Sunday, February 26, 2017

Trump Review, part 2: What we know about US investigations into Russia and possible ties to Trump's campaign - PBS NewsHour Sunday February 26th, 2017 at 8:10 AM

What we know about US investigations into Russia and possible ties to Trump's campaign - PBS NewsHour

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PBS NewsHour

What we know about US investigations into Russia and possible ties to Trump's campaign
PBS NewsHour
The government began its investigation into Russia's role in the U.S. presidential election last spring. It's unclear exactly when the probe was launched that year, but six agencies were involved from the start: the FBI, CIA, Justice Department ...
The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explainedPolitiFact
The US election and the Ukraine connectionJordan Times
Why the Flynn-Russia Controversy Isn't Over YetFortune
Washington Post -McClatchy Washington Bureau -NBCNews.com
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FBI Pursues Three Probes Into Russian Hacking Of US Elections - Dark Reading

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FBI Pursues Three Probes Into Russian Hacking Of US Elections
Dark Reading
Reuters' sources revealed the FBI is studying reports of frequent pre-election interactions between Russian intelligence officials and Americans close to US President Donald Trump, as well as financial transactions involving Russian investments overseas.

Lawmaker challenges NC's Burr of quashing stories on Russia interference with election - Charlotte Observer

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Lawmaker challenges NC's Burr of quashing stories on Russia interference with election
Charlotte Observer
The Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat warned the panel's chairman over reports that the Republican worked with the White House to try to squash negative stories about Russianinterference in last year's U.S. elections, calling it a threat to ...
GOP senators embrace awkward Russia investigation that could hurt TrumpChicago Tribune
Donald Trump's claims his team did not contact Russia during campaign contradicted by Kremlin officialsThe Independent
Top Democratic senator on Russia investigation: 'This may very well be the most important thing I do in my public life'Business Insider
Jacksonville Journal Courier
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Virginia lawmaker questions Burr about quashing stories on Russia interference with election - News & Observer

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Virginia lawmaker questions Burr about quashing stories on Russia interference with election
News & Observer
The Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat warned the panel's chairman over reports that the Republican worked with the White House to try to squash negative stories about Russianinterference in last year's U.S. elections, calling it a threat to ...
GOP senators embrace awkward Russia investigation that could hurt TrumpChicago Tribune
Top Democratic senator on Russia investigation: 'This may very well be the most important thing I do in my public life'Business Insider

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In Amended Libel Lawsuit, Melania Trump Now Includes 'Hooker' Statement from NY Times Reporter - LawNewz

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In Amended Libel Lawsuit, Melania Trump Now Includes 'Hooker' Statement from NY Times Reporter
LawNewz
First Lady Melania Trump has abandoned her claim that she planned to cash in on her First Lady “brand” to sell “apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance” from her White House perch. Melania Trump's lawyer ...

News roundup: Democratic leaders try to tamp down impeachment talk - Salt Lake Tribune (blog)

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News roundup: Democratic leaders try to tamp down impeachment talk
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Just a month into Donald Trump's presidency, Democratic Party leaders are trying to rein in the talk of impeachment that's animating the grass roots and dominating conversations as Russia links continue to make news. .... The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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Donald Trump is dangerous when he's losing - Vox

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Donald Trump is dangerous when he's losing
Vox
That would have sounded hyperbolic to me if, later that day, Trump hadn't tweeted that the New York Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN were “the enemy of the American people.” This is a strange facet of Trump's persona, but it's an ... It was only once he ...
Donald Trump just declared the media an "enemy of the American people"AppsforPCdaily

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Trump's Unprecedented War on the First Amendment Has Gone ... - Huffington Post

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Trump's Unprecedented War on the First Amendment Has Gone ...
Huffington Post
Trump and his administration have launched an unprecedented attack on freedom of speech and of the press. Are individual Twitter users next? A few ...

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White House: Trump Respects Free Press, but 'It's a Two-way Street' - Voice of America

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White House: Trump Respects Free Press, but 'It's a Two-way Street'
Voice of America
"I think that the president understands that certain outlets have gone out of their way to not be completely accurate and fair in their coverage of what's going on," Spicer said. The presssecretary reviewed Trump's concern about the press in response ...

