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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Andrew McCabe: The full 60 Minutes interview — Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe tells 60 Minutes about taking over for James Comey, starting investigations of President Trump, interactions with the president and his own firing — Tonight you will hear for the first time from the man …
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Shareblue Media, New York Post, Breitbart, The Guardian, VICE News, Althouse, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Washington Press
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
McCabe: ‘I was fired because I opened a case against the president’ — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said he was ousted from the bureau in March 2018 because he opened two investigations into President Donald Trump 10 months earlier. — “I believe I was fired because I opened …
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Axios, The Daily Beast, Splinter and Breitbart
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Autopsy of a Dead Coup — The illegal effort to destroy the 2016 Trump campaign by Hillary Clinton campaign's use of funds to create, disseminate among court media, and then salt among high Obama administration officials, a fabricated, opposition smear dossier failed.
CBS News:
McCabe's “bizarre” job interview with President Trump and other clips
McCabe's “bizarre” job interview with President Trump and other clips
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The Guardian
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Former acting FBI director: Trump's ‘own words’ prompted counterintelligence investigation
Former acting FBI director: Trump's ‘own words’ prompted counterintelligence investigation
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POLITICUSUSA
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy, Describes ‘Remarkable’ Number Of Trump-Russia Contacts
Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy, Describes ‘Remarkable’ Number Of Trump-Russia Contacts
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The 25th Amendment, explained: how a president can be declared unfit to serve
The 25th Amendment, explained: how a president can be declared unfit to serve
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Hill Reporter, Breitbart and Contemptor
Nana Efua Mumford / Washington Post:
I doubted Jussie Smollett. It breaks my heart that I might be right. — Nana Efua Mumford is the executive assistant to The Post's editorial board. She lives in Virginia with her family but will always call Chicago home. — “Empire,” Fox's drama about a family-run hip-hop label …
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Althouse, twitchy.com, CNN, RedState, Instapundit and Contemptor
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Did the Media Jump the Gun on the Jussie Smollett Story? — In light of new details in the investigation of the alleged assault on actor Jussie Smollett, fingers have been pointed at “the media” for jumping the gun on the story. — In pushing back against that, there is an emerging effort …
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The Federalist, Breitbart, TheBlaze and twitchy.com
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Don't expect apologies from the left over Jussie Smollett ‘attack’ fraud — A lot of explosive material can get defused with nine little letters: “I was wrong.” It works wonders with your significant other. Try it. Frequently. — This week, now that the Chicago Police Department has …
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The Daily Beast, Page Six and Breitbart
Lindsey Bahr / Associated Press:
Smollett developments leave some baffled, others outraged
Smollett developments leave some baffled, others outraged
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KBZK, The Week and Associated Press
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump can't run the Mueller playbook on New York feds — Even as speculation mounts that special counsel Robert Mueller might be winding down his investigation, a parallel threat to President Donald Trump only seems to be growing within his own Justice Department: the Southern District of New York.
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Raw Story
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Five things to watch as Barr takes the reins of Justice, Mueller probe — William Barr was sworn in as President Trump's second attorney general on Thursday, putting a new face atop the Justice Department who will assume oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Graham Vows to Investigate Whether ‘Bureaucratic Coup’ Tried to Oust Trump
Graham Vows to Investigate Whether ‘Bureaucratic Coup’ Tried to Oust Trump
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The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Japan's Abe won't confirm Trump Nobel Prize nomination, but media reports say he did — SEOUL — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wouldn't say Monday whether he nominated President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating with North Korea, even though local media reports suggest that he did.
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Politico and Political Wire
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's go-it-alone presidency — Shortly after becoming President Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney conveyed a blunt message to several Cabinet secretaries. According to a senior White House official with direct knowledge and another source briefed on the private conversations …
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Raw Story
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BBC:
Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership — Seven MPs have resigned from the Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism. — They are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey.
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Breitbart
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Florida sixth-grader charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance — A Florida student is facing misdemeanor charges after a confrontation with his teacher that began with his refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and escalated into what officials described as disruptive behavior.
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Chicago Tribune, Orlando Weekly, Daily Mail, Tribunist and Raw Story
Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
DC's many prankster activists turn anger into street theater — WASHINGTON (AP) — In the nation's capital, it can be hard for protesters to stand out. A group of 50 people — or even 500 — holding signs and shouting hardly merits a second glance in this city of protests.
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Axios
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Republicans Already Are Demonizing Democrats as Socialists and Baby Killers — WASHINGTON — In the 116th Congress, if you're a Democrat, you're either a socialist, a baby killer or an anti-Semite. — That, at least, is what Republicans want voters to think, as they seek to demonize Democrats …
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Hullabaloo
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
The Democrats have an Israel problem — and it's not Ilhan Omar — The Democratic Party has problems with Israel. But Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), the new members of Congress who have attracted attention with toxic tweets and support for boycott, are not the main protagonists.
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Election board to decide fate of disputed North Carolina congressional race — The multi-day evidentiary hearing starting Monday could end with a call for a new election. — North Carolina's board of elections will dig into fraud allegations in the state's disputed 9th Congressional District on Monday …
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Political Wire
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Biden's polling lead shaky ahead of 2020 decision — Joe Biden's big lead in early Democratic 2020 polling might be a bunch of malarkey. — While most polls show the former vice president hovering around 30 percent of the Democratic primary vote, well ahead of second-place Sen. Bernie Sanders …