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New York Times:
Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump's Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him — President Trump's efforts have exposed him to accusations of obstruction of justice as Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, finishes his work.
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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers — Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack. — WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers from within President Donald Trump's …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Multiple Whistleblowers Raise Grave Concerns with White House Efforts to Transfer Sensitive U.S. Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia — Cummings Releases Interim Staff Report and Corroborating Documents, Launches Investigation of White House, Agencies, and Others — The report states:
Washington Post:
Top Trump appointees promoted selling nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia over objections from national security officials, House Democratic report says — Several current and former Trump administration appointees promoted sales of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia despite repeated objections …
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Politico, Shareblue Media, The Week and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump appointees promoted nuclear sales to Saudi Arabia over senior officials' objections …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
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Bloomberg
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI developed a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation soon after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in the event that other senior officials were dismissed as well, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Andrew McCabe Couldn't Believe the Things Trump Said About Putin — In the months before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, FBI counterintelligence agents investigating Russian election interference were also collecting evidence suggesting that Trump could be compromised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The Daily Beast, CNN, Law & Crime, Raw Story, Hill Reporter, Mediaite, The New Civil Rights Movement and USA Today
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
From disputed New York Times scoop to ‘Coup’!
From disputed New York Times scoop to ‘Coup’!
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Media Matters for America, KVOA-TV, The Week and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
Trump suggests Rosenstein, McCabe are ‘treasonous,’ citing Fox News
Trump suggests Rosenstein, McCabe are ‘treasonous,’ citing Fox News
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The Daily Caller, ABC News, Politico, CNN, The Federalist, Breitbart and The Week
vpr.org:
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again — Sen. Bernie Sanders has confirmed to VPR that he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run — Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and 2016 Democratic primary runner-up whose populist policy agenda has helped push the party to the left, announced on Tuesday that he was running for president again, embarking on a bid …
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YouTube, Burlington Free Press, The Nation, Spectator USA, VICE, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
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CNBC, IJR, Okayplayer and The Source
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
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ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice and CANNONFIRE
vpr.org:
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again
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Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Common Dreams
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’
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Washington Post, TheBlaze and Washington Free Beacon
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality — The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump's top geopolitical foe. — BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end …
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Daily Wire, The New Civil Rights Movement and The Daily Caller
Melissa Brown / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’ — The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again” against “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching — Two decades ago, the editor of the tiny Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Ala., was being talked about as a potential contender for the Pulitzer Prize.
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The Montgomery Advertiser
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Emails reveal coordination between Chao, McConnell offices — A trove of more than 800 pages of emails sheds new light on the working relationship between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most potent power couples in Washington …
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Talking Points Memo, Splinter, The Week and Hill Reporter
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Egypt Turns Back Veteran New York Times Reporter — CAIRO — Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent after he arrived in Cairo on Monday, holding him incommunicado for hours before forcing him onto a flight back to London without explanation.
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor — President Donald Trump has derided CNN as a leading purveyor of “fake news,” and now, a recently departed administration official is joining the network in a senior role. — Sarah Isgur, who served as the Justice Department's …
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Contemptor, Mediaite and Splinter, more at Mediagazer »
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: 6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump's Declaration Of A National Emergency — Loading... Nearly 6-in-10 also don't believe there is an emergency at the southern border and that the president is misusing his presidential authority. They also believe that his decision should be challenged in court.
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Washington Examiner, Hullabaloo, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The Week, Politico and The Democrats
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The public sees through Trump's national emergency lies. A new poll confirms it.
The public sees through Trump's national emergency lies. A new poll confirms it.
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Shareblue Media and Washington Times
Lee Smith / Washington Times:
Stalking and punishing Rep. Devin Nunes — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it found no direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The president took a victory lap, but that hardly means the two-year-long attempt to undo his legitimate election is over.
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Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Adam Schiff: The Jussie Smollett of Trump-Russia Collusion
Adam Schiff: The Jussie Smollett of Trump-Russia Collusion
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Big League Politics, Raw Story, Daily Wire and TMZ.com
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred. The Media Only Covered The Fake One. Here's Why. — On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett, who is black and gay, alleged that two men approached …
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New York Times and Breitbart
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
My plan for Universal Child Care — Team WarrenBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — I remember how hard it was to find affordable and high-quality child care when I was a working mom with two little ones. — I had a job teaching at a law school in Houston when the babysitter quit.
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VICE News, Washington Times, Bloomberg, IJR and The Daily Caller
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care
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National Review, Washington Post and Axios
TMZ.com:
Jussie Smollett's ‘Empire’ Role Slashed in Wake Of ‘Attack’ Scandal — Jussie Smollett's “Empire” screen time is getting slashed in the wake of a growing sentiment that he staged the so-called “attack.” — Production sources tell TMZ ... Jussie was supposed to have 9 scenes and a big musical number …
Washington Post:
‘He just picks up’: Trump and the lawmakers he loves to talk to on the phone — One surprise call came from Air Force One as President Trump was leaving Iraq, startling Sen. James M. Inhofe (R) as he was chopping wood back home in rural Oklahoma with his grandson.
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Althouse and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence's Chief of Staff — Vice President Mike Pence has chosen Marc Short, who served as President Trump's legislative affairs director for most of his first two years in office, to be his chief of staff, a person familiar with the announcement said Tuesday.
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CNBC, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Marc Short to become Pence's chief of staff
Howard Schultz:
Our path — Howard SchultzBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — It's been three weeks since we began this journey with the launch of my new book on 60 Minutes and the announcement that I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent. The reaction has been beyond any expectation I had.
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Axios