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Washington Post:
‘Siege warfare’: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils — A growing number of Republicans fear that a battery of new revelations in the far-reaching Russia investigation has dramatically heightened the legal and political danger to Donald Trump's presidency …
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Balloon Juice, Raw Story, Bangor Daily News and Outside the Beltway
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly exit helps position Trump for 2020 — President Donald Trump's Saturday confirmation that chief of staff John Kelly will soon leave the White House signaled more than the end of a tortured relationship. It was the latest sign of Trump's singular focus on his 2020 re-election campaign.
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The Daily Beast, One America News Network and The Guardian
New York Times:
John Kelly, Trump's Chief of Staff, to Leave White House — WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly, the retired Marine general tapped as chief of staff by President Trump last year to bring order to his chaotic White House, will leave the job by the end of the year, Mr. Trump said on Saturday …
USA Today:
John Kelly, hired to restore order for President Donald Trump, is out as chief of staff — WASHINGTON - Former White House chief of staff John Kelly, who was assigned to bring a level of discipline to President Donald Trump's often chaotic administration, is leaving the post …
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The Gateway Pundit and RedState
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
John Kelly Couldn't Fix the Trump Presidency
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Wall Street Journal, CBS Los Angeles and Politico
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Misquotes The Constitution
Discussion:
Louder With Crowder, SARAH PALIN and IJR
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Chief of Staff John Kelly to leave White House by end of month, Trump says
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Washington Free Beacon, NPR and twitchy.com
Associated Press:
Trump says chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end
Discussion:
SARAH PALIN and The Daily Caller
Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Trump says John Kelly to leave chief of staff role by year end
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CNBC and BuzzFeed News
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant — Many people I know in law enforcement circles shuddered when James Comey tweeted recently that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker “may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer.” — To them, Comey's Twitter attack crossed …
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Yahoo News:
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer — In late spring 2017, President Trump was having a — hard time finding a topflight lawyer to spearhead his defense in the sprawling Russian investigation conducted by the new special counsel — Robert Mueller.
Discussion:
Hot Air, SARAH PALIN, New York Times and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Comey: Russia investigation initially looked at 4 Americans — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia initially focused on four Americans and whether they were connected to Russian efforts to interfere …
CNN:
House Republicans release Comey interview transcript — Comey: Trump attacks on FBI ‘deeply troubling’ — (CNN)The House Judiciary and Oversight committees have released a transcript of former FBI Director James Comey's closed-door interview with the committees on Friday.
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios and Mediaite
Fox News:
Comey transcript released: Ex-FBI boss claims not to know, remember key details in Russia case — Former FBI Director James Comey claimed “I don't know” or “I don't remember” in response to dozens of questions concerning key details in the Russia probe, according to a lengthy transcript released Saturday …
Discussion:
HuffPost and Power Line
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller — Former FBI Director James Comey told House lawmakers Friday that he and special counsel Robert Mueller are “not friends in any social sense,” dismissing President Donald Trump's assertion that the ousted bureau chief is “Best Friends” with the leader of the Russia probe.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and Sputnik International
New York Times:
Prosecutors' Narrative Is Clear: Trump Defrauded Voters. But What Does It Mean? — WASHINGTON — The latest revelations by prosecutors investigating President Trump and his team draw a portrait of a candidate who personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the 2016 election …
Discussion:
Power Line
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump 2020 Shaping Up to Be a Campaign to Stay Out of Prison — In 2016, Donald Trump claimed that America's presidential election would determine nothing less than whether a proven criminal would be sent to jail — or the Oval Office. In 2020, that might actually be the case.
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, Common Dreams and Spectator USA
New York Times:
The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House — Senior American officials were worried. Since the early months of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, had been having private, informal conversations …
Discussion:
Splinter, Middle East Eye, Vox, Joe.My.God., Axios, Mother Jones, Sputnik International, Mediaite and Raw Story
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WCMH-TV:
School turns students' lunch debt over to collection agency — CRANSTON, RI (WJAR) Rhode Island's Cranston School District hired a collection agency to recover unpaid student lunch balances. — In a letter to parents, Raymond Votto Jr., chief operating officer of Cranston Public Schools …
Al Arabiya:
Details of calls to attack Trump by US ‘Muslim Sisters’ allied to Brotherhood — Linda Sarsour speaks during a National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now protest on February 7, 2018, in Washington D.C. (AFP) — For the first time in US political history, two Muslim women joined the ranks …
Anne-Elisabeth Moutet / New York Post:
In France, les deplorables strike back — PARIS — Glittering shops from Louis Vuitton to Dior are boarded up on both sides of the Champs-Élysées. The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre will be closed. Paris has hunkered down for the latest Yellow Saturday, the fourth in a row …
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