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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
She works for Trump. He can't stand him. This is life with Kellyanne and George Conway. — Kellyanne Conway is in her living room, showing me an enormous painting of Audrey Hepburn wearing a peacock on her head, but her husband, George, really wants us to come into his office and look …
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Hot Air, AOL, Law & Crime and Mediaite
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry — President says U.S. steelmakers were in danger of closing; others take issue with the tariffs' impact — WASHINGTON—President Trump said that his steel tariffs on China and other countries are rescuing an iconic U.S. industry …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan's Security Clearance — WASHINGTON — In a remarkable attack on a political opponent, President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, citing what he called Mr. Brennan's “erratic” behavior.
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Revokes Ex-CIA Director John Brennan's Security Clearance — Brennan has been a vocal critic of President Trump — WASHINGTON—President Trump revoked the security clearance of former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, a prominent critic of the president, the White House said Wednesday.
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Documents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race — The FBI investigated hacking attempts targeting a Democrat who ran against “Putin's favorite congressman” — WASHINGTON — FBI agents in California and Washington, D.C., have investigated a series of cyberattacks …
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive — It isn't clear what rules the president is adopting to replace the existing ones — President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum governing how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons …
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 'We're not going to make America great again; it was never that great' — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday ratcheted up his verbal feud with President Donald Trump saying “we're not going to make America great again, it was never that great.”
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
Cuomo Says ‘America Was Never That Great’ in Jab at Trump Slogan
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Harry Enten / CNN:
New poll suggests attacks on Nancy Pelosi won't matter in midterms — GOP using Pelosi in ads as a midterms motivator — (CNN)Republican House candidates have attacked their Democratic opponents over their future potential vote to make Nancy Pelosi the speaker of the House again.
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa — Hagiographies of the president share seven core traits. — Some are born Trump sycophants. Some achieve Trump sycophancy. And some have Trump sycophancy thrust upon them — since he's a star, they let him do that.
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
Black Americans aren't buying Omarosa's turn against Trump
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Michelle Lou / HuffPost:
Masterpiece Cakeshop Owner Sues Colorado After Refusing To Bake Trans Woman's Cake — Baker Jack Phillips, fresh from a Supreme Court victory in a case involving his refusal to serve a same-sex couple, is bringing another legal fight. — Months after winning a Supreme Court case …
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Hostility unabated: Colorado seeks to punish cake artist Jack Phillips again
Hostility unabated: Colorado seeks to punish cake artist Jack Phillips again
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Andrew T. Walker / ERLC:
When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive
When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive
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The American Conservative
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead lawyer for the ongoing Russia probe, said Wednesday that he is still awaiting a response from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to the Trump team's latest terms …
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Washington Post:
Jack Dorsey says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars.
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Tom Fitzgerald / WTTG-TV:
Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Wuerl addresses report on child sex abuse by priests, says he will not resign — Cardinal Wuerl addresses report stating he covered up child sex abuse by priests
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Catholic Church's Rotherham
The Catholic Church's Rotherham
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Erin Durkin / The Guardian:
Almost 350 news outlets to publish editorials denouncing Trump's ‘dirty war’ on press — Participation comes after a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials against Trump's attacks on the media — Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials …
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Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
The Weekly Standard's Ties to Fusion GPS — In his online appeal for money after being fired this week, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok credited an unlikely source to vouch for his victim status: The Weekly Standard. — At one time a leading conservative magazine …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Manafort trial Day 12: Prosecution hammers Manafort's ‘lies,’ defense chides ‘selective’ evidence — Prosecutors urged jurors in the trial of Paul Manafort to focus on financial records and Manafort's “lies” — and to set aside personal feelings about a tainted star witness …
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BBC:
Mystery Russian satellite's behaviour raises alarm in US — A mysterious Russian satellite displaying “very abnormal behaviour” has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. — “We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,” …
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Judge blasts Sun Sentinel for publishing confidential information in Parkland school shooting case — A Broward judge criticized the South Florida Sun Sentinel for publishing legally obtained information about the Parkland school shooter. (WPEC-CBS12) — South Florida Sun Sentinel — Privacy Policy
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism — She's unveiling a bill to make corporate governance great again. — Elizabeth Warren has a big idea that challenges how the Democratic Party thinks about solving the problem of inequality. — Instead of advocating for expensive …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
New Estimates Show Overdose Deaths Surpassed 72,000, a New High, in 2017 — Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public health campaigns and addiction treatment. — Drug overdoses killed more than 72,300 Americans last year …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own father — “Get out of my room,” Jason Kessler's father said to him during a live stream. — I reported from the “Unite the Right 2” rally in Washington on Sunday. It was a dreary failure that attracted around 30 people …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump attacks Russia provisions in signed defense bill — said in a signing statement that he reserves the right to ignore a recently signed defense authorization law's ban on recognizing Russian sovereignty of Crimea. — The provision was just one of 50 Trump says infringes on his presidential authority.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Three More GOP Seats Join the Toss Up Column — For Republicans, the 2018 House playing field is a lot like a game of Whack-a-Mole: everywhere they turn, new problems keep popping up in surprising places. In January, we rated 20 GOP-held seats as Toss Ups or worse, including three leaning towards Democrats.
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Kobach Primary Victory Moves Race to Toss Up — A week after the polls closed, Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded the primary to Secretary of State Kris Kobach. While Kobach's lead over Colyer dwindled to less than 100 votes two days after the primary, Kobach pulled ahead once county officials started counting provisional ballots.
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Patti Davis / Washington Post:
My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this — Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — Early in my father's administration, when he and my mother flew to Rancho del Cielo …
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Raw Story
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Sends Subpoena to Tesla in Probe Over Musk Tweets — Subpoena seeks information from each of Tesla's directors — Federal regulators have subpoenaed Tesla Inc., TSLA -2.57% according to a person familiar with the matter, ramping up an investigation into whether Chief Executive Elon Musk …
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Talking Points Memo and CBS San Francisco
Tana Ganeva / Raw Story:
Trump supporter beat up by Social Distortion singer at punk show after he protests anti-Trump rant — A punk rock concert went awry for Trump supporter Tim Hildebrand of Galt, California, when his heckling of Mike Ness, the lead singer of Social Distortion, led Ness to jump off-stage and wallop him.
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Jim Carrey's (Reluctant) Return to Hollywood: At Home With an Actor, Artist and Trump-Era Agitator — In his first extensive profile in years, the one-time $20 million-a-movie star and current political cartoonist opens up about his disappearance, his personal pain, his outrage and why he's returning …
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WTTG-TV:
Ramen Noodle heist in Georgia — FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. - Fayette County deputies are investigating a string of thefts that included five car break-ins, one stolen motorcycle, and one high-dollar heist of Ramen Noodles. — Nearly $100,000 worth of Ramen Noodles was sitting in a large trailer parked …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Said something you'd like to forget? CNN's Andrew Kaczynski won't let it go. — Carl Higbie was a top Trump administration appointee until CNN's Andrew Kaczynski showed up bearing audiotapes. Within a few days, amid regrets and apologies, Higbie was a former federal employee.