of the Trump administration in anticipation of the French president's arrival. — French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Not just Congress: Emily's List is pushing Democratic women to flip statehouses, too — CNBC's John Harwood spoke with Stephanie Schriock, president of Emily's List, about how the Democratic political action committee spreads its influence among national and state campaigns.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Poll: Coal baron Blankenship fading in W.Va. Senate primary — WHEELING, W.Va. — A new poll out Monday evening shows recently imprisoned coal baron and Senate hopeful Don Blankenship fading in the Republican primary, amid an avalanche of establishment attacks aimed at stopping him from winning the nomination.
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Political Wire and ABC News
Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Anti-Gun Control Parkland Survivor Kyle Kashuv Questioned By School Security For Visiting Gun Range With His Father — On Friday, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv went to the gun range to learn to fire a gun for the first time, alongside his father. He tweeted this:
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
It's a disgrace more Republicans aren't willing to choose country over partisanship … This is one of the most significant, dismaying, and underappreciated facts about the 2016 election: While a number of prominent Republicans refused to endorse Donald Trump, the only serving Republican member …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe? — When a political figure is accused of wrongdoing, a conversation begins among journalists, commentators, and public officials. Are the charges true? Can the accusers prove it? — That's the way it normally works.
Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Former President George H.W. Bush in intensive care — (CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush, who just buried his wife first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday, is in intensive care, CNN has learned. — “President Bush was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital yesterday morning …
Associated Press:
Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peek — WASHINGTON (AP) — It landed with a thud on newsstands at Walmart and rural supermarkets last month: Ninety-seven fawning pages saluting Saudi Arabia, whose ambitious crown prince was soon to arrive in the U.S. on a PR blitz to transform his country's image.
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Chauncey Devega / Salon:
Pulitzer-winning reporter David Cay Johnston: “The evidence suggests Trump is a traitor” — Investigative reporter who has covered Trump for 30 years dares to imagine impeachment — and President Nancy Pelosi — The saga of President Donald Trump consists of several parallel and intersecting stories.
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Washington Press
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Special Trump tax provision gives $17 billion break to millionaires, gov't report finds — WASHINGTON — The wealthiest Americans will benefit the most from President Donald Trump's tax deduction for owners of “pass-through” businesses, according to a congressional report released Monday.
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Political Wire
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Hope in Arizona — Phoenix — On Tuesday, there's a special election in Arizona's Eighth Congressional District, which Donald Trump won by 21 percentage points. It's to replace Trent Franks, the abortion opponent who resigned amid reports that he tried to create his own personal version of …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Rahm Emanuel: Impeachment isn't “a political tool” — At an Axios event in Chicago yesterday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told me midterm Democratic candidates are unwise to rely on the allure of impeaching President Trump as an issue in November's races. — His advice: “I lived through the Clinton White House.
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Political Wire and New York Times
Bloomberg:
White House Deterring Republicans From Defending Pruitt, Sources Say — Republicans who fawned over EPA boss now sharpening criticism — Four Republicans and 170 Democrats said Pruitt should quit — White House officials are cautioning Republican lawmakers and other conservative allies …
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The Daily Caller, CNN, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor — For the past 18 months, many political scientists have been seized by one question: Less-educated whites were President Trump's most enthusiastic supporters. But why, exactly? — Was their vote some sort of cri de coeur …
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Washington Monthly and Mashable
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
'Tase me, and you'll see what happens,' an American Airlines passenger said. Police did — 10 times. … What began as a simple boarding dispute at Miami International Airport escalated into a tour de force of plane drama on Sunday as a belligerent passenger was repeatedly stunned by police …