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Secret Files Show How Trump Moscow Talks Unfolded While Trump Heaped Praise On Putin — As a candidate, Donald Trump had a lot of praise for Vladimir Putin — and no business, he kept insisting, in Russia. These documents tell a different story. — When Michael Cohen …
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Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators — Trump Inaugural Committee Is Ordered to Give Documents to Investigators — Federal prosecutors demanded documents about the committee's finances and activities, showing interest in whether it received illegal foreign donations.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: ‘Tom Brady’ of leakers roils Trump White House before State of Union — Good morning, Power friends. Happy Chinese new year! 2019 is the Year of the Pig, which represents wealth and treasure in Chinese culture. So gong hay fat choy (wishing you happiness and prosperity) to everyone celebrating .
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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Sanders on Trump inaugural committee subpoena: ‘This has nothing to do with the White House’ — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought Tuesday to distance the White House from allegations of misusing money from President Donald Trump's inaugural committee …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
The plan to keep Trump's taxes hidden — The new House Democratic majority is widely expected to test one of Donald Trump's ultimate red lines by demanding the president's personal tax returns — and the Trump administration has been gearing up for months to fight back hard.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
We may finally see Trump's tax returns, and Republicans are panicking
We may finally see Trump's tax returns, and Republicans are panicking
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Ben White / Politico:
Trump picks World Bank critic Malpass to lead institution
Trump picks World Bank critic Malpass to lead institution
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox Guest Warns: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Trying to ‘Assimilate Us’ to ‘Latin American Values’ — “Instead of us assimilating them, they are assimilating us,” Peter Morici said of Ocasio-Cortez and her likeminded colleagues. — A week after former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw faced intense backlash …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘I trusted you!’ Trump voters seethe after realizing they're getting screwed by the GOP's tax plan — Multiple supporters of President Donald Trump over the past couple of weeks have taken to Twitter to air their grievances about the president's signature tax cut plan.
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Edward Conard / Wall Street Journal:
Tax Reform Is Covering Its Costs
The White House:
Special Guests for President Trump's Second State of the Union Address — Here are the special guests who will join the President and First Lady at the U.S. Capitol when President Donald J. Trump delivers the second State of the Union Address of his presidency.
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Top Nancy Pelosi Aide Privately Tells Insurance Executives Not to Worry About Democrats Pushing “Medicare for All” — Less than a month after Democrats — many of them running on “Medicare for All” — won back control of the House of Representatives in November, the top health policy aide …
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Pope Francis confirms priests' abuse of nuns included “sexual slavery” — Nuns have suffered and are still suffering sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and bishops, and even being held as sexual slaves, Pope Francis confirmed on Tuesday. The abuse was so severe in one case …
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Joe.My.God.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Top Progressive Firm Tells Dems to Leave Starbucks Alone — SKDKnickerbocker lists Starbucks as a client. And they want to separate the company from the presidential ambitions of its former CEO. — One of the top Democratic firms in the country is privately urging top officials in the party …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Former White House Staffer Cliff Sims on Trump's Emotional Life and the Fine Points of Leaking — When I met him on Thursday morning, Cliff Sims was just a few blocks away from the White House, the place he worked for the “500 extraordinary days” that provided most of the material for his memoir, Team of Vipers, released last week.
Associated Press:
Ex-Gov. Weld back in the GOP as he mulls Trump challenge — BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has changed his party registration from Libertarian back to Republican as he mulls a possible primary challenge against President Donald Trump. — Weld served as a Republican governor from 1991 until 1997.
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
Woman Alleging Sexual Assault By Virginia's Lt. Gov. Hires Washington Law Firm — A California woman who has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assaulting her 15 years ago, has hired the same law firm that represented Christine Blasey Ford in her allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
New York Times:
Trump's Options for Wall Shrink as Republicans Balk at National Emergency Declaration — WASHINGTON — President Trump's legislative path to a border wall has narrowed significantly on the eve of Tuesday's State of the Union speech, and his fallback plan to circumvent Congress by declaring …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Neomi Rao, Picked For D.C. Circuit Court, Faces Scrutiny Over Earlier Views On Rape — President Trump's nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the nation's second-highest appeals court defended herself amid scrutiny of her collegiate writings about sexual assault, environmental protections and multiculturalism.
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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Runner kills mountain lion that attacked him on Colorado trail — “In the event of a lion attack, you need to do anything in your power to fight back, just as this gentleman did,” a state wildlife official said. — A trail runner fought off and killed a mountain lion in self-defense …
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Denver Post and twitchy.com
Anna Silman / The Cut:
How I Get It Done: Merchants of Truth author Jill Abramson — In her new book Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts, out February 5, Jill Abramson chronicles the upheaval that has rocked the media industry over the past decade, as told through the stories of four outlets …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems block Sasse measure meant to respond to Virginia bill — Senate Democrats blocked abortion-related legislation on Monday night in the wake of a political firestorm sparked by a Virginia abortion-rights bill last week. — Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) tried to pass legislation …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The Shrunken State of Donald Trump's Presidency — The Harvard political scientist Richard Neustadt famously remarked that the Oval Office “is no place for amateurs.” This is because, as Neustadt pointed out in his book “Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents,” which was originally published in 1960 …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Sarah Sanders: Corruption in Trump's inauguration has ‘nothing to do with the White House’ — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said that any corrupt activities surrounding President Donald Trump's inauguration had “nothing to do with the Trump White House.”
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ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo
Rachel Silberstein / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo: State facing $2.3 billion shortfall — ALBANY — New York state is facing an unexpected $2.3 billion shortfall — the most significant in eight years — due to a sharp drop in income tax collections for December and January, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo revealed on Monday.
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YouTube:
An Inside Look At The World's Biggest Gun Show | Shot Show 2019 … The Washington Free Beacon sent reporter Stephen Gutowski to Las Vegas to cover the biggest gun show on the planet. From range day to the exhibit floor to the nightlife, get an inside look at what Shot Show is really like.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Called Nepal And Bhutan ‘Nipple’ And ‘Button’ In Intel Briefing: Time's John Walcott — The national security reporter says on CNN that the president is alarmingly out of touch in White House intelligence sessions. — President Donald Trump mispronounced Nepal and Bhutan as “Nipple” …
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Haley Byrd / CNN:
Senators make a bipartisan push to limit Trump's trade powers — (CNN)As President Donald Trump prepares to once again make a bipartisan appeal in his State of the Union address Tuesday, members of Congress are linking arms on one of his favorite issues: trade.