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President Trump installed a room-sized golf simulator at White House — President Trump has installed a room-sized “golf simulator” game at the White House, which allows him to play virtual rounds at courses all over the world by hitting a ball into a large video screen, according to two people told about the system.
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CNN:
Trump intends to sign border deal to avoid another shutdown — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump intends to sign the border security deal to avoid another partial government shutdown, according to two sources who have spoken directly with the President.
Ed Clowes / Gulf News:
Trump backer Tom Barrack defends Saudi Arabia — Real estate developer said that kingdom was misunderstood by the West — Dubai: America is in no moral position to criticise Saudi Arabia, according to financier and key Trump backer Tom Barrack. — Speaking on stage at the Milken Institute MENA Summit …
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Abdullah Alaoudh / New York Times:
My Father Faces the Death Penalty. This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia.
My Father Faces the Death Penalty. This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia.
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Just Security
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
EU Blacklists Saudi Arabia in Fight Against Money-Laundering and Terror Financing
EU Blacklists Saudi Arabia in Fight Against Money-Laundering and Terror Financing
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Politico, Al Jazeera and EU Press Room
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Howard Schultz and the media's unlearned lesson — A billionaire flirts with a run for president and gets grossly disproportionate free airtime. We all know the punchline. Howard Schultz, the running-but-not-yet-running former CEO of Starbucks, has attracted intense media interest …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Howard Schultz's campaign about nothing — At a CNN town hall, the former Starbucks CEO came off as a caricature of an independent candidate. — At the start of the town hall CNN gave Howard Schultz on Tuesday night, anchor Poppy Harlow promised, “We're going to talk about all the issues, because that's what this is about.”
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Howard Schultz's campaign is based on 3 ideas, and they're all wrong
Howard Schultz's campaign is based on 3 ideas, and they're all wrong
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Michael Bloomberg's $500 million anti-Trump moonshot — Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is preparing to spend at least $500 million from his own pocket to deny President Donald Trump a second term, according to Democratic operatives briefed on his plans.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Stephanie Ruhle on Michael Bloomberg: Is Press Secretary Ruhle In The Future?
Stephanie Ruhle on Michael Bloomberg: Is Press Secretary Ruhle In The Future?
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Contemptor and Mediaite
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Was Accused of Lying About Listening to Tupac and Snoop Dogg. The Truth Is More Complicated. — It began as a lighthearted moment. Senator Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and former prosecutor who announced her presidential candidacy last month …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran; Four Iranians Charged With a Cyber Campaign Targeting Her Former Colleagues — Indictment Unsealed as U.S. Treasury Department Announces Economic Sanctions — Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member …
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Dave Orrick / Twin Cities:
MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year. Why they remain frustrated. — Ilhan Omar has been talked to about this before. — Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before she emerged from a crowded Democratic field …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Omar fires back at Trump, saying he has ‘trafficked in hate’ his entire life
Omar fires back at Trump, saying he has ‘trafficked in hate’ his entire life
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New York Times:
U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets — WARSAW — The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage Iran's missiles and rockets, according to current and former administration officials, who described it as part of an expanding campaign …
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Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Schumer recruits famed fighter pilot to challenge McConnell in 2020 — Chuck Schumer is actively recruiting a high-profile fighter pilot to take on Mitch McConnell in 2020 — a calculated act of aggression against a leading Republican foe. — Schumer met with Amy McGrath …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Who is Richard Burr, Really? Why the public can't trust his voice in the Russia probe — On the same day that Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) officially joined the Trump campaign as a senior national security advisor, the U.S. intelligence community released a statement that the Kremlin was trying to interfere in the election.
Karen Geier / VICE:
Being Raised by Two Narcissists Taught Me How to Deal with Trump — Two years in, some people are still expecting one of his scandals to bring him down. I know better. — If you've watched the past three-plus years of the Donald Trump circus looking for some glimmer of hope he'll get owned …
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
President Trump wants the press to check out the Great Tariff Debate of 1888. Okay! — On tariffs, what can 1888 tell us about 2019? — Many things happened at President Trump's El Paso rally on Monday night. A BBC cameraman was violently attacked by a #MAGA supporter; you can read his colleague's account of that here.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats plan vast Russia probe — Mueller is just the beginning. House Democrats plan a vast probe of President Trump and Russia — with a heavy focus on money laundering — that will include multiple committees and dramatic public hearings, and could last into 2020.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Apple, Walmart, IBM CEOs join White House advisory panel — (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc, Walmart Inc, IBM Corp and other major companies are joining a Trump administration advisory board that hopes to prepare U.S. workers to deal with job training issues and the worforce shift brought …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Wilbur Ross, Ivanka Trump Introduce Workforce Advisory Board
Wilbur Ross, Ivanka Trump Introduce Workforce Advisory Board
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New York Times:
Unmistakable Divide Among Women in Virginia Over Accusations Against Fairfax — RICHMOND, Va. — To Constance Cordovilla, the president of the Virginia National Organization for Women, the two sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax are not just grounds for him to resign …
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RedState and Front Page Magazine
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump Approval, Economic Confidence Rebound — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has risen to 44% after the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While views of Trump have improved, the public's heightened positivity does not extend …
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Washington Post:
Investigation finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ by Covington Catholic students during Lincoln Memorial incident — An investigation released Wednesday into an encounter between Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial …
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Althouse
Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Why does the upper house of Russia's parliament attract so many criminals? — The Jan. 30 meeting of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, had barely started when Speaker Valentina Matviyenko declared it a closed session, ordering journalists out of the chamber and cutting the live television feed.
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Howard Dean to head new Dem voter data exchange — Howard Dean is back. — The one-time presidential candidate, former Vermont governor and ex-Democratic National Committee chairman is set to return to prominence as head of a new operation that Democrats hope puts them back on par …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chris Christie talks his time with Trump at Manhattan soirée — Chris Christie told Trump stories for nearly an hour last night at the Manhattan home of hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen. — What he's saying: Standing in front of 10-foot-high windows on the first floor of a home …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Owning The Libs By Voting On Their Proposals — Cocaine Mitch brings the crowd to its feet with his plan to bring the Ocasio-Cortez/Markey Green New Deal resolution to the Senate for a floor vote. How far out is that “plan”? The NY Times today presents an “ambitious” plan to achieve half as much in three times as long.
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David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Immune From Impeachment if Mueller Can't Share His Evidence — Attorney General nominee William Barr sounds likely to try to keep what the special counsel finds out from Congress. Thanks to Watergate, there's a way around him. — Donald Trump's next attorney general may attempt …
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BostonGlobe.com:
Rachael Rollins prepared to investigate Boston-based assault allegations against Va. lieutenant governor — Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Tuesday that she is ready to investigate allegations that Virginia's lieutenant governor sexually assaulted a woman at the 2004 Democratic …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
An artist famed for using his own urine just bought Trump's wedding cake. His plans are a mystery. — Everyone who's anyone got one. — Rudolph W. Giuliani, now President Trump's lawyer, got one. So did Hillary Clinton, who became Trump's archrival, and CNN President Jeff Zucker.
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Christian Gollayan / New York Post:
Brie Larson isn't letting ‘Captain Marvel’ press tour be ‘overwhelmingly’ white and male … Brie Larson is on a mission to save the world — and not just in her latest flick, superhero blockbuster “Captain Marvel.” — The Academy Award-winning actress might be the star …
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