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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House, Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A year ago today, Donald Trump's newly sworn-in national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met privately in his West Wing office with FBI investigators interested in his communications with Russia's ambassador …
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Washington Post:
Trump says he would speak to Mueller under oath in Russia investigation … President Trump said Wednesday he is “looking forward” to testifying before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and that he would speak under oath.  —  “I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,” Trump said at the White House.
CNN:
Trump says he wants to talk to Mueller, would do so under oath  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would talk to special counsel Robert Mueller under oath and looks forward to the opportunity, but that he will listen to the advice of his lawyers.
CNN:
Mueller gives Trump's attorneys possible topics for interview  —  WH: Trump ‘fully cooperative’ on Russia probe  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has provided lawyers for President Donald Trump with a range of topics he wants to ask about as part of ongoing negotiations regarding …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Reuters:   Mueller asked U.S. intelligence officials about Trump: sources
Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say  —  EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of FBI cellphones were affected by the technical glitch that the DOJ says prevented five months' worth of text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Conservative conspiracy theory about FBI texts is bullshit, according to ... Fox News  —  A new FoxNews.com article contradicts wild claims made by, among others, Fox News's leading television hosts.  —  Fox News just published a story that directly cuts against a conspiracy theory being pushed …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Using the Russian Playbook on the FBI
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:   Trump Grouses About Missing Texts, Media And Hillary, But Says He'll (Maybe) Talk To Mueller
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Demands Documents and Threatens to Subpoena 23 Jurisdictions As Part of 8 U.S.C. 1373 Compliance Review  —  The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 23 jurisdictions, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Report: Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances  —  WASHINGTON — A Defense Department report obtained by NBC News found that 165 defense contractors had their initial security clearances revoked last year after further investigation linked the recipients …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Associated Press:
The Latest: WH says ‘dreamer’ citizenship under discussion
Discussion: Breitbart
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump puts path to citizenship for some ‘dreamers’ on the table in immigration deal
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
USA Today:
Mayors may boycott Trump meeting on infrastructure because of ‘sanctuary cities’ move
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Judiciary Democrats want to share Trump Jr. testimony with Mueller
Discussion: Palmer Report and Axios
Mike Levine / ABC News:
DOJ warns House Intel chairman about purported secret memo on FBI
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mike Levine / ABC News:   Exclusive: The full ‘secret society’ text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?
Jane Coaston / Vox:
ReleaseTheMemo and the conservative war on the FBI, explained
BuzzFeed:
Cecile Richards Plans To Step Down As President Of Planned Parenthood, After More Than A Decade  —  Richards greatly expanded Planned Parenthood's political prominence, as well as its organizing and fundraising capacities, during her time leading the organization.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse  —  Judge to Nassar: I signed your death warrant  —  (CNN)Once a world-renowned sports physician treating America's foremost Olympic women gymnasts, Larry Nassar now will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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Charles P. Pierce / SI.com:
Burn It All Down: It's Time For Every Last Coward Who Enabled Larry Nassar To Pay For Their Sins
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eschaton
Graham Couch / Lansing State Journal:   Michigan State's callous response to Nassar victims rightfully catches NCAA's eye
Bloomberg:
Inside the Dysfunctional Relationship of Donald Trump and Theresa May  —  When Theresa May returned to the grandeur of the British Embassy on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue in January last year, her aides had no idea how spectacularly awry her visit to Donald Trump's White House had gone.
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Erykah Badu  —  “I'm gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  “I'm uploading.”  Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn't released an album of new material since 2010's …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Budget breakthrough in reach, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand  —  Senate Democrats are willing to drop their demand that relief for Dreamers be tied to any long-term budget agreement — a potential breakthrough on spending talks, but one that could face opposition from their House counterparts.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kansas City Star:
With Pence breaking 49-49 tie, U.S. Senate advances Brownback's nomination  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a key vote on his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke …
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  In December, Motherboard discovered a redditor named ‘deepfakes’ quietly enjoying his hobby: Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers' bodies.  He made several convincing porn videos of celebrities …
Discussion: Jezebel and The Verge
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
How an Arizona couple's innocent bath-time photos of their kids set off a 10-year legal saga  —  Lisa and A.J. Demaree's decade-long legal ordeal started with, by all accounts, an utterly innocent family moment.  —  In 2008, the couple took their three daughters, then ages 5, 4 and 1½, on a vacation to San Diego.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Toys R Us to close 180 stores across the US  — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet.  —  Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet …
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Overhaul at State in Doubt as USAID Suspends Role  —  The U.S. Agency for International Development has suspended cooperation with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's bid to overhaul the State Department, a move that highlights rising discord and impatience with the top diplomat's signature initiative.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America  —  A request by the Justice Department to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could shift the nation's balance of political power from cities to more rural communities over the next decade and give Republicans …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balkinization
 
 
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North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Many Faces of Ben Shapiro
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Lisa Rose / CNN:
The massive FBI sting to bring down an ISIS-supporting weightlifter in Key West
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Clinton-Obama Emails: The Key to Understanding Why Hillary Wasn't Indicted
Leinz Vales / CNN:
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