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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That Didn't Go Great  —  Let me share a few thoughts on the press conference President Trump just held with the President of Colombia.  In the nature of the moment, I'll just focus on the questions President Trump fielded on the investigations.  —  First, on question one …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Senate Dems: Deputy AG knew Comey was being removed before writing memo
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Special counsel appointment ‘hurts the country’
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Rubio on Trump's ‘witch hunt’ tweet: 'We're a nation of laws'
Discussion: RedState, ABC News and TheBlaze
Wall Street Journal:
The Special Counsel Mistake
Discussion: Infowars and The Last Tradition
CNN:
Trump lashes out over special counsel appointment
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senators: Rosenstein knew Comey would be fired before writing memo
Discussion: Axios
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources  —  Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump's campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
As investigators circled Flynn, he got a message from Trump: Stay strong  —  Late last month, fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn—under investigation by federal prosecutors, with his lawyer seeking immunity for him to testify to Congress-met with a small group of loyalists at a restaurant in the northern Virginia suburbs.
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Talked Michael Flynn Into White House Job … President Donald Trump pressured a “reluctant” Michael Flynn into accepting a job as the White House's top national security official even after Flynn warned the president that he was under investigation over undisclosed lobbying …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
BuzzFeed sues for records on Trump-Obama tapping tweets
Discussion: The Week
Billy House / Bloomberg:
House May Be Forced to Vote Again on GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill  —  Two weeks after passage, measure still not sent to Senate  —  CBO report could force Ryan, other party leaders into redo  —  House Republicans barely managed to pass their Obamacare repeal bill earlier this month …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House leaders worry more meetings secretly recorded  —  House Republican leadership is agitated after the Washington Post published a transcript from a secret recording of one of the inner-sanctum conversations in the office of Speaker Paul Ryan.  —  The transcript shows House Majority …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Comey Is Said to Have Become Unsettled by Interactions With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to two people briefed on the call.
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New York Times:
Advisers Urge Trump to Hire Outside Lawyer in Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Several White House advisers and personal associates of President Trump have urged him to hire an experienced outside lawyer to help him deal with issues arising from a surging controversy over whether his campaign …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Comey prepared extensively for his conversations with Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Lieberman emerges as front-runner for FBI post  —  Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is the front-runner to be named FBI director, according to several White House officials and advisers.  —  Senior administration officials have told others in the last 12 hours …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Lieberman might be FBI director.  Really.  —  The perfect choice for America's troll-in-chief.  —  Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic senator from Connecticut with a complicated history with his political party, has emerged as the frontrunner to replace the now-fired James Comey as FBI director …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump weighs downsizing Spicer's public role  —  President Donald Trump is considering scaling back White House press secretary Sean Spicer's public role, according to several officials familiar with the president's thinking, as Trump also weighs a broader shakeup of his communications shop in the wake of several scandals.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump meets with lawyers at the White House
Discussion: Axios
Jason Chaffetz / Chaffetz:
Chaffetz Letter to Utah's 3rd Congressional District  —  f t # e  —  Dear 3rd District Constituents:  —  Serving you in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly nine years has been a rare honor and privilege.  When I first ran for Congress in 2008 I promised I would get in, serve, and get out.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Chaffetz to announce early departure from Congress  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is expected to announce Thursday that he is resigning before the end of this congressional term, according to three sources familiar with his plans.  —  Chaffetz did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
Jenna McLaughlin / Foreign Policy:
Trump Team Planning Possible Retaliation for Classified Leak Allegations  —  White House officials concoct “ludicrous” revenge plan targeting former Obama administration.  —  President Donald Trump's inner circle is war-gaming how best to respond to the Washington Post's bombshell report …
Bill O'Reilly / USA Today:
Roger Ailes had my back at Fox News  —  Roger experienced hatred, and it killed him.  —  CONNECT  —  To say that Roger Ailes led a full life is a massive understatement.  A force of nature with an agenda, RA, as fellow executives called him, was a man on a mission.
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Health insurers and state officials say Trump is undermining Obamacare, pushing up rates  —  President Trump meets in February with the heads of major health insurers.  Many industry officials and state regulators now believe they cannot rely on Trump to effectively manage the country's insurance markets.
Jack Moore / Newsweek:
TRUMP CANCELS VISIT TO ANCIENT MASADA SITE AFTER ISRAEL REFUSES HELICOPTER LANDING  —  WORLD ISRAEL TRUMP  —  President Donald Trump has canceled a planned visit and speech at the ancient mountain fortress of Masada in Israel after authorities told him that he could not land his helicopter on top of the UNESCO-listed site.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Russia tried to take over Pentagon Twitter accounts: report  —  Russia tried to gain access to the Twitter accounts of Defense Department officials using messages carrying malware, according to Time magazine.  —  Russia is said to have sent messages to over 10,000 Pentagon Twitter users …
Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Congress should abandon Russia investigation, go back to Clinton's emails  —  “There's a new front opening here.”  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News on Thursday that now that special counsel has been appointed to investigate alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia …
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
U.S. aircraft conduct strike on Syrian army convoy  —  BEIRUT — The U.S. sent aircraft to strike Syrian regime vehicles on Thursday that violated a deconfliction zone set up around al-Tanf, an army base where special forces are training Syrian militias, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators get access to Treasury data  —  (CNN)Investigators on the House intelligence committees have obtained access to valuable data from the Treasury Department, a development that will open their doors to investigate possible connections between President …
 
 
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
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