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Trump authorizes military strikes in Syria
By Jordan Fabian
 
President Trump announced Friday he has ordered “precision strikes” against Syria in retaliation for an apparent chemical weapons attack by the forces of Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
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US targets Syrian chemical weapons facilities with strikes
By Ellen Mitchell
The United States along with French and British forces on Friday night fired more than 120 missiles at three different targets in Syria in an to attempt to take out vital chemical weapons facilities run by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Lawmakers rip Trump for not seeking congressional approval for Syria strikes
By Max Greenwood
Several lawmakers reacted quickly on Friday to President Trump's decision to launch a military strike on Syria by criticizing him for failing to obtain congressional authorization for the move.
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IG report faults fired FBI official McCabe for leak to media
By Katie Bo Williams
 
The Department of Justice’s inspector general concluded that fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe made a leak to the media “designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership,” according to a copy of the report obtained by The Hill. 
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Trump pardons Scooter Libby, former top Cheney aide
By Jordan Fabian
President Trump on Friday pardoned I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former George W. Bush administration official convicted in the investigation into the leak of a CIA officer’s identity.
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House Freedom Caucus flexes muscle in Speaker's race
By Melanie Zanona and Juliegrace Brufke
Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) consideration of a leadership bid is throwing a wrench into the race to the replace Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), underscoring how much power the House Freedom Caucus will have in the process.
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House chairmen ask Rosenstein for copies of Comey memos
By Olivia Beavers
Three Republican House chairman have asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide copies of former FBI Director James Comey's memos, which are said to detail the conversations he had with President Trump before he was fired.
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GOP chairman demands interviews with top Pruitt aides
By Timothy Cama
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is demanding interviews with five top aides to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt.
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RNC finance official resigns after acknowledging payment to Playboy model
By Ben Kamisar
Elliott Broidy, the venture capitalist who admitted Friday to paying a Playboy "playmate" who said she was pregnant with his child, has stepped down from his post on the Republican National Committee's (RNC) finance team.
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Republicans express doubts that Ryan can stay on as Speaker
By Scott Wong
Speculation is growing on Capitol Hill that Paul Ryan may need to relinquish his Speaker’s gavel soon, though few Republicans are publicly calling on him to resign.
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Let's hold Facebook to the same standards as other players in the industry
By Roslyn Layton
OPINION | Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants seemingly have used discriminatory regulation to win advantages, protect themselves from competition and cement their dominance. It’s time for this regulatory distortion to be corrected.
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Trump administration's reforms could make welfare work again
By former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) and Charlie Katebi
OPINION | For decades, America’s various welfare programs have discouraged low-income adults from working and trapped millions in poverty. But the Trump administration is now working to fix the nation’s welfare programs by implementing commonsense reforms.
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The New York Times: Trump sees inquiry into Cohen as greater threat than Mueller
By Matt Apuzzo, Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman and Eileen Sullivan
President Trump’s advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation into his personal lawyer poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel’s investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump.
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McClatchy: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier
By Peter Stone and Greg Gordon
The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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The Wall Street Journal: Trump lawyer Michael Cohen negotiated $1.6 million settlement for top Republican fundraiser
By Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld
 
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer negotiated a deal in late 2017 to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who said she was impregnated by a top Republican fundraiser, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Associated Press: Possible House leader Kevin McCarthy seen by Trump as ally
By Alan Fram and Zeke Miller
 
As President Donald Trump and top Republicans dined on filet mignon at the White House this week, just hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his stunning retirement, Trump and Ryan’s top lieutenant found themselves with a moment alone.
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Reuters: Trump to lift legal threat to states that permit marijuana use
By Lisa Lambert
President Donald Trump will lift his administration’s plans for a possible crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana after talks with a Colorado senator, the White House said on Friday, an action that undercuts U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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