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Trump can be impulsive. But his war with the press is strategic. - Vox

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Trump can be impulsive. But his war with the press is strategic.
Vox
Donald Trump very deliberately picked a fight with the media to help fuel his rise to the White House, and now that he's there — and his administration is struggling — he is strategically escalating it. On Friday, the administration canceled press ...

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Trump Associates Reportedly Facilitated Back-Channel Ukraine Peace Plan - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Trump Associates Reportedly Facilitated Back-Channel Ukraine Peace Plan
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Artemenko said he was put into contact with Cohen by Felix Sater, a Russian-American business associate of Trump's who pleaded guilty in a mafia-connected racketeering case in 1998. Cohen told The New York Times that he personally left Artemenko's ...

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Sater, Cohen, and the Collapsing House of Cards - Splice Today

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SaterCohen, and the Collapsing House of Cards
Splice Today
The Felix Sater-Michael Cohen-Trump backchannel to the Russian mob looks dirtier by the day. And it's giving a lot of us bad dreams. Yesterday, TPM's Josh Marshall, in “A Big Shoe Just Dropped,” wrote that “Cohen—who is very close to Trump and known ...

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BUSTED: Trump attorney Michael Cohen caught giving conflicting statements about secret Ukraine deal - Raw Story

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BUSTED: Trump attorney Michael Cohen caught giving conflicting statements about secret Ukraine deal
Raw Story
President Donald Trump's personal attorney offered conflicting explanations about his alleged involvement in back-channel efforts to ease sanctions against Russia. Michael Cohen, special counsel to the president and a longtime employee of the Trump ...

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Trump's colorful ex-associate is pushing Russian-sanctions-lifting Ukraine 'peace deal' via Trump's lawyer - The Week Magazine

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Trump's colorful ex-associate is pushing Russian-sanctions-lifting Ukraine 'peace deal' via Trump's lawyer
The Week Magazine
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that President Trump's personal legal counsel, Michael Cohen, met last month with a colorful Russian-American former Trump business associate, Felix Sater, and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian lawmaker, then delivered a ...

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White House Bars Certain News Outlets from Daily Briefing After Trump Attack - TIME

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White House Bars Certain News Outlets from Daily Briefing After Trump Attack
TIME
Hours after President Trump told conservative activists Friday that he planned to "do something" about unfair press coverage, the White House broke with tradition by limiting access to the daily briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Reporters for ...

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Congress needs to do its job and investigate Trump's ties to Russia - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times

Congress needs to do its job and investigate Trump's ties to Russia
Los Angeles Times
Trump is a clear and present danger to the national security of this nation. One has to be painfully naive to assume that his former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, acted on his own when having his many dialogues with Russia. No underling of ...
Chaos as variety of resistance blasts TrumpThe Daily World

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Editorial: Trump's 'truth' is a danger to democracy - GazetteNET

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Editorial: Trump's 'truth' is a danger to democracy
GazetteNET
Meanwhile, concern and questions persist in Congress and in the world at large about Trump'srelationship with Russia. Trump last week was pressured to fire national security adviser Michael Flynn following revelations that he misled the vice president ...

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Homeland Security report disputes danger of Trump's travel ban targets - New York Daily News

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Homeland Security report disputes danger of Trump's travel ban targets
New York Daily News
A Department of Homeland Security draft intelligence report published by the Associated Press says that citizenship in the countries is “unlikely to be a reliable indicator” that someone could carry out a terrorist attack. Trump's January order ...
DHS intelligence document on President Donald Trump's travel ban - DocumentCloudDocumentCloud
Donald Trump Rejects Intelligence Report on Travel Ban - WSJWall Street Journal
AP Exclusive: DHS report disputes threat from banned nations - AP NewsAP News
Big Story AP - Associated Press -CNN International
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In Break with Trump, National Security Adviser Pans the Use of 'Radical Islamic Terrorism' - New York Magazine

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In Break with TrumpNational Security Adviser Pans the Use of 'Radical Islamic Terrorism'
New York Magazine
President Trump's new national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has reportedly spoken out against the use of the term “radical Islamic terrorism” — a notable break with the president and many others on the Right when it comes talking about the war on ...
Michael Flynn may be gone but his Russia policy lives onMiddle East Eye
HR McMaster Breaks With Administration on Views of IslamNew York Times

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Letter: Russian connection a danger to nation - Reading Eagle

