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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough — Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona. — As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch. — On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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David Dayen / The Intercept:
After Day of Feuding, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker Join Trump to Upend a Major Consumer Protection — With national attention focused Tuesday morning on a mushrooming feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., followed by a feud in the afternoon between Trump and Sen. Jeff Flake …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together — WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage. — With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
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Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits — Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions. — The overturning of the rule …
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Jeff Flake's full speech announcing he won't run for re-election — Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Seek Re-Election In 2018. “Here's the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I'm not willing to take, and that I can't in good conscience take,” Flake told The Arizona Republic.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Virtually every Republican now a Trump Republican — So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule — The Latest on Republican efforts to repeal a banking regulation that would let consumers participate in class-action lawsuits. (all times local): — The Senate has voted to nullify a consumer-oriented rule that would let millions …
FiveThirtyEight:
How Does Jeff Flake's Retirement Change The Arizona Senate Race? — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, an ardent critic of President Trump, announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election in 2018. Flake, a Republican, was arguably the most vulnerable senator of either party …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes — Oh poor Jeff Flake. Jeff Flake got bullied out of Washington by Trumpism. Flake is such a nice guy and there is no room for nice guys in the GOP any more. I am seeing all this all over social media and it is such horse crap.
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Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Another Republican Call to Arms, but Who Will Answer?
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Washington Post:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier — The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier — The Democratic National Committee and a lawyer for Hillary Clinton helped bankroll research that led to the now-infamous dossier on alleged ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian government operatives …
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe — Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office — The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Manafort faces new money laundering probe: report
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump-Corker feud explodes ahead of critical Hill visit — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The ongoing public feud between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump exploded Tuesday ahead of the President's high-stakes visit to Capitol Hill for tax negotiations …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed — Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
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Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Exclusive: Zuckerberg group to spend $45 million on political causes — Mark Zuckerberg's listening tour of the United States, he insists, is not a political campaign. But while “Zuck 2020” may not be happening, the 33-year-old Facebook co-founder is planning to influence American politics for generations to come.
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Senior military officials sanctioned for more than 500 cases of serious misconduct — WASHINGTON — Since 2013, military investigators have documented at least 500 cases of serious misconduct among its generals, admirals and senior civilians, almost half of those instances involving personal …
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Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
He who must be named — For decades, conservatives labored to make their movement more humane. Ronald Reagan put a jovial face on conservative policies — more Dale Carnegie than Ayn Rand; George H.W. Bush promised a “kinder, gentler” tenure; George W. Bush ran on “compassionate conservatism.”
John Solomon / The Hill:
GOP investigates Russian granted US entry by Obama administration while under FBI investigation for bribery — The Obama administration awarded a visa allowing a top Russian nuclear executive to enter the United States after the FBI had already gathered substantial evidence he was involved …
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Colin Kaepernick lands million-dollar book deal — Colin Kaepernick has inked a book deal worth just over $1 million with Random House imprint One World, Page Six has exclusively learned. — One World's headed by book world superstar Chris Jackson, who also publishes Jay-Z and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Laura Ingraham Is Ready to Rev Up Fox News — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Laura Ingraham landed here in a private jet and climbed into a waiting S.U.V., accompanied by her personal assistant, a publicist, and a single piece of luggage. — The private plane was paid for by the publisher of her latest book …
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