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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Nancy Pelosi uninvites Trump from the State of the Union until the shutdown is over — She also says he can deliver it in writing if he wants. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has uninvited President Donald Trump from delivering the State of the Union address because of the partial government shutdown …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Stephen Miller was writing SOTU to blame Democrats for shutdown — until Nancy Pelosi pulled the rug out: report — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have thrown a wrench into President Donald Trump's primetime plan to blame Democrats for the shutdown. — Citing security concerns on Wednesday …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi Might Have Just Blown Up the State of the Union. And That's OK. — In 1974, the Watergate investigation was blowing up around the White House, and Congress looked well on its way to impeaching President Richard Nixon. But on January 30 it all came to a standstill as Nixon walked …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Sends Letter to President Trump Concerning the State of the Union Address — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President Trump suggesting that the delivery of the State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress be delayed until government re-opens.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU because of shutdown
Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU because of shutdown
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Rick Gates Tells Mueller About Trump Team's Dealings With Israeli Intelligence Firm — Psy Group delivered plans for ‘social media manipulation’ in 2016 and the special counsel is digging in as part of his probe into Mideast influence. — Rick Gates, the former campaign aide to Donald Trump …
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Beto O'Rourke:
A lot of big trucks rolling down Pancake Blvd and there aren't any sidewalks. Gloomy early morning sky in Liberal Kansas. Snow melt on the side of the road where I'm running. I find a vacant lot to cut through to another street, also busy and without sidewalks.
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David Siders / Politico:
Beto skips town while his brain trust sketches 2020 plans
Beto skips town while his brain trust sketches 2020 plans
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Washington Post:
Top HUD official's departure follows disagreements over housing policy and Puerto Rico disaster funds — A top Department of Housing and Urban Development official is leaving the agency Thursday following disagreements with other members of the Trump administration over housing policy …
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a social media star, to school House Democrats on Twitter use — WASHINGTON - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dances outside her office, solicits instant-pot recipes and gets into fights on Twitter. Soon you may see other Democrats taking a page from her social media playbook.
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Pence declares ‘ISIS has been defeated’ on the same day as deadly Syria attack — (CNN)On the same day that an ISIS-claimed attack killed US service members in Syria, Vice President Mike Pence declared that “the caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated.”
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Democrats Fall Short in Effort to Rebuke Administration on Russia Sanctions — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly staved off an effort by Democrats to deal the Trump administration's Russia sanctions policy an embarrassing rebuke. — Eleven Republicans joined Democrats …
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Trump Must Be a Russian Agent; the Alternative Is Too Awful — IT WOULD BE rather embarrassing for Donald Trump at this point if Robert Mueller were to declare that the president isn't an agent of Russian intelligence. — THE PATTERN OF his pro-Putin, pro-Russia, anti-FBI …
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Sebastian Gorka / American Greatness:
The FBI Has Become Too Dangerous
The FBI Has Become Too Dangerous
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FiveThirtyEight:
Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk Science. Take One That Isn't. — Compare your results to those of your friends and family. — What's your personality, and what can it tell you about your true self? Those questions have launched a thousand online personality quizzes.
Washington Post:
Federal agency ‘improperly’ ignored constitutional concerns before allowing Trump to keep lease to his hotel, internal watchdog says — The General Services Administration “ignored” concerns that President Trump's lease on a government-owned building — the one that houses his Trump International Hotel …
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Federal Watchdog Finds Government Ignored Emoluments Clause With Trump Hotel
Federal Watchdog Finds Government Ignored Emoluments Clause With Trump Hotel
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Cumming man threatened to attack White House, authorities say — Federal authorities on Wednesday announced a terrorist case against a metro Atlanta resident accused of plotting to destroy the White House and other Washington D.C. government buildings.
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Philly.com:
John Bogle, who founded Vanguard and revolutionized retirement savings, dies at 89. — John C. Bogle, 89, who revolutionized the way Americans save for the future, championed the interests of the small investor, and railed against corporate greed and the excesses of Wall Street …
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Washington Post:
Fake editions of The Washington Post handed out at multiple locations in D.C. — Fake editions of The Washington Post claiming that President Trump was leaving office were handed out Wednesday morning at multiple locations in Washington, D.C. — The print papers — dated May 1, 2019 …
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Fake Washington Post Newspapers Distributed in D.C.
