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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Making of the Fox News White House — Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda? — In January, during the longest government shutdown in America's history, President Donald Trump rode in a motorcade through Hidalgo County, Texas, eventually stopping on a grassy bluff overlooking the Rio Grande.
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Washington Post:
House Democrats demand documents from more than 80 people and institutions affiliated with Trump — House Democrats sent more than 80 letters Monday demanding documents from family members, business associates, political confidants and others with ties to President Trump …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of document demands to the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday that detailed the breadth of the Democrats' investigation …
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CNN:
House Democrats announce broad probe into allegations of obstruction of justice — (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Monday announced a sweeping investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign, businesses, transition and administration, a probe that would lay the groundwork …
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Tim Mak / NPR:
House Judiciary Launches Probe Of Allegations Of Obstruction By President Trump — The House Judiciary Committee launched a broad investigation into President Donald Trump's inner circle Monday, targeting figures who have worked in his administration and for the Trump Organization businesses.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
House Democrats open sweeping corruption probe into Trump's world — A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump kicked off a sweeping new investigation on Monday with document demands from the White House, Trump's namesake company, charity, transition …
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Axios
Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats plan a slow-bleed strategy to publicly examine Trump's finances and presidency
House Democrats plan a slow-bleed strategy to publicly examine Trump's finances and presidency
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Inane and anti-Semitic’: Rep. Jerry Nadler blasts Rep. Jim Jordan for tweet using ‘$’ to spell …
‘Inane and anti-Semitic’: Rep. Jerry Nadler blasts Rep. Jim Jordan for tweet using ‘$’ to spell …
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The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats are set to take a big step toward impeaching Trump
Democrats are set to take a big step toward impeaching Trump
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Eric H. Holder Jr / Washington Post:
Eric Holder: I won't run, but I will fight to elect the right Democratic president — Eric H. Holder Jr. was U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015. — There is in the United States today a crisis of leadership — caused and perpetuated by an administration that uses fear to stoke divisions and lies to support broken policies.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Democrat Eric Holder Decides Not to Run for President
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor, joins Democrats' 2020 slate
John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor, joins Democrats' 2020 slate
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Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
Exclusive: Pompeo on the failed North Korea talks, Otto Warmbier and his own trip to Iowa — WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say if he believes that Kim Jong Un did not know about Otto Warmbier's mistreatment while the American college student was imprisoned in North Korea, as President Trump has asserted.
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Washington Post:
President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days
President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump blames Cohen testimony in part for failed deal with North Korea
Trump blames Cohen testimony in part for failed deal with North Korea
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The Guardian:
Banking leak exposes Russian network with link to Prince Charles — Exclusive: investigation reveals how Troika Dialog channelled $4.6bn to Europe and US — A charity run by Prince Charles received donations from an offshore company that was used to funnel vast amounts of cash from Russia …
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RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Multibillion-Dollar Money-Laundering Scheme Run By Russia's Largest Private Investment Bank Uncovered, Report Says — An almost $9 billion global money-laundering scheme allegedly set up and run by Russia's largest private investment bank and having close ties to the country's ruling elite …
Katie Galioto / Politico:
Bernie Sanders: ‘Too many lives are being destroyed’ by pot policy — Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that “too many lives are being destroyed” by federal laws banning marijuana use, telling a morning radio show that he supports decriminalizing the drug even though his personal experience with it is limited.
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Elyssa Cherney / Chicago Tribune:
Bernie Sanders, campaigning for president in 2020 at Navy Pier, calls for change ‘from the bottom up’
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Bernie Sanders sends a warning to 2020 rivals with rollicking weekend rallies
Bernie Sanders sends a warning to 2020 rivals with rollicking weekend rallies
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Splinter
BuzzFeed News:
WWF's Secret War: One Of The World's Biggest Charities Funds Guards Who Have Tortured And Killed People — The World Wide Fund for Nature funds vicious paramilitary forces to fight poaching. A BuzzFeed News investigation reveals the hidden human cost. — Down the road from the crocodile …
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The Guardian
Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
How Giuliani Might Take Down Trump — The parallels between the Mafia and the Trump Organization are striking, and Giuliani perfected the template for prosecuting organized crime. — Mr. Graff is the author of “The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's F.B.I. and the War on Global Terror.”
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
Pinkos Have More Fun Socialism is AOC's calling card, Trump's latest rhetorical bludgeon, and a new way to date in Brooklyn. — It's the Friday after Valentine's Day. The radical publishing house Verso Books is throwing its annual Red Party, an anti-romance-themed banger.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Kirstjen Nielsen digs in after surviving Trump's wrath — Shortly after President Donald Trump returned last March from a visit to the San Diego border, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen found herself in a familiar place — saying no to her boss.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate will pass resolution blocking Trump's emergency declaration — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday said that he expects a resolution blocking President Trump's emergency declaration to pass the Senate, but he does not believe lawmakers will be able to override a veto.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma exploring bankruptcy - sources — (Reuters) - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from thousands of lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Seb Gorka Out at Fox News, Berates Mediaite Editor Over Email: 'You Don't Have Any Friends' — Seb Gorka, pundit turned White House staffer turned pundit, is no longer a Fox News contributor, the network confirmed to Mediaite. — Gorka, a self-proclaimed national security expert …
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I'm Sorry for the Tweet That I Sent”: Inside the Bonkers Michael Cohen-Matt Gaetz Apology — The exchange proved that the perils of entering Trump's inner circle have been lost on his newest loyalists. — Michael Cohen was trying to decompress. He'd just returned to his hotel room …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Trump Told Cohen to Lie to Congress About “Collusion” in General—Not just the Moscow Tower deal — Analysts are still picking through all the crimes in which Michael Cohen directly implicated his former boss, President Donald Trump. Among the most significant crimes are those offences …
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Charlottesville mystery: Who are the last two attackers of a black man in a parking garage? — CHARLOTTESVILLE — One man was sporting a red, bushy beard. The second man, blond-haired, was wearing sunglasses and a tucked-in white, long sleeve shirt. In footage seen hundreds of thousands of times …
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