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David Stamp / Reuters:
Trump says Carter Page documents show DoJ and FBI misled courts — (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that documents about his former presidential campaign adviser Carter Page confirmed with little doubt that the Department of Justice and FBI had misled the courts.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo — The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With the release of new documents, Devin Nunes's memo on Carter Page has gotten even less credible
With the release of new documents, Devin Nunes's memo on Carter Page has gotten even less credible
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Washington Post:
Responding to FISA release, Carter Page calls spying allegations ‘ridiculous’
Responding to FISA release, Carter Page calls spying allegations ‘ridiculous’
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
First Thoughts On the Carter Page FISA Application
First Thoughts On the Carter Page FISA Application
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Saturday night document dump
Saturday night document dump
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is Mueller handing off key cases? — Something has been going on with Robert Mueller's investigation of people thought to have played significant roles in the Trump-Russia affair. The special counsel, assigned to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government …
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Daniella Cheslow / NPR:
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick: ‘The President Was Manipulated By Vladimir Putin’ — A GOP Congressman and former FBI agent says he thinks President Trump was manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Brian Fitzpatrick told NPR's Michel Martin on All Things Considered that he drew …
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Raw Story
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace on Interviewing Putin, and Why He Isn't Afraid to Visit Russia
Chris Wallace on Interviewing Putin, and Why He Isn't Afraid to Visit Russia
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Congress, contain Trump: We cannot let him continue to bend to Vladimir Putin
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Russian billionaire with U.S. investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according …
Russian billionaire with U.S. investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according …
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Gowdy: Trump advisers should consider quitting over Russia — The South Carolina Republican chastised Trump for inviting Putin to Washington this fall. — House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy chastised Donald Trump for inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington …
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Will Parsons / ABC News:
Top House Intel Democrat: 'The president acts like he's compromised' by Russian government
Top House Intel Democrat: 'The president acts like he's compromised' by Russian government
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy — ‘The more Trump gets criticized by the media, the more his base seems to rally behind him,’ pollster Fred Yang says. — WASHINGTON — After an eventful and tumultuous month in American politics …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support — In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president's job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's approval rating …
New York Times:
As Trump Struggles With Helsinki's Fallout, Congress Faces a New Charge: Complicity — WASHINGTON — In the nearly two years since Russia attacked the American democratic process, congressional Republicans have played conflicting roles in the drama: Some have pressed to impose sanctions …
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Judgment days — In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality — Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time. — “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said. — He prayed about what he was going to do.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders' wing of the party terrifies moderate Dems. Here's how they plan to stop it. — Party members and fundraisers gathered for an invitation-only event to figure out how to counteract the rising progressive movement. — Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders to rally for Kansas Democrat, progressive values
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
White House: Plane intercepted after entering ‘restricted’ Trump golf club airspace — A plane breached the “no fly” zone surrounding the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey Saturday, and U.S. military aircraft “intercepted the violator and escorted them from restricted airspace,” the White House said.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong — WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The G.O.P. Stands By as Trump Upends American Security — In the aftermath of Helsinki, there has been outcry, but no real action, from the Republican establishment. — Fifty years ago, America was in agony. Its unity at home, and its standing abroad, were deteriorating.
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Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Bill Browder just revealed a big secret about Putin and the Russian oligarchs — Scott interviews Bill Browder, the man who Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin called out in a global press conference in Helsinki at the Treason Summit with Donald Trump this week.
Olivia Goldhill / Quartz:
“Nanette” and why a new wave of comedians don't want to be funny — In Hannah Gadsby's highly acclaimed comedy special Nanette, she announces that she's quitting comedy. Jokes are too simplistic, she says: they convert her trauma into humor and obscure the ugly truth of her story.
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Jeff Seldin / Voice of America:
Estonia Spy Chief: Network of Operatives Pushing Russian Agenda in West — For the past several months, intelligence and security officials in the U.S. government and private sector have cautiously marveled at the seemingly slow pace of Russian cyberattacks and influence operations using social media.