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CNN Poll: Overwhelming Majority Want Investigation into Obama DOJ Spying on Trump — PJ Media

Did FBI woman try to seduce Papadopoulos? — New York Times

‘The real scandal’: FBI informant report fuels Obama spying claims — Washington Times

Barr & Trump stand on America’s legal bedrock — New York Sun

Poynter Shelves Entire Blacklist of ‘Unreliable’ News Outlets Following Backlash — The Daily Caller

Democrats Split in Responses to Venezuela Crisis — National Review

Democrats hate Barr because they can’t handle the truth — The Federalist

Support For Impeachment Craters: Now At 29/66 In New Quinnipiac Poll — Hot Air

Trump’s pursuit of infrastructure deal hits GOP roadblock— The Hill

High School Might Remove George Washington Murals Because Students Are ‘Traumatized’— Breitbart

Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal— Campus Reform

Trump administration to give Border Patrol agents authority to decide asylum claims on the spot: Sources— Washington Examiner

Obama saw the 2016 loss of Hillary Clinton as a ‘personal insult’— Washington Examiner

After Oil, Washington Weighs Sanctions on Iran’s Other Sources of U.S. Dollars— Wall Street Journal

Dem prez candidates may condemn dark money while letting others spend it for them — Real Clear Politics


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