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Rep. Devin Nunes / National Review:
Devin Nunes Should Step Down as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee  —  Nunes's unforced errors have undermined public faith.  —  Let's begin with two assertions, both of which should be inarguable.  First, no one in Washington is entitled to any position of power or responsibility.
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets  —  The controversy surrounding House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes may just be getting started.  Nunes could soon be staring down the barrel of a House Ethics Committee investigation, lawyers familiar with the House's rules tell The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Axios
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
How the White House and Republicans Blew Up the House Russia Investigation  —  The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have worked together to halt what was previously billed as a sweeping investigation of Russian interference in last year's election.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
First GOP lawmaker calls for Nunes to recuse himself  —  Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on Tuesday told The Hill that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) should “absolutely” recuse himself from his panel's investigation into Russia's meddling in last year's election.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Now we know why Trump panicked about Russia probe
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters  —  Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Is the Democratic National Committee “Embattled”?
Discussion: Geller Report
The White House:
S.J.Res. 34 - Disapproving the Federal Communications Commission's Rule on Privacy of Customers of Broadband Services  —  The Administration strongly supports House passage of S.J.Res. 34, which would nullify the Federal Communications Commission's final rule titled “Protecting the Privacy …
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Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent  —  Financial and medical information.  Social Security numbers.  Web browsing history.  Mobile app usage.  Even the content of your emails and online chats.  —  These are among the types of private consumer information …
Discussion: New York Times
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:   Congress just cleared the way for internet providers to sell your web browsing history
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
April Ryan on Sean Spicer's insulting behavior: 'I'll be back'  —  Thanks to the dysfunction stemming from his boss, White House press secretary Sean Spicer is getting heavy exposure to the public via televised daily sessions in the briefing room.  And the more we see of him, the nastier he appears.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Clinton defends April Ryan, Rep. Maxine Waters in speech … gave the closing remarks Tuesday's Professional Business Women of California conference in San Francisco, taking a moment to defend both a White House reporter and Democratic lawmaker as examples of the “indignities” facing “women who were simply doing their jobs.”
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem: White House in ‘fantasy land’ on Yates testimony … A Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday he was unconvinced by the White House's insistence that it wants former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Discussion: Politico, RedState, AOL and CNN
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Trump's business network reached alleged Russian mobsters  —  To expand his real estate developments over the years, Donald Trump, his company and partners repeatedly turned to wealthy Russians and oligarchs from former Soviet republics — several allegedly connected to organized crime …
Glenn Garner / Out Magazine:
BREAKING: Trump Administration Omits LGBTQ People from 2020 Census … The Trump Administration recently submitted a list of data categories it will collect for the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS).  Although the Supreme Court, in 2013, struck down the Defense of Marriage Act …
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies  —  The two antiabortion activists who mounted a hidden-camera investigation against Planned Parenthood officials have been charged with 15 felonies for violating the privacy of health-care providers …
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Ryan: Don't tie Planned Parenthood to government funding fight
Discussion: Politico and Mashable
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly apologizes after making racially charged joke about congresswoman  —  Fox News host Bill O'Reilly apologized Tuesday after coming under fire for mocking a black congresswoman's hair.  —  During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” O'Reilly reacted to a clip of Rep. Maxine Waters …
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Media Matters for America:
Bill O'Reilly: I “Didn't Hear A Word” Rep. Maxine Waters Said Because Of Her “James Brown Wig”
CBS News:
Republicans blame bill, not Trump, for health care defeat  —  President Donald Trump's overall job approval is at 40 percent, underpinned by continuing strong support from Republicans who don't appear to blame him for the failed health care bill, a new CBS News Poll shows.
Discussion: Political Wire
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Leaked DHS Document Is Another Democratic Party Scandal  —  At Breitbart.com, Michael Patrick Leahy has what strikes me as an explosive story: “Mystery Surrounds Leaked Leaked Draft DHS Document at Center of Controversial Travel Ban Decisions by Two Federal Judges.”  Actually, though, it doesn't seem to be much of a mystery.