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The New Yorker

Letter: Russian connection a danger to nation
Reading Eagle
Close associates of Trump were also in contact with Putin's espionage officials during the campaign. Michael Flynn, his national security adviser, was forced out over improper calls to the Russian ambassador - but not until the press reported it. Trump ...
Trump, Putin, and the New Cold WarThe New Yorker
Charges Trump is tool of Moscow reflect crisis of capitalist partiesThe Militant
Talk Back letter writers differ over Trump-Russia connectionsEast Bay Times
Western Journalism -Axios
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Majority of Americans want Congress probe into Donald Trump's Russia contact, poll finds - The Independent

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Majority of Americans want Congress probe into Donald Trump's Russia contact, poll finds
The Independent
The majority of Americans support a Congress investigation into claims that Donald Trump'sadministration had close ties with Russia during his presidential campaign, a new poll has found. Just over half (53 per cent) of US citizens want the alleged ...
Majority of Americans say Congress should probe contact between TrumpRussia: PollCNBC
New poll shows majority of Americans want Congress to investigate Trump's contact withRussiaBusiness Insider
Most Americans want Congress to probe Trump team's contact with Russia: pollThe Hill (blog)
NBCNews.com
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Activists tricked Trump supporters into waving Russian flags at CPAC - The Independent

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Activists tricked Trump supporters into waving Russian flags at CPAC
The Independent
Activists who distributed hundreds of Russian flags to Donald Trump's supporters during a conference speech on Friday have said they wanted to use the stunt to point out that Americans "should not have foreign powers picking [their] president”.
Trump supporters tricked into waving Russian flags at CPACDeutsche Welle
CPAC Crowd Duped Into Waving Russian Flags During Trump SpeechHuffington Post
Liberal Activists' Prank Had Some at CPAC Waving Russian 'Trump' FlagsNBCNews.com
Globalnews.ca -CNBC -Business Insider
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Press Excluded from White House Briefing Have Been Harshest Critics on Trump's Alleged Russia Ties - Fortune

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Press Excluded from White House Briefing Have Been Harshest Critics on Trump's Alleged Russia Ties
Fortune
On Friday, the White House excluded several news outlets from an off-camera press 'gaggle' that took the place of the day's open press briefing. The barred outlets have uniformly been key players in investigating ties between the Trump administration ...
FBI refused White House request to refute story on Trump-Russia linkUSA TODAY

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Trump And Russia: Is It Watergate Yet? - The National Memo (blog)

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Trump And Russia: Is It Watergate Yet?
The National Memo (blog)
As Donald Trump and his subordinates lash out wildly to suppress discussion of his presidential campaign's alleged collusion with the Kremlin, they only fan intuitions of a truly monumental scandal. With their latest attempts to manipulate the Federal ...

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Trump facing revived criticism from GOP ranks, ahead of high-stakes address - Fox News

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Trump facing revived criticism from GOP ranks, ahead of high-stakes address
Fox News
President Trump, after enjoying a brief stretch of party unity in the wake of the rowdy 2016 race, is facing renewed criticism from the Republican ranks -- upping pressure on him to smooth over tensions when he addresses a Joint Session of Congress ...
Schumer: GOP will ditch Trump by the summerWashington Examiner
New Pew survey: Republicans would trust Trump over GOP congressional leadersUSA TODAY
TrumpGOP marriage begins to frayLancasterOnline
Fox News Insider -Daily Kos -Politico
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The relationship between Trump and the Republican Party is still evolving - Washington Post (blog)

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Washington Post (blog)

The relationship between Trump and the Republican Party is still evolving
Washington Post (blog)
Trump has dismantled a lot of the preconceived notions about how campaigns should be run and what is disqualifying. He has brought a new energy and style to the Republican Party, and while it's uncertain what the party will look like, it's certain that ...
At California's GOP convention, delegates embracing TrumpThe Mercury News
Wanted: Three Principled Republicans to Save America From TrumpRollingStone.com
California Republicans see a way out of irrelevance in the era of TrumpSacramento Bee
Los Angeles Times -San Francisco Chronicle -LancasterOnline
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Republicans in Congress Are Still Looking for Direction from Trump - NBCNews.com

