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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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Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's nightmare: “The snakes are everywhere” — President Trump is not just seething about Bob Woodward. He's deeply suspicious of much of the government he oversees — from the hordes of folks inside agencies, right up to some of the senior-most political appointees …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’: Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed — President Trump and his aides reacted with indignation Wednesday to an unsigned opinion column from a senior official blasting the president's “amorality” and launched a frantic hunt for the author …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump — Several days ago a senior official in the Trump administration used an intermediary to contact New York Times op-ed page editor Jim Dao. — Through the go-between, the senior official expressed interest in writing …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis — Impeachment is a constitutional mechanism. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is a constitutional mechanism. Mass resignations followed by voluntary testimony to congressional committees are a constitutional mechanism. Overt defiance of presidential authority …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump, alone — DRIVING THE DAY — ALONE. — THAT IS WHAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP must be feeling this morning. In the last two days, the Washington establishment has pummeled him like no president has been pummeled before. BOB WOODWARD's book “Fear” …
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BuzzFeed News:
I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The New York Times Opinion Desk — BuzzFeed News today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous, and entirely satirical, op-ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior editor for the New York Times Opinion page …
Washington Post:
Trump's reputation precedes him. So does Woodward's. — BOB WOODWARD'S new book, “Fear,” does not paint a different picture of the early Trump White House than the one that has already emerged from credible news organizations in daily reporting on President Trump.
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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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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Staff's Resistance Can't Avert a Crisis. It Is One.
Trump Staff's Resistance Can't Avert a Crisis. It Is One.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold
We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold
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NBC News:
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat
Trump admin rejected report showing refugees did not pose major security threat
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
An Insider's Lament About Trump Serves No Public Good
An Insider's Lament About Trump Serves No Public Good
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Jessica Roy / Los Angeles Times:
No, anonymous Trump official, you're not ‘part of the resistance.’ You're a coward
No, anonymous Trump official, you're not ‘part of the resistance.’ You're a coward
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New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out After Reports of ‘Quiet Resistance’ by Staff
Trump Lashes Out After Reports of ‘Quiet Resistance’ by Staff
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say
Woodward book prompts West Wing witch hunt, sources say
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Want to Be the Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Be Careful What You Wish. — Politics, like Hollywood, often looks to repeat a good thing: Find a formula that works, and stick with it. — That strategy has led Democrats across the country, in races large and small, to search for candidates …
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Politico:
Liberal insurgency targets Delaware senator next
Liberal insurgency targets Delaware senator next
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David Siders / Politico:
‘This is the first wave of an invasion’
‘This is the first wave of an invasion’
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
DeSantis to name Nuñez as Florida's first Cuban-American female running mate
DeSantis to name Nuñez as Florida's first Cuban-American female running mate
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Molly Ball / TIME:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care What You Think of Her. And She Isn't Going Anywhere — Nancy Pelosi stopped caring about what people think of her a long time ago, so she has no qualms about eating ice cream for breakfast with a stranger. Dark chocolate, two scoops, waffle cone.
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
From Mountain of CCTV Footage, Pay Dirt: 2 Russians Are Named in Spy Poisoning — LONDON — In March, when British detectives began their investigation into the poisoning of Sergei V. Skripal, the former Russian spy, they had little to work with but mounds of CCTV footage.
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Zachary Young / Politico:
UK security chief: Putin ‘bears responsibility’ for Skripal attack
UK security chief: Putin ‘bears responsibility’ for Skripal attack
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Daily Mail:
Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course — Trump's visitors! Four UFOs are spotted flying over US president's Scottish golf course — Four UFOs were spotted flying over US President Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland. — A golf fan shared a picture …
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened — Exclusive: documents released to Guardian reveal government photographer cropped space ‘where crowd ended’ — A government photographer edited official pictures of Donald Trump's inauguration …
Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
Why Was Kavanaugh Obsessed With Vince Foster? — He needs to explain why he followed right-wing conspiracy theories about the White House aide's suicide. — Mr. Wilentz is a professor of history at Princeton. — Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh debates and dodges on Day 2 of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Kavanaugh debates and dodges on Day 2 of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
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Danielle Decker Jones / Virginian-Pilot:
A campaign to beat cancer — YOU OR SOMEONE in your life has been touched by cancer. Ideally you have celebrated successes: the cures cooperated, science and prayer prevailed, and you or your loved one “beat cancer.” — Likely you've also witnessed someone “lose the fight” …
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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John Solomon / The Hill:
The Mueller probe's troubling reliance on journalists as sources
The Mueller probe's troubling reliance on journalists as sources
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Hits Campaign Trail as Prospect of Midterm Defeat Looms — Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to gain control of House — President to hold rallies in Montana, Dakotas this week — Donald Trump takes his fight to keep his party in control of Congress to the Great Plains this week …
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Johnathan Silver / Austin American-Statesman:
Unapproved O'Rourke text message asks for ‘undocumented immigrant’ vote — A person who a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign said was pretending to be a “texting team” volunteer sent an unauthorized message to voters Wednesday asking them to help “transport undocumented immigrants” to the polls.
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CNN:
State Department's top candidate to lead efforts countering disinformation: A Fox News reporter — (CNN)A Fox News correspondent is a leading candidate to head the State Department agency tasked with combating propaganda and disinformation from foreign adversaries, CNN has learned.