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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired — The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today” show, appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman had been dismissed by his Chief of Staff John Kelly.
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Marina Fang / HuffPost:
Omarosa Releases New Tape Of Trump Appearing Unaware She Was Fired — Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has now released two tapes from her time at the White House. — Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday released a second recording from her time at the White House …
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
White House looking to stop Omarosa Manigault Newman from releasing more tapes — Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Omarosa Manigault Newman Taped Her Firing by John Kelly — Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The utter collapse of Donald Trump's ‘best people’ boast — (CNN)As a candidate, Donald Trump would famously boast that if elected, he'd “surround myself only with the best and most serious people” — adding: “We want top-of-the-line professionals.” — The first 18 months of his presidency …
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Kristen Welker / NBC News:
White House struggles to name a single senior African-American working in the West Wing
White House struggles to name a single senior African-American working in the West Wing
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Monthly and The Root
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines: Omarosa's secret tapes
Between the lines: Omarosa's secret tapes
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Omarosa's reign of terror
Inside Omarosa's reign of terror
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David S. Glosser / Politico:
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I'm His Uncle. — Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration. — It begins at the turn of the 20th century in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts — The FBI has fired Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts. — Aitan Goelman, Strzok's lawyer …
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New York Times:
Peter Strzok, F.B.I. Agent Who Criticized Trump in Texts, Is Fired — WASHINGTON — Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent who disparaged President Trump in inflammatory text messages and helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations …
Peter Beinart / The Forward:
I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs — Like many Jewish parents, I try to create memorable Jewish experiences for my kids. Last weekend I can say, with some confidence, that I succeeded. — The weekend started on Rhodes, the Mediterranean island …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’ — The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders. — Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …
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Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
2016 Trump Tower Meeting Looks Increasingly Like a Setup by Russian and Clinton Operatives — The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Sleepin’ Joe' hears alarm bells in Indiana Senate brawl — They call him ‘the accidental senator.’ Now, Democrat Joe Donnelly, one of the most endangered senators in the country, must prove he's no fluke. — INDIANAPOLIS — Most of the red-state Democratic senators have larger …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Joe Donnelly is running hard against the wind in Trump country
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism — WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in Gallup's measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism. Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010 …
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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. — An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …
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New York Times:
The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York.
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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
New coalition plans seven-figure campaign aimed at Puerto Rican voters — Critics of the Trump administration's response to the hurricanes that ravaged Puerto Rico last year are launching a seven-figure campaign to mobilize displaced Puerto Rican voters ahead of the midterm elections …
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Political Wire
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New York Post:
De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question — Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Ellison Denies Domestic-Abuse Allegations ... Two Days Before Primaries — Maybe the timing is coincidental, but in politics, never bet in that direction. Three days before a tough Democratic primary for Attorney General in Minnesota, the family of deputy DNC chair Rep. Keith Ellison …
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Laura Kusisto / Wall Street Journal:
HUD Moves to Shake Up Fair-Housing Enforcement — Ben Carson, secretary of HUD, wants to encourage more housing construction as a way to boost affordability — The Trump administration wants to shift the way it enforces an aspect of fair housing around the U.S., pivoting away from efforts …
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
History will wonder why these men defended Trump but not their country — Imagine that U.S. military leaders spent most of 1941 warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Democratic Party of a coming Pearl Harbor attack. Then imagine history's harsh judgment against FDR's party …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump and Comey Had ‘No Conversation About Michael Flynn,’ Giuliani Says — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead personal lawyer, said on Sunday that the president never had a conversation last year with James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, about ending the investigation …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lawyers Are Prepared to Counter Mueller
Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lawyers Are Prepared to Counter Mueller
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Quarter / New York Times:
You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped? Rich People — In 2018, Trump's tax plan was enacted, setting a new record — Stock buybacks by quarter — Among companies in the S&P 500 … Stock buybacks — Q1 2018 — In 2018, Trump's tax — plan was enacted, — setting a new record
Jessica Estepa / USA Today:
Bobby Goodlatte, son of retiring Rep. Bob Goodlatte, wants Democrat to win his father's seat — Bobby Goodlatte's dad, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, has been in Congress for most of his life. — But with the elder Goodlatte retiring after this year, the younger Goodlatte wants to see that seat go to a Democrat instead of a Republican.
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Jackie Wattles / CNN:
Trump encourages boycott against Harley-Davidson — (CNN)President Donald Trump said it's “great” that consumers might boycott Harley-Davidson if it moves some motorcycle production overseas. — The President tweeted about the potential boycott on Sunday
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