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Republicans in Congress Are Still Looking for Direction from Trump
NBCNews.com
But here's the bad news for Team Trump: In this honeymoon phase, the GOP's most significant legislative priorities are, well, in trouble. On Obamacare, former House Speaker John Boehner dropped this truth bomb: "[T]hey'll fix Obamacare. I shouldn't ...
TRUMP's embrace of the House GOP tax plan, and what it means -- Ike Perlmutter SPOTTED at Mar-a-Lago -- CNN ...Politico
Democratic congressman Jim Himes: GOP would be impeaching Clinton if she behaved likeTrumpWashington Examiner
Donald Trump speaks at CPAC 2017 – live coverageThe Guardian

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How Steve Bannon Conquered CPAC—and the Republican Party - The New Yorker

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How Steve Bannon Conquered CPAC—and the Republican Party
The New Yorker
On Thursday, Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's most influential adviser, and Reince Priebus, Trump's frequently embattled chief of staff, spoke together at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual gathering for activists ...
Top Trump Advisers Bannon And Priebus Emphasize Unity At CPACNPR
CPAC 2017: Bannon predicts daily fight with media as Trump pursues agendaFox News
Trump adviser hails 'new political order'BBC News
Fox News Insider -CBS News -ABC News
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At conservative gathering, Trump tries to define a new GOP - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times

At conservative gathering, Trump tries to define a new GOP
Los Angeles Times
President Trump made one of his strongest pitches Friday to unite the Republican Party and the conservative movement behind a nationalist, anti-globalist ideology that until recently would have been unthinkable for many Republicans. "There is no such ...
White House goes to war with the mediaPolitico

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Trump tells conservatives he is future of GOP - The Hill

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Trump tells conservatives he is future of GOP
The Hill
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Trump received a hero's welcome on Friday during his first appearance as president at the country's largest gathering of conservative activists, declaring his movement is “the future of the Republican Party.”.
Donald Trump shows up at conservatives' most prominent gathering and defines a new GOPLos Angeles Times
Trump set to take center stage at CPAC as theme appears to be now or neverFox News
Trump to CPAC: 'Now you finally have a president, finally'Washington Post
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Wanted: Three Principled Republicans to Save America From Trump - RollingStone.com

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Wanted: Three Principled Republicans to Save America From Trump
RollingStone.com
Jim Jeffords from Vermont left the Republican Party, declared himself an independent and caucused with the Democrats, giving the Dems a 51-seat majority in the upper chamber. Jeffords, a lifelong Republican who had served seven terms in the House ...
How Republicans Should Check TrumpNational Review
Anti-Trump activists target 'missing' Republican politiciansBBC News
California Republicans see a way out of irrelevance in the era of TrumpSacramento Bee
Reuters -Vox -The Republic
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A celebration, and wake, for a campaign legend and a Republican Party that is no more - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times

A celebration, and wake, for a campaign legend and a Republican Party that is no more
Los Angeles Times
Whether it's conservative or whatever you want to call it," Lome said he is happy "as long as [Trump] causes the Democrats heartaches." Kayne Robinson, 73, a former chairman of the IowaRepublican Party, said Trump was simply taking the party in the ...
Trump tells conservatives he is future of GOPThe Hill
TrumpGOP has transformed into 'amazing, strong, powerful' partyWashington Examiner
'The GOP Will Be The Party Of The American Worker'Daily Caller
Politico -Washington Post -Fox News
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Donald Trump claims to have grown the Republican Party by ... - Washington Post

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Donald Trump claims to have grown the Republican Party by ...
Washington Post
Trump wants to show a flood of support behind him that doesn't exist.

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The Republicans Who Will Stop Trump - Forbes

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The Republicans Who Will Stop Trump
Forbes
Trump may have stolen the party from the Republican aristocracy, but the establishment was eager to work with him to advance the common ideology. Instead of forging ahead, the Trumpconvoy is stumbling. Within one month, strong voices of dissent are ...

Democrats to pick chairman to lead party against Trump, Republicans - Reuters

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Democrats to pick chairman to lead party against TrumpRepublicans
Reuters
By Justin Mitchell | ATLANTA. ATLANTA After a brutal election loss in November, Democrats will choose a new leader on Saturday to begin the daunting task of rebuilding the party and heading the political opposition to Republican President Donald Trump.

