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Nick Juliano / Politico:
Trump campaign plans ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally to cheer climate deal exit — President Donald Trump's campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States' withdrawal from a global climate agreement.
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New York Times:
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord — Representatives of American cities, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States' greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris climate accord …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
White House Protesters Shame Donald Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Michael Bloomberg: I'll make sure UN gets $15 million it needs for Paris agreement
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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Why did Trump withdraw from Paris? To appease his base
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Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
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The Resurgent
Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Fox news host Kimberly Guilfoyle …
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Political Wire and Reuters
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump's continued search for new FBI chief seen as chaotic: sources — President Donald Trump is still looking for a new FBI director more than three weeks after he fired James Comey, and sources familiar with the recruiting process say it has been chaotic and that job interviews led by Trump have been brief.
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Reuters:
Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Ethics office will press White House on undated conflict-of-interest waivers
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Starts Returning Copies of C.I.A. Torture Report to Congress — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun returning copies of a voluminous 2014 Senate report about the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program to Congress …
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Names New Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line — WASHINGTON — He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the Central Intelligence Agency officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the American drone strike campaign that killed thousands …
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
The New York Times Just Outed The CIA's Top Iran Spy
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election — LONDON — Vladimir Putin again denied that Russia interfered in last year's U.S. election, joking to NBC News' Megyn Kelly on Friday that even her “underage daughter” could have been behind the hacking.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin Tells Megyn Kelly: U.S. Hackers Could Have Framed Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself on the defensive Friday when asked by NBC News' Megyn Kelly to explain his earlier claim that private “patriotic” hackers could have interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Bill O'Neil / WXII-TV:
Sen. Burr on Russia investigation: 'There's no truth to Vladimir Putin's words'
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Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Still Has a Job Because Washington Only Fears Republicans — Photo: Olivier Douliery/Press Pool via Bloomberg News/Getty Images — We don't know the reality underlying recent reporting about Jared Kushner's meetings this past December with the Russian ambassador to the U.S …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Scarborough fingers Bannon as leaker: He's been ‘bragging’ he would sideline Kushner on Russia
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The Root
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?
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The Real Deal New York and Washington Post
David Lat / Above the Law:
Wachtell Lipton Partner George Conway Withdraws From Justice Department Consideration — Conway cited family reasons as the basis for his decision, but other considerations might have played a role. — On Wednesday evening, George T. Conway III — leading litigator, longtime partner at Wachtell Lipton …
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Lawyer, expected to head Justice Department civil division, withdraws
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
MJ Lee / CNN:
God and the Don — Presidents often turn to faith in times of crisis. That seems unlikely for Trump. — Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump greeted a pair of visitors at his office in Trump Tower. — As a swarm of reporters waited in the gilded lobby …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Single-payer healthcare plan advances in California Senate — without a way to pay its $400-billion tab — A proposal to adopt a single-payer healthcare system for California took an initial step forward Thursday when the state Senate approved a bare-bones bill that lacks a method for paying the $400-billion cost of the plan.
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CBS News:
California Senate backs longshot single-payer health care bill
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CBS San Francisco and Hot Air
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A What would California's proposed single-payer healthcare system mean for me?
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Instapundit and KTLA
Rachael Bade / Politico:
At raucous town hall, GOP Rep. Knight takes heat over repeal vote — SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Rep. Steve Knight tried desperately to distinguish himself as a moderate Republican and counterpoint to an unpopular President Donald Trump during a 90-minute town hall here in sunny Santa Clarita.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
GOP senators offer downbeat predictions on Obamacare repeal
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The Hill
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senator Says Deal on Health Care Unlikely This Year
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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Nunes-led House Intelligence Committee asked for ‘unmaskings’ of Americans — The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee asked U.S. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of U.S. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on Russia's meddling in the 2016 election …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats' oversight requests — The White House is telling federal agencies to blow off Democratic lawmakers' oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump. — At meetings with top officials …
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo — Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke” her.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties — Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to include a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters.
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The Public Editor Signs Off — There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now. The Trump administration is drowning in scandal, the country is calcified into two partisan halves. And large newsrooms are faced with a choice …
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Kaila White / USA Today:
Arizona man wears colander in driver's license photo in name of religious freedom … PHOENIX — After years of trying and getting turned away, an Arizona man has finally received his official state driver's license bearing a photo of him wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head.
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