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Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent. The White House denies the charge. — A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A Lawsuit by a Campaign Worker Is the Latest Challenge to Trump's Nondisclosure Agreements — A staff member of Donald Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida on Monday, alleging that she experienced “racial and gender discrimination” while working for the campaign …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
The Trauma Floor — The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America — She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020 — Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …
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William M Arkin / The Guardian:
Say what you will about Trump, but his tactics on North Korea are working — US officials warn of a president who is a dangerous wild card, but Trump should be supported in his denuclearization plan — When Donald Trump sits down with Kim Jong-un in Hanoi this week to further discuss …
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‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations
‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations
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NBC News:
Ahead of North Korea summit, concern about Trump's gamble
Ahead of North Korea summit, concern about Trump's gamble
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NBC News:
Love connection: Why intel officials are worried about the Trump-Kim summit
Love connection: Why intel officials are worried about the Trump-Kim summit
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Political Wire and Washington Press
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The stakes could not be higher for Trump in extraordinary split screen week
The stakes could not be higher for Trump in extraordinary split screen week
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Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
New Report: Trump Appears to Have Committed Multiple Crimes — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — New Report: Trump Appears to have Committed Multiple Campaign Finance-Related Crimes — Washington — There is compelling evidence that President Trump may have personally committed …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape — The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come. — Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Former senior national security officials to issue declaration on national emergency — A bipartisan group of 58 former senior national security officials will issue a statement Monday saying that “there is no factual basis” for President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
The best president money can't buy — When I first ran for the Senate, we had a contest to name our first t-shirt. By a big margin, the winning t-shirt said, “The Best Senator Money Can't Buy.” I've tried to live by that every single day. — I understand that campaigns cost money …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Harry Reid wishes for George W. Bush again ‘every day’ — Programming note: For more on George W. Bush and the political family that produced two Presidents, watch CNN's Original Series “The Bush Years” debuting Sunday, March 3 at 9pm ET on CNN. — (CNN)Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid …
Pat Eaton-Robb / Washington Times:
Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships — NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face. — She shouldn't be running, they say, not against girls. — Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick — “What happened to me?” the senator asks. “Not a damn thing.” — As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia. “What is the senator's middle name? …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights — In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on. But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …
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Natalie Wolchover / Quanta Magazine:
A World Without Clouds — A state-of-the-art supercomputer simulation indicates that a feedback loop between global warming and cloud loss can push Earth's climate past a disastrous tipping point in as little as a century. — Michelle Yun/Quanta Magazine; source: cbglp2
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
House Democrats target Trump's personal finances — House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump's red lines: investigating his personal finances. — With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation …
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One America News Network and Raw Story
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
China has put 1 million Muslims in concentration camps. MBS had nothing to say. — China is a leading oppressor of Muslims, so it should come as no surprise that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia — the kingdom that views itself as defender of the Islamic faith — would visit Beijing to deliver a stern rebuke.
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Justin Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’ … “Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don't make the comparison lightly. — Like that 2005 movie, Peter Farrelly's interracial buddy dramedy is insultingly glib and hucksterish …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Warren Buffett: ‘It would be a real mistake’ if former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz ran for president as an independent — Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett on Monday said “it would be a mistake” if former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz ran for president as an independent against Donald Trump.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Warren Buffett: I would support Mike Bloomberg for president if he were to run in 2020
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Daughter Of Putin's Spokesman Working In European Parliament — BRUSSELS — The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman works as an intern in the European Parliament in Brussels, and has unhindered access to various EU documents, RFE/RL has learned.
Win McNamee / Marketplace:
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen: Far from retired, nowhere near done — Janet Yellen made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board — a position that has been called “the second most powerful person in government” and the peak of a nearly 17-year career at the institution.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Pence, in Colombia to Meet Guaidó, Announces New Venezuela Sanctions — BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that the Trump administration would impose sanctions on additional Venezuelan officials and urged regional leaders to freeze assets of the state oil company …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela was spurred by a chance Oval Office encounter
How Trump's hawkish approach to Venezuela was spurred by a chance Oval Office encounter
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