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President Trump Directed His Attorney Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project — President Donald Trump directed his longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, according to two federal law enforcement officials involved …
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Buzzfeed News Bombshell Reporter: No We Have Not Seen the Evidence Supporting Our Report — Anthony Cormier is one of the two investigative reporter at BuzzfeedNews who co-authored the bombshell report published Thursday night — a report which claimed President Donald Trump directed …
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Democrats demand investigation after report that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie to Congress — Democratic leaders reacted with fury and demanded an investigation late Thursday following a new report that President Trump personally directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Why Trump's Directing Cohen, Others to Lie Would Be Far Worse Than Watergate — If the President of the United States directed his personal attorney and fixer to help sabotage the Russia investigation by lying to Congress, there is no turning back for the nation.
CNN:
Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was startled Tuesday as he watched television coverage of his nominee for attorney general describing a warm relationship with the special counsel Robert Mueller in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Trump, Cohen, and Buzzfeed: Is This the Big One? — If the new Buzzfeed report is true, the legal debates about Trump and obstruction just got blown out of the water. — Buzzfeed News is reporting, based on the testimony of two anonymous law enforcement sources, that special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Trump's Articles of Impeachment Are Writing Themselves, With Echoes of Richard Nixon Growing Stronger
Trump's Articles of Impeachment Are Writing Themselves, With Echoes of Richard Nixon Growing Stronger
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Congress to probe report that Trump directed lawyer to lie
Congress to probe report that Trump directed lawyer to lie
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The circular firing squad: Mueller targets turn on each other
The circular firing squad: Mueller targets turn on each other
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats Have Suddenly Started Talking About Impeachment
Why Democrats Have Suddenly Started Talking About Impeachment
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump reportedly told Michael Cohen to lie. His own attorney general pick testified that's a crime.
Trump reportedly told Michael Cohen to lie. His own attorney general pick testified that's a crime.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
14 Republican senators are on-record holding a president accountable for obstruction: Bill Clinton
14 Republican senators are on-record holding a president accountable for obstruction: Bill Clinton
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National Review, Politico and Axios
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Cohen bombshell could significantly change Mueller debate
Power Up: Cohen bombshell could significantly change Mueller debate
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Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers to Investigate Report That Trump Directed Cohen to Lie to Congress
Lawmakers to Investigate Report That Trump Directed Cohen to Lie to Congress
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi ‘in her place’ — One of the most striking aspects of Donald Trump's petty decision to cancel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Afghanistan is the degree to which it was lacking in any sense of proportionality.
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Axios:
Exclusive: Former aide describes in new book how Trump demanded names of leakers — President Trump was frustrated about leaks — specifically leaks attributed to “White House officials” — that were critical of him. — Behind the scenes: Cliff Sims, a young White House communications aide …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi abandons Afghanistan trip, accuses Trump of imperiling safety of lawmakers with disclosure — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abandoned her plans to travel commercially to Afghanistan after President Trump canceled her military flight, while leveling the remarkable allegation that the commander in chief …
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The Daily Beast:
What Trump Just Wrecked by Canceling Pelosi's Trip to Afghanistan
What Trump Just Wrecked by Canceling Pelosi's Trip to Afghanistan
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
PICTURE: Trump Returns CODEL Luggage to Pelosi's Office
PICTURE: Trump Returns CODEL Luggage to Pelosi's Office
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CNBC:
First lady Melania flies to Florida on government jet after Trump postpones Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip …
First lady Melania flies to Florida on government jet after Trump postpones Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
First lady Melania Trump flying to Mar-a-Lago after president cancels Nancy Pelosi's visit to Afghanistan: report
First lady Melania Trump flying to Mar-a-Lago after president cancels Nancy Pelosi's visit to Afghanistan: report
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Washington as Unruly Sandbox: Squabbles, Antics and Tantrums
Washington as Unruly Sandbox: Squabbles, Antics and Tantrums
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Are We Really Where We Are?”: Trump, Putin, and Washington's Unbelievable New Normal — Regardless of whether Trump ends up making a speech on Capitol Hill on January 29th, the state of the union is not strong, and everyone knows it. — Sunday will mark the second anniversary of Donald Trump's Presidency.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Waiting for a Shutdown to End in Disaster — As the longest government shutdown in American history lurches toward its fifth week, a grim but growing consensus has begun to emerge on Capitol Hill: There may be no way out of this mess until something disastrous happens.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
'Feel like I'm going to strangle you': Shutdown breaks Congress' spirit
'Feel like I'm going to strangle you': Shutdown breaks Congress' spirit
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Splinter, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Debbie Wasserman Schultz / USA Today:
Why I refuse to walk with the Washington Women's March — It should not be this difficult to condemn hate speech. Until national leaders get it right, local marches will carry the mission forward. — CONNECT — I walked away from the Women's March on Washington two years ago absolutely electrified …
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Robin Opsahl / Des Moines Register:
Rep. Steve King raising money off controversy from white nationalism, supremacy comments — The House has approved a Democratic measure disapproving of Republican Rep. Steve King's comments about white supremacy. The nine-term Iowa congressman was among those supporting the measure, which was approved, 416-1.
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Washington Post:
McConnell courting Pompeo to run for an open Senate seat in Kansas — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has personally courted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to consider leaving his post to run for the Senate, according to people familiar with the effort, a move …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks bill to reopen most of government
McConnell blocks bill to reopen most of government
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Larry Hogan stokes speculation he'll primary Trump in 2020 — Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is acting a lot like a guy who wants to run against Donald Trump in 2020 — and the president's reelection team is taking notice. — The second-term Maryland governor has been implicitly going after Trump …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Unto the Breach — An open letter to those considering a Trump primary.
Unto the Breach — An open letter to those considering a Trump primary.
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Raw Story
Nicole Weisensee Egan / The Daily Beast:
Is a Serial-Killer Gang Murdering Young Men Across the U.S.? — Dozens of college-age men dead from ‘accidental’ drownings—but a team of retired detectives say the boys were drugged and killed by a shadowy gang with a sinister symbol. — On the evening of Dec. 15, 2016, Dakota James called his friend Shelley in a panic.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Prayer-Rug Paranoia — The president is tweeting again. — Three weeks into a government shutdown triggered when the president reneged on a deal to fund the government, insisting instead that any deal had to include money for a wall on the southern border, President Trump tweeted …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump touts story about finding ‘prayer rugs’ along border
Trump touts story about finding ‘prayer rugs’ along border
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Pew Research Center:
Trump Begins Third Year With Low Job Approval and Doubts About His Honesty — Views of economy remain positive, divided by partisanship — At the second anniversary of his inauguration, public views of Donald Trump's job performance, as well as his honesty and administration's ethics, are decidedly negative.
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Brett McGurk / Washington Post:
Trump said he beat ISIS. Instead, he's giving it new life. — The president decided to withdraw U.S. forces without consulting allies or understanding the facts on the ground. — On Dec. 17, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked for an important call with me and a few …
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CBC News:
Twins get some ‘mystifying’ results when they put 5 ancestry DNA kits to the test — Chief geneticist at a popular ancestry company admits it's ‘kind of a science and an art’ — One set of identical twins, two different ancestry profiles. — At least that's the suggestion …
Dara Lind / Vox:
Even with the shutdown, the Trump administration is suing to take land for the border wall — Most federal lawsuits have been postponed due to shutdown — except where a delay would compromise “the safety of human life.” — President Donald Trump hasn't yet gotten Democrats to acquiesce …
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
DOJ hiring attorneys to handle property seizures for border wall
DOJ hiring attorneys to handle property seizures for border wall
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