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The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu lauds ‘incredible victory’ as results show clear win — Likud projected to win 35 seats to Blue and White's 34, have path to building coalition of at least 63 seats; Netanyahu vows to form right-wing government, ‘be PM of all of Israel’ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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New York Times:
After Tight Race, Netanyahu Appears Poised to Form Israel's Next Government
After Tight Race, Netanyahu Appears Poised to Form Israel's Next Government
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The Intercept
Haaretz:
Israel Election 2019: Gantz and Netanyahu Tied; No Clear Path to Premiership for Either — Exit Polls
Israel Election 2019: Gantz and Netanyahu Tied; No Clear Path to Premiership for Either — Exit Polls
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Foreign Policy, Balloon Juice, New York Post, The Week and Chicago Sun-Times
Associated Press:
The Latest: Gantz declares victory over Netanyahu in Israel
The Latest: Gantz declares victory over Netanyahu in Israel
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The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Israel Elections Live Updates: Exit Polls Show Dead Heat, a Setback for Netanyahu
Israel Elections Live Updates: Exit Polls Show Dead Heat, a Setback for Netanyahu
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The Daily Caller, The Times of Israel, Breitbart, The Week and Power Line
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
In dramatic shift, Netanyahu's Likud leading in latest exit polls
In dramatic shift, Netanyahu's Likud leading in latest exit polls
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The Week
Bloomberg:
Barr Forms Team to Review FBI's Actions in Trump Probe — Inquiry comes as House GOP pushes claims of anti-Trump bias — Issue pursued as Democrats emphasize getting Mueller's report — Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review controversial counterintelligence decisions …
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Fox News:
Barr assembles ‘team’ to look into counterintelligence investigation on Trump campaign in 2016, official says — Attorney General Bill Barr has assembled a “team” to investigate the origins of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, an administration official briefed …
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PJ Media Home, Townhall, Front Page Magazine and Daily Wire
John Solomon / The Hill:
The single-sentence Russia bombshell that Attorney General Barr delivered to Congress
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Comey memos contained far more sensitive info than previously known, FBI filing reveals
Comey memos contained far more sensitive info than previously known, FBI filing reveals
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RedState
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump picks Miller, setting up potential clash with Kushner on immigration — President Donald Trump's choice of Stephen Miller to lead on immigration sets up a potential policy clash with one of the most influential people in the White House, the president's son-in-law.
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Politico
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Washington Post:
The villain and the naif: Miller and Kushner on a potential collision course in Trump's border crisis — In President Trump's latest blowup over immigration, senior adviser Stephen Miller hovered omnipresent in the background — goading him in his threats to close the border …
Washington Post:
Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House's growing panic to contain the border crisis — He had threatened to close the southern border and ordered a halt to foreign aid for three Central American nations. But as President Trump weighed his next move to respond to a mounting immigration crisis …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Nielsen's allies trying to rehab her image for life after Trump — Kirstjen Nielsen's image makeover has already begun—but it may be a hard sell. — Just days after she announced plans to resign as Homeland Security secretary, Nielsen and her allies are working to rehabilitate her reputation …
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New York Times:
Mick Mulvaney Tries Letting Trump Be Trump — WASHINGTON — When President Trump met with his embattled homeland security secretary on Sunday to force her out after months of stormy eruptions over immigration policy, the only other person in the room was Mick Mulvaney, who made no effort …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Democrats aren't saying much about immigration — DRIVING THE DAY — IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, and you're watching PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP fumble around with immigration policy, there is only one thing to do that makes sense: nothing. The president and his allies …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Now a Millionaire, Pledges to Release Tax Returns by Monday — WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years …
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Ann Schmidt / Fox News:
How did Bernie Sanders make his money? A look at his wealth and assets
How did Bernie Sanders make his money? A look at his wealth and assets
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New York Times and Washington Post
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon — President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington. — During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era.
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Former CBS News Reporter Lara Logan Joining Sinclair — The ‘60 Minutes’ journalist, who left the network last year, will be a special correspondent for the conservative media giant. — In late February, former CBS News foreign correspondent Lara Logan outlined her conditions …
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Raw Story, Contemptor and Mediaite
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Claire Atkinson / NBC News:
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan adds to Sinclair Broadcasting's national ambitions
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan adds to Sinclair Broadcasting's national ambitions
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Haley Byrd / CNN:
McConnell privately advises Republicans to tell Trump about Cain concerns — Herman Cain: Let them go out and dig up old allegations — (CNN)Senate Republican leaders are sending a message to members troubled by President Donald Trump's controversial Federal Reserve picks: Speak up.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside the (semi-)secret society for young Trump staffers — On the first Wednesday evening in February, Anthony Scaramucci entertained a packed house of like-minded souls at Rewind, a retro diner off Dupont Circle. — There, the former White House communications director fielded friendly questions …
Daniel Hemel / Slate:
How Democrats in Congress Could Easily—and Quickly—Get Their Hands on Trump's Taxes — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney confidently declared this weekend that congressional Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump's tax returns. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal …
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BuzzFeed News:
Warner Bros. Shut Down Trump's 2020 Video For Using The “Dark Knight Rises” Score — President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video on Twitter that appeared to be part of his 2020 reelection campaign. In less than three hours, it had already amassed over 1 million views, but by late Tuesday night, the video was no longer available.
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J. Arthur Bloom / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Detailing Google's ‘News Blacklist’ Show Manual Manipulation Of Special Search Results — Google does manipulate its search results manually, contrary to the company's official denials, documents obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller indicate.
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Trending Home, The Gateway Pundit, NB Blog and The American Spectator
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-FBI Official Says He Received Steele Dossier From Reporter — Former FBI general counsel James Baker told Congress in 2018 about his interactions with a liberal reporter who was “anxious” to provide the bureau with a copy of the infamous and unverified Steele dossier.
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The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy — President Trump repeated a false claim to reporters Tuesday, wrongly blaming the Obama administration for instituting a policy in which children were separated from their parents at the southern border.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Pentagon awards nearly $1 billion to build Trump's border wall — Washington (CNN)The Defense Department announced Tuesday that it had awarded $976 million in contracts to build President Donald Trump's much-sought-after border wall with a completion date for these projects of October 2020.
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
The Dump Trump Debate — Audience members gasped in horror at some of the arguments put forth as Kris Kobach and Liz Peek faced off against Bret Stephens and Jeff Flake in a public debate over what to do with the President. — Robert Rosenkranz, a financier and a philanthropist, believes in civility.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Candace Owens Nukes the Democrats [Updated] — House Democrats held a hearing today on white nationalism and hate crimes. Trying to wrench the narrative back after the stunning demise of the Mueller investigation, I suppose. Candace Owens was called as a witness, presumably by the Republicans.
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