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Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel — The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel — White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Susan Rice In Crosshairs as Potential Felon — A major development in the Obama spy/leak scandal: former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice has been identified as a person who repeatedly requested that associates of Donald Trump (and perhaps Trump himself) be unmasked in raw intelligence intercepts.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Trump's risk of impeachment rises
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Adam Housley / Fox News:
Susan Rice requested to unmask names of Trump transition officials, sources say
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
We now have a better idea who's behind ‘unmasking’ Trump officials' contact with foreign agents — and why
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Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Nuclear Trigger Finger — In the 1944 noir film “Gaslight,” a villain hides his crimes by convincing his innocent wife she's insane, feeding her barely perceptible lies and altering small aspects of her environment until she doubts her own instincts and observations.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators fear fallout of nuclear option — Senators in both parties are speculating that a blowup over President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court could lead not only to the end of the filibuster for such nominations, but for controversial legislation as well. — While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Patrick Leahy / U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont:
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Neil Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Appear Poised to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Democratic Filibuster of Neil Gorsuch Is On
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CNN:
Senate Dems close to reaching filibuster threshold on Gorsuch
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Democrats secure enough votes to block Gorsuch, setting stage for 'nuclear option
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Bloomberg:
Democrats Choose Path on Gorsuch That Could Change Washington
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Richard L. Hasen / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch got where he is because of a form of affirmative action
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Los Angeles Times:
Why Trump lies … Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians' mouths — out of all people's mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech.
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Los Angeles Times:
Our Dishonest President … It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.”
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month — Owner is a Chilean magnate who bought house for $5.5 million — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's daughter and her White House adviser husband, are paying $15,000 a month to rent their new home …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
White House violated protocol by confirming Jared Kushner's trip before he landed in Iraq
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman
NBC News:
North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should be Ready’ — SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's “desperate” dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies. — Thae Yong Ho is the most high …
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Financial Times:
Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone — FT exclusive
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal — House conservatives and the White House are mulling a potential agreement to revive the GOP Obamacare replacement bill that was pulled from the House floor just over a week ago, POLITICO has learned.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How to Lose a Majority — The very public intra-party fight …
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Business Insider:
AOL and Yahoo plan to call themselves by a new name after the Verizon deal closes: Oath — When Verizon merges Yahoo with AOL after its acquisition of Yahoo closes, the newly created division will get a new name. — That new name is Oath, sources tell Business Insider.
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Susan Bordo / The Guardian:
The destruction of Hillary Clinton: sexism, Sanders and the millennial feminists — In this extract from her book, Susan Bordo asks how the most qualified candidate ever to run for president lost the seemingly unloseable election — any books have been written about the way racial differences …
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ProPublica:
Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us — When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.
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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Woman accused of threatening Sandy Hook parent jailed after she was a no-show for court — Lucy Richards was arrested on Saturday by Tampa City police. She is accused of sending death threats to a Palm Beach County man whose son was murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting. — Sun Sentinel
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Amid the storm, Devin Nunes' two worlds render vastly different judgments of him — At home, Devin Nunes remains what he has always been, an auspiciously successful man who rose swiftly to unexpected heights, a man high school teachers point to when they tell kids in this often-overlooked place what is possible in this world.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump donates first-quarter salary to National Park Service — President Trump will donate his first three months of salary to the National Park Service, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced Monday. — “The president has spoken with counsel and made the decision to donate …
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Joe Biden to address N.H. Democrats — A little over a week ago, former vice president Joe Biden said he regretted not running for president in 2016. — But later this month Biden will return to New Hampshire, the state expected to hold the first presidential primary in 2020.
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The White House:
White House Releases Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump — The White House is announcing the release of the first official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump, taken in her new residence at the White House. — “I am honored to serve in the role of First Lady …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mercedes-Benz pulls ads from 'The O'Reilly Factor' — will others follow? — O'Reilly accuser: ‘My voice is not for sale’ — Mercedes-Benz said Monday that it has “reassigned” its advertisements on “The O'Reilly Factor” following a report about five settlements with women who alleged sexual harassment …
Douglas Perry / Oregonian:
The secret to Donald Trump's success might be his physical attractiveness, study concludes — President Donald Trump has insisted the mainstream media is pushing “FAKE NEWS!” and has called journalists the “enemy of the people.” — What follows might give him a reason to rethink that opinion.
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