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Exclusive: WH press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel's office — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has interviewed White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, she told CNN on Friday. — “The President urged me, like he has everyone in the administration …
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Special counsel prosecutors say they have communications of Stone with WikiLeaks — Washington (CNN)Prosecutors said for the first time that they have evidence of Roger Stone communicating with WikiLeaks, according to a new court filing from special counsel prosecutors.
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USA Today:
Mueller's office seeks prison sentence of 20 years or more for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — WASHINGTON - Russia special counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge on Friday to send former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to prison for between 20 and 24 years for his conviction on multiple financial fraud charges.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge gags Roger Stone from Mueller comments around D.C. courthouse — Roger Stone remains free to talk about Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation, just not in and around the Washington, D.C., courthouse where the longtime Donald Trump associate is fighting the special counsel's charges …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why Trump's Going to Win on the National Emergency — All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called “The Snake,” about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall — WASHINGTON — President Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that Congress refused to give him, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a fundamental confrontation over separation of powers.
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A Defining Moment for the GOP — President Trump's emergency declaration is a red line for Republicans. — Now that President Trump has declared a national emergency to circumvent Congress and build his wall, Republican legislators face a time for choosing: Support Trump or the rule of law.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There's an emergency — and it's Trump's power grab
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Promised to ‘Build That Wall,’ Then Ran Out of Time and Options
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Erwin Chemerinsky / American Prospect:
Trump's ‘Emergency’ Action: Unlawful and Unconstitutional
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just plunged the country into dangerous new territory. Here's what's really at stake.
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Chris Truax / USA Today:
Donald Trump's emergency declaration is an attack on democracy
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
In a Divided Washington, Congress Averted a Shutdown — but at a Price
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Washington Post:
Trump's bewildering national emergency press conference, annotated — President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border on Friday — but not without making a scene full of false claims, offbeat comments and tense exchanges. — Below is the full transcript, with annotations in yellow.
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter Fires Back at Trump: ‘The Only National Emergency Is That Our President Is an Idiot’ — The president said she had gone ‘off the reservation’ during his Rose Garden address declaring a national emergency for the wall. — Matt Wilstein — Ann Coulter says she's thankful …
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Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter: National Emergency Designed ‘for Trump to Scam the Stupidest People in His Base’ — Conservative provocateur Ann Coulter fired shots at Trump on Friday for saying he'll sign a bill that would avert another government shutdown and instead declaring a national emergency to build his Mexico border wall.
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Washington Post:
Shutdown averted: President Trump has signed a sweeping spending bill hours before funding expired …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump liked the idea of a national emergency because it's the maximalist, most dramatic option
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Cummings: 2 Trump attorneys may have lied about Cohen payments — House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said on Friday that his panel received new documents showing that two attorneys for President Donald Trump may have lied to government ethics officials about Trump fixer Michael …
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
PICTURED - Two Nigerian actor brothers are arrested over Jussie Smollett attack, as it's revealed they are FRIENDS with the Empire star amid claims the assault was staged to save his career — Police are now treating the two brothers as suspects and not persons of interest but neither has been charged
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Reports Claim Jussie Smollet Allegedly Staged Hate Crime Attack; Police Say News Is ‘Unconfirmed, Inaccurate’
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Taylor Day / American Thinker:
Two Nigerian immigrants to be charged for Jussie Smollett ‘hate crime’
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Daily Herald:
Suspect in custody after multiple Aurora cops, civilians shot — Multiple police officers and civilians have been wounded in an Aurora shooting Friday in an industrial area near Prairie and Highland avenues. — Multiple police officers and civilians have been wounded in an Aurora shooting Friday …
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Several injured, shooter apprehended at Aurora, Ill., manufacturing plant — At least four people have been taken to local hospitals after an active shooter situation at the Henry Pratt Company. — ‘All kinds of action’: Witness describes scene of shooting in Aurora, Ill.
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Subject: Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States — DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump's Border Security Victory
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New York Times:
Why the Amazon Deal Collapsed: A Tech Giant Stumbles in N.Y.'s Raucous Political Arena — A senior executive from Amazon, one of the world's biggest companies, led by the world's richest person, found himself last weekend in a showdown with a suburban state senator.
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New York Times:
Air Force Defector to Iran Severely Damaged U.S. Intelligence Efforts, Ex-Officials Say — WASHINGTON — A former Air Force sergeant who defected to Iran did severe damage to American intelligence operations, and is suspected of revealing the names of double agents run by United States military intelligence …
David Siders / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke in talks with strategists ahead of likely 2020 bid — Beto O'Rourke is in talks with Democratic strategists about a likely 2020 presidential run, according to two sources. — Two Democratic campaign strategists told POLITICO on Friday that they are in discussions with O'Rourke and his team.
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Senate Panel Launches Bipartisan Probe Into Think Tank Linked To Butina, Torshin — The Senate Finance Committee is launching a bipartisan investigation into how a conservative think tank aided Maria Butina, the admitted Russian agent who sought political influence through her ties with the National Rifle Association.
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Bill Weld launches GOP presidential exploratory committee — Announces in NH he's eyeing run against Trump — Former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld is launching a presidential exploratory committee to challenge President Trump in the Republican primaries, saying the country is …
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
White House social media chief denies knowing of undocumented workers at Trump golf club, won't address specific claims — White House social media czar Dan Scavino didn't know undocumented immigrants worked at President Trump's Westchester County golf course even though he managed the upscale club …
Washington Post:
Fact-checking Trump's announcement of a national emergency — Where to begin with Trump's rambling news conference to announced he was invoking a national emergency to build a border wall? It was chock full of false and misleading claims, many of which we've previously highlighted …
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
What Andrew McCabe told “60 Minutes” about Trump and the 25th Amendment — In an interview to air on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, February 17, former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told correspondent Scott Pelley that he briefly discussed invoking the 25th Amendment with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
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