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Transcript: President Trump on “Face the Nation,” February 3, 2019 — The following is a transcript of an interview with President Trump airing Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, on “Face the Nation.” — MARGARET BRENNAN: Would you shut down the government again? — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well …
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Tom Nichols / Washington Post:
Sorry, Republicans. You can't call out Northam for racism and give Trump a pass. — That's hypocrisy, full stop. — Finally, the GOP is calling out a chief executive for his appalling insensitivity on an issue of race: Saturday, via Twitter, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Ralph Northam is about to moonwalk out of the governor's mansion — This post has been updated. — Ralph Northam is soon to be the former governor of Virginia. And that is how it should be. — His governorship ended, as a practical matter, on Friday night, when he acknowledged …
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Fairfax was preparing to be Va. governor. Then Northam said he was staying put.
Fairfax was preparing to be Va. governor. Then Northam said he was staying put.
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Trump targets Gillespie amid Northam race scandal
Trump targets Gillespie amid Northam race scandal
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
6 moments of weirdness with Ralph Northam
6 moments of weirdness with Ralph Northam
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Rhae Lynn Barnes / Washington Post:
The troubling history behind Ralph Northam's blackface Klan photo
The troubling history behind Ralph Northam's blackface Klan photo
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Washington Post:
‘A watershed moment’: Trump faces crossroads amid mounting threats on all sides — When President Trump delivers his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, a Democrat will be seated at the rostrum over his shoulder for the first time. — The presence of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump's State of Union comes amid political peril — WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing clear political peril, President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address at a moment when his bully pulpit is uncertain and his negotiating skills in question after a monthlong government shutdown …
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Trump appoints Ronny Jackson chief medical adviser
Trump appoints Ronny Jackson chief medical adviser
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Jess Bidgood / BostonGlobe.com:
Democratic primary watchers look to the West — LAS VEGAS — The rapidly growing 2020 presidential field is shaping up to be a Wild West of Democratic primaries — with the actual West emerging as a decisive battleground. — The delegate-rich state of California has vaulted itself near …
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Plan to evacuate queen if Brexit goes bad — If Britain crashes out of the EU, and things go bad in London, Queen Elizabeth II will be ready to make her own exit — to an undisclosed location. — The U.K. government has repurposed Cold War emergency evacuation planning to prepare …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump could ‘be forced’ to declare national emergency, GOP border negotiator says — A Republican member of the bipartisan group of lawmakers charged with striking a deal on immigration measures said Sunday that President Donald Trump “would be forced” to declare a national emergency …
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Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Tells Joe Rogan: Trump Is No Worse Than Obama — ‘Everyone has a right’ to social media, says the head of the website that notoriously tolerates racists, death threats, and trolls. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been under fire for failing to police hate speech …
Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Kamala Harris learns the perils of presidential front-running — Sen. Kamala Harris' Rolls-Royce rollout of her presidential run quickly shot her to the front of the Democratic pack, and with it all the troubles that come with being seen as a front-runner. — The first misstep came during her televised town meeting in Iowa.
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AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Over 60, and Crushed by Student Loan Debt — Older Americans are struggling under the burden of student loans—their children's and their own.
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Being president ‘a leap for anybody,’ says 37-year-old 2020 hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg — White House hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg said he realizes “the audacity of somebody like” him pursuing a run for president of the United States, but said that his mayoral experience would be an asset in Washington.
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
It's Both Difficult and Incredibly Important to Make the Case for Third-Trimester Abortions — Conservative politicians and right-wing activists have targeted a Virginia state legislator this week and in the process reignited a nationwide debate about third-trimester abortions.
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Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The Real Legacy of the 1970s — Forget leisure suits and disco balls. The decade's economic tumult changed who Americans were as a people. — Mr. Tomasky is a contributing writer and the author of “If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How It Might Be Saved,” from which this essay is adapted.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
David Axelrod on Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and the 2020 Field — During the past week, Kamala Harris held the first big rally of her Presidential campaign, Cory Booker announced his candidacy, Howard Schultz floated a run as an Independent, and Republicans fretted about President Trump's weak poll numbers.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Warren flexes muscles with campaign kickoff tour