Courting Democratic Ire, Republicans Open New Obama-Era Inquiries - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday announced investigations into two of President Trump’s most frequent grievances, unveiling new inquiries into actions of the Obama administration connected to Hillary Clinton. In the first of two back-to-back announcements, the top Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees said they would formally examine the Obama Justice Department’s investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s emails.
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Clinton Campaign and Democratic Party Helped Pay for Russia Trump Dossier - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid for research that was included in a dossier made public in January that contained salacious claims about connections between Donald J. Trump, his associates and Russia. A spokesperson for a law firm said on Tuesday that it had hired Washington-based researchers last year to gather damaging information about Mr.
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Clinton Campaign and Democratic Party Helped Pay for Russia Trump Dossier - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid for research that was included in a dossier made public in January that contained salacious claims about connections between Donald J. Trump, his associates and Russia. A spokesperson for a law firm said on Tuesday that it had hired Washington-based researchers last year to gather damaging information about Mr.
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Assange Says WikiLeaks Rejected Request by Data Firm Tied to Trump - The New York Times

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The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday that he had rebuffed a request for help last year from the head of a data firm that worked for Donald J. Trump and is now facing congressional scrutiny. On Twitter, Mr. Assange said he had been approached before the 2016 election by Alexander Nix, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Mr. Trump during the final months of the campaign. Mr. Assange did not disclose what kind of help Mr. Nix sought, only that he had declined the request. “I can confirm an approach by Cambridge Analytica,” Mr.
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Trump Keeps Focus on Retiring Senators, Who Had ‘Zero Chance of Being Elected’ - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — President Trump continued his attacks on two retiring Republican senators on Wednesday, and said a recent meeting with lawmakers in his party was mostly a “love fest with standing ovations.” Two of Mr. Trump’s early morning Twitter posts on Wednesday were about Senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, both Republicans, who have announced they would not run for re-election. “They had zero chance of being elected,” Mr. Trump said. “Now act so hurt & wounded.” Mr. Flake, of Arizona, announced his retirement on Tuesday. The senator, who has been outspoken against Mr.
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Trump Falsely Denounces Jeff Flake by Calling Him a ... Democrat? - The New York Times

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President Trump falsely dismissed Senator Jeff Flake as a Democrat on Wednesday, offering a distorted timeline of their conflict a day after Mr. Flake, Republican of Arizona, announced his retirement with a strongly worded rebuke of the president. “Long before he ever knew me, during the campaign, even before the campaign — I mean, he came out with this horrible book, and I said, ‘Who is this guy?’” Mr. Trump told reporters on Wednesday afternoon.
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Flake’s Speech Bore Marks of Mormon Faith as Well as Politics - The New York Times

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As a child growing up in Snowflake, Ariz., a town that his Mormon pioneer great-great-grandfather helped found in the 1870s, Senator Jeff Flake learned to sing a popular children’s hymn, “Choose the Right.” He had no trouble recalling the hymn’s words on the telephone Wednesday, a day after he took to the floor of the Senate to deliver a stinging rebuke to his party and president, and to announce that he would not run for re-election in 2018. His decision was political and pragmatic, he acknow
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Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together - The New York Times

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WASHINGTON — One week before they are set to unveil a sprawling overhaul of the federal tax code, Republicans struggled on Wednesday with key parts of their plan, reigniting a fight over retirement savings and racing to cut a deal with lawmakers from high-tax states ahead of a critical budget vote in the House on Thursday. The challenges — and the dogged effort to resolve them on Capitol Hill — highlight the increased importance of the tax issue for a fractured party desperate for a legislative victory. The prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses and individuals incr
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