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Trump Says Susan Rice May Have Committed a Crime — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he thought that the former national security adviser Susan E. Rice may have committed a crime by seeking the identities of Trump associates who were mentioned on intercepted communications …
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Bannon Removed From National Security Council Role in Shakeup — President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing.
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Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon Removed From National Security Council With Trump's Sign-off — National security adviser McMaster also orders top intelligence officials to be restored as members — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has been removed from the National …
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Stephen Bannon removed from National Security Council — White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon will no longer be a member of the National Security Council's principals committee, according to three White House officials and federal register filings. — Two senior White House officials …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Don't Let Trump Get Away With His Latest Deception
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Fox News:
Susan Rice's alleged unmasking requests not so routine, ex-officials say
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House Intel Panel Wants Susan Rice to Testify in Russia Probe
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Susan Rice's track record damages her credibility
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rubio: It's no coincidence that Syria gas attack happened after ‘concerning’ Tillerson comments — (CNN)Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that he doesn't think it's a coincidence that a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria occurred shortly after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson …
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Haley rips into Russia as Security Council weighs resolution on Syrian chemical attack — Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley tore into Russia on Wednesday over Syrian President Bashar Assad's suspected use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people the day before …
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BBC:
Syria chemical ‘attack’: Russia faces fury at UN Security Council
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CNN:
Haley: If UN won't act on Syria, US may
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The White House:
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Rubio: No coincidence that chemical attack followed Tillerson comments on Assad
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP rep tells 7-year-old Syrian girl: 'I'm ashamed' of government's inaction
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Fact Check: Trump, Faulting Obama on Syria, Contradicts Himself
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article, according to documents provided to POLITICO.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Short Section In Neil Gorsuch's 2006 Book Appears To Be Copied From A Law Review Article
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump keeps blaming Obama. Fresh polls show voters don't buy it.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Before This Is Over, Republicans Are Going to Wish Hillary Clinton Won — Imagine what the political world would look like for Republicans had Hillary Clinton won the election. Clinton had dragged her dispirited base to the polls by promising a far more liberal domestic agenda than Barack Obama …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton unlikely to return to family foundation
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Alex Pareene / Fusion:
The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face — If you want to understand intra-GOP warfare, the decision-making process of our president, the implosion of the Republican healthcare plan, and the rest of the politics of the Trump era, you don't need …
Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
New Pittsburg, Kan., High School principal resigns after student journalists question her credentials — Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials, she resigned from the $93,000-a-year job.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem senator wraps all-night Supreme Court protest after 15 hours — (D-Ore.) ended his all-night Supreme Court protest Wednesday morning, yielding the Senate floor after more than 15 hours. — Merkley took over the Senate around 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday to rail against Neil Gorsuch's nomination …
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A look at memorable filibusters in the Senate
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump to CNN chief: ‘I always find a way to get even’ — President Trump reportedly threatened CNN's president last year in an email, with Trump warning “I always find a way to get even.” — Trump's email to CNN president Jeff Zucker, reported by the New York Times Wednesday …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Rex Tillerson's incredibly odd and confusing statement on North Korea — (CNN)North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, the latest in a series of test firings and one that comes just days before President Donald Trump is set to huddle with Chinese President Xi Jinping …
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Jeff Nelson / People.com:
Barry Manilow Reveals Why He Didn't Come Out for Decades: I Thought I Would ‘Disappoint’ Fans If They Knew I Was Gay — Pop legend Barry Manilow opens up for the first time about coming out, finding love, and surviving showbiz for 50 years. Subscribe now for his exclusive untold story — only in PEOPLE.
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NBC News:
Ferguson, Missouri, Declines to Elect First Black Mayor — Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, re-elected Mayor James Knowles III on Tuesday in the first election since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014. — Knowles — who rode out weeks of unrest after Brown, an unarmed teenager …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Every story I have read about Trump supporters in the past week — Since Donald Trump's approval rating now looks like something that got stuck to the bottom of my shoe, I joined the flood of journalists who went to Real America to see how the Trump supporters are getting along.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Clinton nephew lands modeling contract — is now a professional model, reportedly landing a contract with a leading agency. — Tyler Clinton, the son of former President Bill Clinton — 's half-brother, Roger Clinton, Jr., recently signed with IMG, according to a Tuesday report from TMZ.
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Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Ben Sasse Thinks Biden Would Have Won — We're 11 weeks into the Trump administration. What's the Senate like these days? I think that the institution — and I do mean all 535 people, but particularly the hundred in the Senate — is filled with really nice and well-meaning people.
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