Discussion: Breitbart
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Karen Pence is the vice president's ‘prayer warrior,’ gut check and shield  —  During the first of Vice President Pence's two unsuccessful races for Congress, he rode a single-speed bicycle more than 250 miles around his district, much of it accompanied by his wife, Karen, along for the journey.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump breaks the silent treatment with Schumer: ‘Hello, Chuck’  —  As President Donald Trump welcomed more than half the Senate to the White House on Tuesday night in one of his first big splashes on the Washington social scene, he gave a shout to a recognizable Democratic face in the crowd.
Discussion: Axios
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Top House Republicans favor funding key ObamaCare payments  —  Key House Republicans on healthcare say they want to find a way to fund ObamaCare payments that they previously sued the Obama administration over.  —  The payments, known as cost-sharing reductions, reimburse insurers …
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Republicans vote to block resolutions on Trump's tax returns  —  The House and its tax-writing committee voted on Tuesday to block Democratic resolutions demanding President Trump's tax returns.  —  The votes were latest of many Democratic attempts to get Congress to request Trump's tax returns.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Josh Begley / The Intercept:
After 12 Rejections, Apple Accepts App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes  —  Five years ago, I made a simple iPhone app.  It would send you a push notification every time a U.S. drone strike was reported in the news.  —  Apple rejected the app three times, calling it “excessively objectionable or crude content.”
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Notorious Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke gets a new election challenge from Major League Baseball VP  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio might be gone, but Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has taken up many of his causes.
NBC News:
Manafort-Linked Accounts on Cyprus Raised Red Flag  —  LIMASSOL, Cyprus — A bank in Cyprus investigated accounts associated with President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, for possible money-laundering, two banking sources with direct knowledge of his businesses here told NBC News.
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year  —  Spiders are quite literally all around us.  A recent entomological survey of North Carolina homes turned up spiders in 100 percent of them, including 68 percent of bathrooms and more than three-quarters of bedrooms.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Border wall funding likely to be put on hold  —  President Trump's funding request for a border wall will likely be put on hold, Senate Republican leaders signaled Tuesday.  —  Sen. Roy Blunt  —  (R-Mo.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced at a leadership press conference …
Discussion: Townhall.com and SARAH PALIN
Elana Schor / Politico:
Gorsuch needs a straight flush to beat filibuster  —  Senate Democrats on Tuesday left Judge Neil Gorsuch with two roads to the Supreme Court: winning over all of the party's remaining swing votes, or relying on the so-called nuclear option.  —  The five Democratic senators up for reelection next year …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
White House staff will skip Correspondents' Dinner in ‘solidarity’ with President Trump  —  President Donald Trump's staff is following the commander in chief's lead and will skip next month's White House Correspondents' Dinner, the organization announced Tuesday.
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Schock staffer was FBI informant, court filings reveal  —  The FBI wired a congressional staffer and turned him into a secret informant during its investigation into former Rep. Aaron Schock's (R-Ill.) alleged misuse of government and campaign funds, Schock's attorneys said Tuesday in federal court filings.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
Legislature sends Medicaid expansion to Brownback
Ekin Karasin / Daily Mail:
Horrifying moment villagers cut open a giant python and discover their missing friend inside …
The Guardian:
EU leads attacks on Trump's rollback of Obama climate policy
John Crudele / New York Post:
The New York Times' ongoing dishonesty only helps Trump
Discussion: AOL
Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
This $56,199-Per-Year Campus Offers ‘Self-Identified White Students’ A Safe Space To Feel Guilty
Discussion: Breitbart
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Exclusive: As Democratic attorneys general target Trump, Republican AGs target them
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Katherine Rodriguez / Breitbart:
De Blasio: NYC Will Be at Risk of Terror If Sessions Cuts Law Enforcement Funding to Sanctuary Cities
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David Roberts / Vox:
Trump's executive order is a gift to coal executives. It won't do anything for coal miners.
Discussion: Motherboard and Bloomberg
Meredith Newman / capitalgazette.com:
Naval Academy grads ask alumni group to rescind honor for former Sen. Jim Webb
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Tesla ‘autopilot’ car hits Phoenix police motorcycle
Discussion: BGR and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Affordable Care Act Repeal Is Back on the Agenda, Republicans Say
 

 
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