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New York Times:
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration — We work for the president but we have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. … President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader. — It's not just that the special counsel looms large.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis — Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism.
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National Review, Political Wire, Axios, New York Times and Breitbart
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis — Well before this week's revelations about President Trump's interactions with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Bob Woodward's new book, officials inside the White House have been actively discussing who will replace Mattis …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say — Sanders discredits Woodward book on Trump — (CNN)President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward's explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration …
Axios:
Furious Trump trapped by hundreds of Woodward tapes — President Trump is livid at the betrayal and stunning allegations in Bob Woodward's forthcoming “Fear,” but limited in his ability to fight back because most of the interviews were caught on hundreds of hours of tape, officials tell Axios.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Everybody on the Inside Knows It's True”: Woodward's Reality Bomb Is Blowing Up the West Wing — “Pandemonium” reigns as Trump cancels meetings, a top aide bemoans “Judas” colleagues, Jared and Ivanka try to talk sense into the president, and Gary Cohn wonders how he came off.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Attack on Woodward's Book Hits a Bump: He Actually Did Call Jeff Sessions a ‘Retard’ — It's shocking, we know, that this president would say such a thing. — Donald Trump has forcefully insisted that the latest book detailing the chaos, tensions, and name-calling at the heart …
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Talking Points Memo, IJR and Weekly Standard
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Woodward's Account of Trump's Mock Interview With Prosecutors Isn't Pretty — “I'm not sure.” “I don't know.” “I can't remember.” In a mock interview with President Trump to prepare him for a possible sit-down with the special counsel's office, Trump's lawyer reportedly found …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The 2 most overlooked, inexplicable stories from Bob Woodward's Trump book — President Trump's denials of the stories in Bob Woodward's new book on Wednesday turned to tacit admission: Trump may be an unwieldy boss, he seemed to admit, but that's part of why Americans elected him.
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
In ‘Fear,’ Bob Woodward Pulls Back the Curtain on President Trump's ‘Crazytown’
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kim Kardashian West is back at the White House to discuss clemency
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Axios, Entertainment Tonight and ABC News
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Bernstein calls on Kelly to resign following Woodward book
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Axios, ABC News, Politico, Shareblue Media, One America News Network, Investor's Business Daily, Breitbart, Hot Air, Hollywood Life, Hit & Run, CNNMoney and POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House unprepared for Woodward firestorm
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Daily Kos, Fox News Insider, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Al Jazeera English and The Hill
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation — Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Rubio to Alex Jones: 'Don't touch me, man'
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Mashable and Florida Politics
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Twitter's Dorsey takes heat on bias allegations: Key moments from tech hearings
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Justice to convene meeting on whether social media companies are ‘intentionally stifling’ free speech
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Politico
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch: Alex Jones and Marco Rubio nearly come to blows in the Senate hallway
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USA Today, ThinkProgress, The Verge and Politico
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leahy Trips Kavanaugh Up With Questions About Allegedly Stolen Emails — At Wednesday's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) threw Brett Kavanaugh off his flow of so far providing steady and confident answers to senators' questions with a line of inquiry about allegations …
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Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Parkland victim's father and Kavanaugh: The handshake that wasn't
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New York Times, TheBlaze and CBS News
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Progressives Turn Their Anger On Chuck Schumer Over Brett Kavanaugh Hearing
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Daily Wire
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
What Did Brett Kavanaugh Know About His Former Boss's Sexual Misconduct?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Above the Law and Mother Jones
The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Tuesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Vince Coglianese for approximately 38 minutes. — The transcript is as follows:
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sandiegouniontribune.com:
Hunter indictment sheds light on ‘personal relationships’ for congressman — Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter were arraigned on charges related to a 60-count indictment filed this week in San Diego. — The criminal indictment issued against Rep. Duncan Hunter …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Duncan Hunter's ‘Personal Relationships’ Get New Attention in Indictment — Rep. Duncan Hunter once called Washington whispers that he had engaged in multiple extramarital affairs “tabloid trash.” — But the California Republican — who, along with his wife, Margaret …
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HuffPost, Outside the Beltway, ABC News, Weekly Standard and Wall Street Journal
John Parkinson / ABC News:
House speaker dismisses Trump's criticisms over indictments against Republicans
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Weekly Standard, USA Today, Washington Post, Politico and Breitbart
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's approval rating drop looks real, and it could be a disaster for the GOP in 2018 — (CNN)A new ABC News/Washington Post poll puts President Donald Trump's approval rating at just 36%. An IBD/TIPP poll also puts the President's approval rating at 36%.
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Susannah Luthi / Modern Healthcare:
MENU — FORT WORTH, TEXAS—A federal judge today seemed skeptical of arguments that the Affordable Care Act can stand without an effective penalty for the individual mandate. — In a half-full Texas courtroom, Democratic states attorneys general Wednesday tried to pursuade U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor …
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo and Politico
Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:
The mystery of Tucker Carlson — Tucker Carlson is shouting when he tells me he isn't shouting. The barrage of his voice has been relentless throughout the interview. — “I don't want to be John McLaughlin yelling at people. Why would I want to do that? I don't need to do that,” he insists.
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KDFW:
Man arrested after crashing truck into FOX4 building in downtown Dallas — Image Gallery — A man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing a truck into the side of the FOX4 building in downtown Dallas. — The man, after repeatedly crashing his vehicle into a side of the building …
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NBC News:
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat — Hardliners issued their own report that several ex-officials say misstates evidence and inflates the threat posed by people born outside the U.S. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has consistently sought …
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Ayanna Pressley's victory proves it matters to Democratic primary voters ‘who those Democrats are’ — The triumph Tuesday night of a 44-year-old black woman over a 20-year House member in a Democratic primary election was a stark indicator that Democrats are looking for more representation …
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and New York Times
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Huge turnout in Ayanna Pressley's victory over Michael Capuano
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The Hill, twitchy.com and Washington Post
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Plays His Trump Card: A New Movie, Modern Fascism and a 2020 Prediction — He's America's most successful documentarian and one of the few on the left who predicted the 2016 election upset. Now, as Moore readies his anticipated polemic ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ for its Toronto film festival debut …
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Full Feed, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Times
BBC:
Salisbury Novichok poisoning: Two Russian nationals named as suspects — Two Russian nationals have been named as suspects in the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. — The men, using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov …
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