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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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CBS News:
McCabe's “bizarre” job interview with President Trump and other clips — More of 60 Minutes' interview with Andrew McCabe. Plus, Overtime reaction from Scott Pelley — “It's absolutely astonishing,” says Scott Pelley when 60 Minutes Overtime asked for his reaction to Andrew McCabe's recollections …
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
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Former acting FBI director: Trump's ‘own words’ prompted counterintelligence investigation — (CNN)Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe outlined on Sunday the reasons top officials decided to open a counterintelligence probe and obstruction of justice investigation into President Donald Trump.
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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NPR
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Former top FBI lawyer: 2 Trump Cabinet officials were ‘ready to support’ 25th Amendment effort
Former top FBI lawyer: 2 Trump Cabinet officials were ‘ready to support’ 25th Amendment effort
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The Gateway Pundit and Hill Reporter
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
‘Evidence in plain sight’ of Trump collusion with Russia, Schiff says
‘Evidence in plain sight’ of Trump collusion with Russia, Schiff says
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twitchy.com, Breitbart and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“We're going to go to the edge on everything”: Trump pushes governing to the brink — A senior government official who was involved in the spending negotiations over the past few weeks told me the experience taught them something disturbing. — “We're going to go to the edge on everything …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Protests planned across US on Presidents Day in response to Trump's national emergency for border wall — Protesters have planned demonstrations across the U.S. for Presidents Day in response to President Trump's decision to declare a national emergency for border wall funding.
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USA Today
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
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.
Reuters:
Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request: Asahi — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Axios:
Trump wants to keep car tariffs in his back pocket — Today is the deadline for the Commerce Department to send the White House its auto tariffs report. — Why it matters: The report will recommend whether Trump should follow through on his threat to use a “national security” …
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One America News Network
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
An off-key Pence sings from the Trump hymnal to a stony European reception — MUNICH — Even inside a hotel so secure that it has body scanners at the entrance and snipers on the roof, Vice President Pence travels with a vast security detail. Its main function, it seems …
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New York Times and Mother Jones
New York Times:
‘It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.’ Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out — The crisis over sexuality in the Catholic Church goes beyond abuse. It goes to the heart of the priesthood, into a closet that is trapping thousands of men. — MILWAUKEE — Gregory Greiten was 17 years old when the priests organized the game.
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Outside the Beltway, The American Conservative and Crux
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
The populist sledgehammer kills Amazon jobs that Middle America would love to have — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Tito Brown can't imagine driving a perfectly good thing out of a town that hasn't had a perfectly good thing come its way in a very long time. — At least, a perfectly good thing …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Facebook ‘intentionally and knowingly’ violated U.K. privacy and competition rules, British lawmakers say — British lawmakers on Sunday accused Facebook of having “intentionally and knowingly violated both data privacy and anti-competition laws” in the country, and they called for investigations …
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Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner released from prison, will register as sex offender … Convicted ex-congressman Anthony Weiner has been sprung from prison — and is now part of a federal re-entry program in New York, records show. — Weiner has been transferred from Federal Medical Center in Devens …
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New York Daily News, twitchy.com, Axios and Daily Wire
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