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David Brooks: Dems Party Of International Peace, Civilized Capitalism; GOP "An Ethnic Nationalist Party" - RealClearPolitics

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David Brooks: Dems Party Of International Peace, Civilized Capitalism; GOP "An Ethnic Nationalist Party"
RealClearPolitics
"And the Republican Party has stood for that for as long as I have been alive. And then Trumptoday, he — you know, buy American, buy American, anti-free trade, and got big cheers. They're waving Russian flags, probably partly as a joke. But, still ...
Shields and Brooks on tea party lessons for Democrats, remaking GOP in Trump's imagePBS NewsHour

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Trump blames FBI for failing to stop media leaks - The Boston Globe

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Trump blames FBI for failing to stop media leaks
The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is blaming the FBI for failing to stop leaks to themedia, saying the information being reported is classified and could have a ''devastating effect'' on the country. Trump made the remarks in a tweet early Friday.

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Trump Today: President slams FBI over leaked reports to media - SFGate

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SFGate

Trump Today: President slams FBI over leaked reports to media
SFGate
President Trump bashed the FBI's inability to “stop the national security leakers” — a day after a report emerged that the bureau rejected a White House request to publicly “knock down” claims that Trump's advisers were in frequent contact with ...

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White House blocks CNN, New York Times from press briefing hours after Trump slams media - Washington Post

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Washington Post

White House blocks CNN, New York Times from press briefing hours after Trump slams media
Washington Post
The White House on Friday barred news outlets — including CNN, the New York Times, Politico and the Los Angeles Times — from attending an off-camera press briefing held by spokesman Sean Spicer, igniting another controversy concerning the ...

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Why is Donald Trump in a war with the media and what are his plans? - Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk

Why is Donald Trump in a war with the media and what are his plans?
Telegraph.co.uk
Donald Trump came to power as part of an anti-establishment revolt. In office, he shows no sign of easing his attacks on what he sees as opponents intent on bringing him down, whether Washington's political elite or the nation's news media. “I want you ...

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Why punishing the media will backfire on Trump - CNN

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CNN

Why punishing the media will backfire on Trump
CNN
Errol Louis is the host of "Inside City Hall," a nightly political show on NY1, a New York all-news channel. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) The shocking decision by press secretary Sean Spicer to bar CNN ...

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After Trump calls media an enemy of the people, White House bars many news outlets from briefing - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times

After Trump calls media an enemy of the people, White House bars many news outlets from briefing
Los Angeles Times
The action came after President Trump on Friday described the media and what he terms "fake news" as "the enemy of the people."On the list were Trump-friendly outlets such as Breitbart News, the Washington Times and OANN, a conservative television ...

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Presidents vs. the press: What came before Trump's 'running war' with the media - Boston.com

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Boston.com

Presidents vs. the press: What came before Trump's 'running war' with the media
Boston.com
During his first full day in office, President Donald Trump announced he had a “running war” with the media, called journalists “among the most dishonest human beings on earth,” and falsely accused reporters of creating a rift between himself and ...

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White House ramps up attacks on media - Financial Times

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White House ramps up attacks on media
Financial Times
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference the day after his adviser Steve Bannon described reporters as the “opposition party,” Mr Trump said the fake news media were the enemy of the people and urged conservatives to push back hard.

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Trump's media war threatens journalists globally, protection group warns - The Guardian

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Trump's media war threatens journalists globally, protection group warns
The Guardian
The Trump administration should “act as a champion of press freedom”, a senior member of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Saturday, rather than prosecute a war with mainstream US media that could “send a signal to other countries that ...

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Trump Shuns Traditional Dinner With 'Fake News' Media - Western Journalism

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Western Journalism

Trump Shuns Traditional Dinner With 'Fake News' Media
Western Journalism
The White House Correspondents' Association, which on Friday was expressing outrage that amedia briefing had been held without inviting some media outlets that have been attackingTrump, said in a statement that it “looks forward to having its annual ...

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FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories - CNN

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FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories
CNN
Washington (CNN) The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump's associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US ...

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Trump blasts FBI 'leakers' after reports on Priebus conversation - Fox News

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Fox News

Trump blasts FBI 'leakers' after reports on Priebus conversation
Fox News
President Trump, after a brief hiatus, returned to throwing Twitter bombs Friday morning to accuse his own FBI of failing to crack down on leaks – on the heels of reports about a conversation his chief of staff had with the bureau about Russia-related ...

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