Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes | What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe





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Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes | What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe 
Retiring FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Retiring FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Excerpt: "Anyone who is confidently pronouncing on the merits of Andrew McCabe's firing Friday night is venturing well beyond the realm of known facts."
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Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who is demanding answers from the FBI regarding President Trump's claim that his offices were wiretapped, listens during a hearing on March. 7. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who is demanding answers from the FBI regarding President Trump's claim that his offices were wiretapped, listens during a hearing on March. 7. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)

Republican Leaders Suggest Increasing Support for Mueller
Peter Baker, The New York Times
Baker writes: "President Trump on Sunday abandoned a strategy of showing deference to the special counsel examining Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, lashing out at what he characterized as a partisan investigation and alarming Republicans who feared he might seek to shut it down."
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The president has the ability to grant Jared Kushner a permanent clearance, but Donald Trump said that he was leaving the decision to his chief of staff. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
The president has the ability to grant Jared Kushner a permanent clearance, but Donald Trump said that he was leaving the decision to his chief of staff. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)

Kushner Company Accused of Falsifying Records to Harass Tenants, Earn Huge Profits
Bernard Condon, Associated Press
Condon writes: "While none of the documents during a three-year period when Kushner was CEO bore his personal signature, they provide a window into the ethics of the business empire he ran before he went on to become one of the most trusted advisers to the president of the United States."
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Sessions at the White House on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
Sessions at the White House on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Sources Contradict Sessions' Testimony He Opposed Russia Outreach
Karen Freifeld, Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional committees."
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The FBI in Austin. (photo: Austin Police)
The FBI in Austin. (photo: Austin Police)

Two Men Seriously Injured in Single Southwest Austin Explosion
Jeremy Schwartz, Mark D. Wilson, Brandon Mulder, Tony Plohetski, John Bridges and Tom Labinski, Austin American-Statesman
Excerpt: "An explosion tore through a quiet Southwest Austin neighborhood Sunday night, sending two men to the hospital with serious injuries and heightening worries that a serial package bomber is targeting the city's residents."
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A man walks on a damaged street in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 25, 2018. (photo: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)
A man walks on a damaged street in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 25, 2018. (photo: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)

Eastern Ghouta Students: It's Suicide if We Leave Our Basements
Zouhir Al Shimale and Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Three students explain what life is like in rebel-held besieged enclave, as they try to keep up with their studies."
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Daniel Nazarian, of American Solar Energy Solutions, with a new installation in Los Angeles. (photo: Ann Johansson/NYT)
Daniel Nazarian, of American Solar Energy Solutions, with a new installation in Los Angeles. (photo: Ann Johansson/NYT)

100 Percent Renewable Energy for Los Angeles
Food & Water Watch
Excerpt: "A new study by Synapse Energy Economics shows the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water (LADWP) can rely on energy efficiency, increased storage and smart management of the electric grid to achieve this groundbreaking transition."
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