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Ken LaCorte / Mediaite:
I Stopped the Stormy Daniels Story at Fox News. Here's Why. — Two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, as the editorial head of Fox News online, I reviewed a draft news story that said porn actress Stormy Daniels had confirmed having an affair with Donald Trump a decade earlier.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: White House leak to House Dems on Jared and Ivanka's clearances — From a White House source, the House Oversight Committee has obtained documents related to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's security clearances that the Trump administration refused to provide, according …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Bill Shine Resigns as White House Message Chief — Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who joined the White House staff last summer to manage President Trump's communications operation, has resigned and will move to the re-election campaign, the White House announced Friday.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The “Enemies of the People” Have a Few Questions for the President — The White House press briefing is dead. It was awful, but we should still mourn it. — The President of the United States has called the media “the enemy of the people” dozens of times since taking office.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Trump Loves the Fake News
Why Trump Loves the Fake News
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Ylan Mui / CNBC:
White House to unveil unbalanced budget on Monday, sources say
White House to unveil unbalanced budget on Monday, sources say
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miamiherald:
Trump cheered Kraft's team to Super Bowl victory with founder of spa where he was busted — Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Democrats' Dilemma — MINNEAPOLIS—They have gathered in defiance of the freezing temperatures on a late February's night, scores of them twirling Somali flags in one hand and American flags in the other, crowding around the arrivals terminal and waiting to welcome one of their own.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Ilhan Omar's Microaggression — Her words were bad. The reaction was worse. — The identity politics fiasco surrounding Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been excruciating. Half of me is angry at her. The other half is furious for her. — Among the most basic anti-Semitic tropes …
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New York Times:
‘She Had a Poor Choice of Words’: Ilhan Omar's Constituents Grapple with Her Remarks
‘She Had a Poor Choice of Words’: Ilhan Omar's Constituents Grapple with Her Remarks
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Ilhan Communication — Column: Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Ilhan Communication — Column: Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Conservative Review, Politico and The Bulwark
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
Here's how we can break up Big Tech — Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn't exist. Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world. It's a great story—but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook — Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who is bidding to be the policy pacesetter in the Democratic presidential primary, announced another expansive idea on Friday: a regulatory plan aimed at breaking …
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Chelsea Manning taken into custody for refusing to testify before secret grand jury — Chelsea Manning, an anti-secrecy activist and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst whose release of classified information to WikiLeaks in 2010 sparked worldwide controversy over transparency in the military …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Chelsea Manning sent to jail for refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning will be held in jail until she testifies before a grand jury or that grand jury is no longer operating, a federal judge in Alexandria ruled Friday.
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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Chelsea Manning Is Jailed for Refusing to Testify in WikiLeaks Case
Chelsea Manning Is Jailed for Refusing to Testify in WikiLeaks Case
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Common Dreams, BuzzFeed News, Hit & Run, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, Towleroad Gay News and New York Post
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners — Creators of firms that donated revealed by Guardian as Indian financier, lobbyist with links to Taiwan and Israeli real estate developer — Donald Trump's inauguration received tens of thousands of dollars …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
House passes sweeping election reform bill — The House on Thursday passed a massive voting rights, campaign-finance and ethics reform package — a centerpiece of the new Democratic majority's agenda. — The bill, known as H.R. 1 and dubbed the For the People Act by Democrats, was approved on a party-line 234-193 vote.
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
House Passes the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in a Generation
House Passes the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in a Generation
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Bloomberg:
Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops — ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan could worsen tensions with key allies — Frustration over spending by NATO countries behind proposal — For years, President Donald Trump has complained that countries hosting American troops aren't paying enough.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
‘Whiter Every Election Cycle’: How Identity Evropa, a Far-Right Hate Group, Joined the GOP — According to leaked chat logs, the white supremacist group has actively reinvented itself as a ‘respectable’ group in order to entice Republicans. — The white nationalist group Identity Evropa …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign, leaving new vacancy — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who was considered a top candidate to become the next secretary of defense, has decided to resign after almost two years to return to academia …
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Report: U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to resign
Report: U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to resign
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Military.com, Washington Post, ABC News, Air Force Times and Politico
David Byler / Washington Post:
Everyone is underestimating Trump. It could hurt Democrats and Republicans alike. — We live in an era of horribly misinformed political decision-making. In 2015, the Trump-skeptical Republican elite believed that Trump would naturally fade over the course of the primary …
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Robin George Andrews / New York Times:
If We Blow Up an Asteroid, It Might Put Itself Back Together — Despite what Hollywood tells us, stopping an asteroid from creating an extinction-level event by blowing it up may not work. — Faced with the prospect of a sizable asteroid heading toward Earth and causing doomsday, humanity has come up with various responses.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
House votes in favor of illegal immigrant voting — House Democrats voted Friday to defend localities that allow illegal immigrants to vote in their elections, turning back a GOP attempt to discourage the practice. — The vote marks a stunning reversal from just six months ago …
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David Roth / Deadspin:
What You Need To Know About Meghan McCain's Jewish Heritage — Meghan McCain, daughter of the late statesman and presidential candidate John McCain and co-host of ABC's The View, has taken an increasingly prominent role during the recent national conversation over the troubling rise of antisemitism in American politics.
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Fred Barnes / Washington Examiner:
None of this is normal — A front-page headline in the Washington Post the other day declared: “Trump keeps his grip on GOP.” Hardly a scoop. It's normal for a president to have a firm hold on his own party. And President Trump, an outsider who latched onto the Republican agenda, is no exception.
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Andrew Das / New York Times:
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination — All 28 members of the world champion United States women's national team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation on Friday, a sudden and significant escalation of a long-running fight …
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore ‘seriously considering’ run for U.S. Senate — Roy Moore may be back on a ballot soon. — Moore, the 2017 Republican U.S. Senate nominee whose campaign crashed after allegations of sexual misconduct, said Friday he is “seriously considering” another run for office.
Rebecca Rainey / Politico:
DOL overtime proposal is out — QUICK FIX — The Labor Department released its proposed rule expanding overtime eligibility to workers who make less than $35,308 a year. — Story Continued Below — Sen. Sherrod Brown, who promised to be “the most pro-union” candidate, is not running for president in 2020.
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Michael Avenatti law firm files for bankruptcy protection again; creditor objects — Eagan Avenatti, the longtime firm of lawyer Michael Avenatti, filed late Thursday for federal bankruptcy protection. It's the second time in two years that it has sought court protection from its creditors.
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Daniel Hemel / Politico:
Democrats Demanded Trump's Tax Returns. Then They Dragged Their Feet. — Demanding the president's tax returns “is one of the first things we'd do” when Democrats control the House of Representatives, now-Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her hometown San Francisco Chronicle less than a month …
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