Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday's Headlines: Three White House officials linked to files shared with House intelligence chair

Flynn offers to cooperate with probe in exchange for immunity; Trump struggles against some of the forces that helped elect him; Rex Tillerson is walled off from an increasingly uneasy corps of diplomats;
 
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Today's Headlines
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Three White House officials linked to files shared with House intelligence chair
The White House role in the matter contradicts assertions by the committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), and adds to mounting concerns that the Trump administration is collaborating with the leader of the House investigation into Russian meddling in the election.
Flynn offers to cooperate with probe in exchange for immunity
A suggestion from the lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn — considered a key figure in congressional probes of Russian influence in the 2016 election, because of his contacts with that country's U.S. ambassador — has been met with skepticism, according to people familiar with the matter.
 
Debrief
Trump struggles against some of the forces that helped elect him
The president should know better than most that partisan politics no longer operates as a team sport with a coach calling the plays. And the GOP is learning that controlling all the levers of government is not a guarantee that it can govern.
 
Rex Tillerson is walled off from an increasingly uneasy corps of diplomats
The secretary of state is visibly uncomfortable with the vast infrastructure and expectations of public diplomacy for his new role. His distant management style has bewildered foreign officials who are struggling to understand where the U.S. stands on key issues, and it threatens to undermine the power and reach of the State Department.
 
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Opinions
 
Trump was right about health care for most of his life
 
The road to single-payer health care
 
Republicans are so hopeless, Trump may have to work with Democrats
 
Congress's vote to eviscerate Internet privacy could give the FBI massive power
 
Trump may force thousands of legal immigrants to stop working or head home
 
Virginia Republicans' position on Medicaid expansion is indefensible
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NCAA Tournament | Perspective
You're about to play Connecticut in the women's Final Four. This is what you tell yourself.
Maybe it will all be different next time. At least, that's the approach Mississippi State is taking, and why not? It's better than telling themselves they'll lose by 60 again.
 
     
 
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