Fake Washington Post Newspapers Distributed in D.C.
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Axios:
Exclusive excerpt: Chris Christie torches Jared — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie settles scores in “Let Me Finish,” a memoir out Jan. 29 from Hachette Books, writing that President Trump “trusts people he shouldn't, including some of the people who are closest to him.”
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Border rancher: 'We've found prayer rugs out here. It's unreal' — LORDSBURG, N.M. — Ranchers and farmers near the U.S.-Mexico border have been finding prayer rugs on their properties in recent months, according to one rancher who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by cartels.
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New York Times:
Goldman's Tactic in Huge Malaysian Fraud Case: Smear an Ex-Partner — They sound like the ingredients of a pulpy thriller: Bigamy. Secret religious conversions. A doctorate from a mail-order diploma mill. Affairs with powerful women. — The sordid list — a mixture of facts …
Washington Post:
T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had reservations at Trump's hotel. — Last April, telecom giant T-Mobile announced a megadeal: a $26 billion merger with rival Sprint, which would more than double T-Mobile's value and give it a huge new chunk of the cellphone market.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Carell to Star in Netflix Comedy Based on Trump's ‘Space Force’ — Picked up straight to series, the show is co-created by the actor and ‘The Office’ boss Greg Daniels. — Steve Carell and The Office creator Greg Daniels are reuniting for a Netflix series inspired by President Trump's idea …
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New York Times:
Theresa May Survives No-Confidence Vote in British Parliament — LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, but the result did little to quell the turmoil gripping the British government over her plan for leaving the European Union …
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Washington Post:
Steve King says he was just defending ‘Western Civilization.’ That's racist, too. — After years of making racist statements and promoting racist policies, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) may finally have gone too far. In a recent interview, he told the New York Times, “White nationalist …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
When It Comes to Trump and Russia, Should We Apply Hanlon's Razor or Occam's? — It's getting harder to believe that this can be explained by stupidity rather than malice. — This is, I suppose, an awkward time to bring up razors, since we are in the midst of a heated debate …
Hussein Kesvani / MEL Magazine:
When YouTube Red-Pills the Love of Your Life — What it's like to watch, terrified and helpless, as your partner becomes radicalized by hate on the fringe right — Sarah clearly remembers the moment she lost the love of her life to the “Red Pill.” — She was sitting inside a dark closet next …
Pew Research Center:
Most Border Wall Opponents, Supporters Say Shutdown Concessions Are Unacceptable — Partisan divide on whether shutdown is ‘very serious’ problem — With the partial shutdown of the federal government in its third week, both opponents and supporters of expanding the U.S.-Mexico border …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Democrats' capitulation to William Barr — It's no secret that William P. Barr is very likely to be confirmed as the next U.S. attorney general. But Democrats' handling of his confirmation hearing Tuesday was curious, at best — as if they didn't fully appreciate how he was parsing the most important questions they asked.
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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Ann Coulter justifies shutdown: A wall is worth more than ‘the Yosemite gift shop being open’ — Ann Coulter said that Donald Trump will be “dead in the water” if he fails to build his proposed border wall, applying more pressure to a president who, some say, has continued to keep …
David Gauthier-Villars / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey to Seek Extradition of NBA Player as Feud Escalates — Turkey said it would seek the extradition of a prominent NBA player, part of a global hunt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched to capture supporters of a Pennsylvania-based cleric he accuses of fomenting the 2016 coup that nearly swept him from power.
Washington Post:
Trump could announce a second summit with North Korean leader within days — President Trump could announce a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as soon as Friday, following an expected meeting at the White House with a North Korean envoy, U.S. and Asian diplomats said Wednesday.
The Intercept:
Amid Internal Investigation Over Leaks to Media, the Center for American Progress Fires Two Staffers — The Center for American Progress fired two staffers suspected of being involved in leaking an email exchange that staffers thought reflected improper influence by the United Arab Emirates within …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump advisers are cynically feeding his raging ego, and we're all the victims — Remember when that anonymous administration official caused a political explosion with a clandestine op-ed piece, smuggled out to the public, informing us that there is a heroic internal resistance toiling away …
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