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Trump Discussed Pulling U.S. From NATO, Aides Say Amid New Concerns Over Russia — WASHINGTON — There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO, the military alliance among the United States, Europe and Canada that has deterred Soviet and Russian aggression for 70 years.
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Mueller Probes an Event With Nunes, Flynn, and Foreign Officials at Trump's D.C. Hotel — Devin Nunes has been a pitbull for the president, growling at the prosecutors investigating Trumpworld. Now an event that Nunes himself attended is under Mueller's microscope.
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Barr sent or discussed controversial memo with Trump lawyers
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Attorney general nominee breaks with Trump over Mueller's probe
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The Media's Trump-Russia Death Spasms
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Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner of political ‘hit job’ in explosive new book — Exclusive: ex-New Jersey governor, who had prosecuted Kushner's father, was sacked as head of Trump's transition team — Chris Christie, who was ousted as chairman of Donald Trump's White House transition team in 2016 …
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Democratic National Committee drops partnership with Women's March — The Democratic National Committee has dropped its partnership in the Women's March over anti-Semitism concerns, according to a Democratic source. — This development comes amid accusations of anti-Semitism within …
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Pelosi, Democrats should discipline Tlaib's anti-Semitism … It took far too long, but the breaking point finally came for Republicans. For years, Rep. Steve King has been pushing the envelope with far-right ideology and racist language targeting immigrants.
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Power Up: Missing in action McConnell suggests no shutdown deal in sight
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Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census — NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration cannot put a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday in a boost to proponents of counting immigrants. — In a 277-page decision …
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New York federal judge blocks Trump on the 2020 census — A federal judge in New York on Monday ruled against the Trump administration's decision to include a citizenship question to the 2020 census. — Why it matters: Critics argue that the inclusion of a citizenship questions would lead …
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Steve King Faces Loss of House Committee Seats Over White Supremacy Remark — House Republican leaders will try to remove Representative Steve King of Iowa from the powerful Judiciary Committee and his other panel assignments on Monday night as the party officials scrambled to appear tough …
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GOP leaders strip Steve King of committee assignments
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Republicans need to condemn Trump's brazen bigotry
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Trump's burger-fest brings roasting from late-night TV hosts — WASHINGTON (AP) — Junk food for athletes? President Donald Trump's offer of greasy burgers and fries to the college football champion Clemson Tigers brought a roasting from late-night TV hosts.
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President Trump's extravagant, $3,000, 300-sandwich celebration of Clemson University — In an administration overstuffed with bizarre moments and unusual events, Monday night's celebration of the Clemson University Tigers at the White House nonetheless made a mark.
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At Trump's Inauguration, $10,000 for Makeup and Lots of Room Service — At Trump's Inauguration, the Money Flowed Like Never Before — New details of spending on Mr. Trump's inaugural two years ago show that it roughly doubled that of his immediate predecessors.
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White House Considering Indra Nooyi to Head World Bank — WASHINGTON — The White House is considering Indra K. Nooyi, the former chief executive officer of PepsiCo, for the position of World Bank president, according to several people familiar with the process.
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POLITICO Playbook: Trump amps up Dem pressure campaign
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Ivanka Trump to Help Choose New World Bank President
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John Kasich signs with CNN as senior political commentator — (CNN)John Kasich's time as Ohio governor just came to an end. And his time as a CNN contributor just began. — On Tuesday morning CNN announced that Kasich is the newest addition to the network's stable of contributors.
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Exclusive: John Kasich joins CNN as contributor
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Democratic and Republican House members on average represent similar numbers of federal workers — As the longest federal government shutdown in the nation's history continues, it's not just around the nation's capital that government workers have been affected.
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Trump has boxed himself in on the shutdown with nowhere to go — (CNN)New polling indicates that President Donald Trump does not have a winning option to get out of this partial government shutdown, and his position is deteriorating. — Let's start with the most important fact when it comes …
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Republicans are losing the shutdown blame game — and they can't do anything about it
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Goodbye, New York. Adam Moss Is Leaving the Magazine He Has Edited for 15 Years. — Adam Moss, whose visual savvy and ear for the zeitgeist made him one of the leading magazine editors of his generation, said on Tuesday that he would step down from New York magazine, his canvas for the past 15 years.
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Twenty Things You Probably Didn't Know about Kamala Harris — A trip through the life and career of the California senator as she gears up for a probable presidential run — 1. As both a district attorney and state attorney general, Harris pushed for a new statewide law …
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Trump administration doubles estimate of shutdown cost to economy from original forecast: Source — The original estimate that the partial shutdown would subtract 0.1 percentage point from growth every two weeks has now been doubled to a 0.1 percentage point subtraction every week, according to a Trump administration official.
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Gillette faces backlash and boycott over ‘#MeToo advert’ — A Gillette advert which references bullying, the #MeToo movement and toxic masculinity has split opinion online. — The razor company's short film, called Believe, plays on their famous slogan “The best a man can get”, replacing it with “The best men can be”.
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BREX FROM THE DEAD Theresa May will force SECOND vote on her Brexit deal despite facing huge defeat — Allies claim that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered Theresa May last minute help after saying the EU could grant extra concessions if MPs shoot down the her deal
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The Latest: Al-Shabab claims Nairobi hotel complex attack — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on the attack on a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya (all times local): — The Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for the attack on an upscale hotel complex in Nairobi and says its members are still fighting inside.
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Nairobi attack: hotel gunmen in armed standoff with police
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Roku adds Infowars six months after other platforms ban channel — Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue. The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel. Jones was in the news on Jan. 11 for losing a legal battle …
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Jamie Dimon says shutdown could reduce economic growth to zero this quarter if it continues — Jamie Dimon, the J.P. Morgan Chase CEO who has been bullish on the U.S. economy, said that the government shutdown could wipe out growth from the world's biggest economy.


Leaks, Cancer-Causing Dust: L-Train Plan Similar to Cuomo's Was Rejected Over Safety — The key to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's surprise decision this month to call off the L-train shutdown is a new repair plan that relies on mounting subway cables to the tunnel wall — a less disruptive approach …
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