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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump delivers scorched-earth speech as he tries to regain footing — President Donald Trump on Saturday delivered a scorched-earth speech to conservative activists, calling the Russia investigation “bullshit,” adopting a southern accent to mock his former attorney general …
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John W. Dean / New York Times:
I Testified Against Nixon. Here's My Advice for Michael Cohen. — My appearance before Congress helped take down a president. Will the same thing happen to Trump? — Mr. Dean was a White House counsel under Richard Nixon. — There are several parallels between my testimony before Congress in 1973 …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Top House Democrat: Hannity should testify under oath about hush-money scheme — (CNN)A member of House Democratic leadership says it may be time to hear from Fox News host Sean Hannity — under oath. — Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, who chairs the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee …
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Washington Post:
Two days in July: As Republicans convened in Cleveland, did Trump receive a heads-up about WikiLeaks?
Two days in July: As Republicans convened in Cleveland, did Trump receive a heads-up about WikiLeaks?
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Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Poll finds 37 percent found Cohen testimony credible
Poll finds 37 percent found Cohen testimony credible
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
How a black man ‘outsmarted’ a neo-Nazi group — and became their new leader — Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy neo-Nazi group has signed over its control to a black civil rights activist from California.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
How Jeff Bezos Went to Hollywood and Lost Control — Jeff Bezos amassed the world's greatest fortune by relying on what he has called a “regret minimization framework.” He built an $800 billion company with 14 codified principles and a brutally exacting culture. His annual salary of $81,840 has not budged since 1998.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge orders Roger Stone to explain imminent release of book that may violate gag order — Republican operative and longtime Trump friend Roger Stone faced fresh legal trouble Friday after a federal judge ordered his attorneys to explain why they failed to tell her before now about the imminent publication …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
White House Ambitions Cloud Democratic Hopes to Win the Senate — WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders are convinced that Steve Bullock, the popular governor of Montana, would give the party its best shot at unseating Senator Steve Daines, a freshman Republican, when he stands for re-election next year …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
No Place for ‘Soy Boys’ at ‘Tribute to Men’ Outside CPAC — One organizer, upset that the Boy Scouts now accept girls, dubbed them “the soy scouts.” — Some attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference took a break Friday to sing the praises of men. All of them.
Amber Sipe / Associated Press:
UPDATE | W.Va. GOP responds to controversy over anti-Muslim display — West Virginia Republican Party Chairwoman Melody Potter is speaking out after a war of words broke out at the West Virginia Capitol Friday over a controversial poster that was displayed during a “Republicans Take the Rotunda” event.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Poster linking Rep. Ilhan Omar to 9/11 sparks outrage, injuries in W.Va. state Capitol
Poster linking Rep. Ilhan Omar to 9/11 sparks outrage, injuries in W.Va. state Capitol
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
GOP's anti-Muslim display likening Rep. Omar to a terrorist rocks W. Virginia capitol
GOP's anti-Muslim display likening Rep. Omar to a terrorist rocks W. Virginia capitol
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Samer Kalaf / Splinter:
Bret Stephens Tried to Teach Me How the World Works Because I Called Him Remarkably Dumb — It is not unreasonable for people to get mad at rude emails from strangers. Some people process them differently than others. What prompted me to send one to New York Times columnist Bret Stephens …
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The Guardian:
Revealed: Facebook's global lobbying against data privacy laws — Social network targeted legislators around the world, promising or threatening to withhold investment — Facebook has targeted politicians around the world - including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne …
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Xavier Becerra doesn't rule out legal action against journalists over police conviction data — Berkeley-based journalists received the list from a state commission through routine public records requests — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday didn't rule out the possibility …
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Politico:
Brussels awaits London move in Brexit talks — The Brexit talks remain locked solid, but Brussels expects London to make a move — potentially in the next week and with a new text laying out changes to the controversial Northern Ireland backstop. — For all the spin from U.K. ministers …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Democrat Who Wants to Stop the Rage — POLK CITY, Iowa—Sitting under a framed ticket from an old Obama town hall meeting, down in the basement of a farmhouse surrounded by snowy fields of corn and soybeans, I tell Michael Bennet that an Iowa Democrat who'd come to hear him speak compared him to pea soup.
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
WikiLeaks Veteran: I ‘Cooperated’ With Feds ‘in Exchange for Immunity’ — A grand jury probe that began nine years ago is ongoing. And one of Julian Assange's old crew is now talking. “I'm on the street... not in an embassy,” he tells The Daily Beast. — Chelsea Manning isn't alone.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Nepotism rules exist for a reason. Jared Kushner shows why. — The Post reports: … Kushner's lawyer, Ivanka Trump and President Trump all falsely stated that he got no special treatment. — As Trump defenders have pointed out, the president has the authority to grant clearances to anyone, so why is this even a problem?
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Washington Post:
Editor's note related to Lincoln Memorial incident — A Washington Post article first posted online on Jan. 19 reported on a Jan. 18 incident at the Lincoln Memorial. Subsequent reporting, a student's statement and additional video allow for a more complete assessment of what occurred …
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