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Preet Bharara, one of the most high-profile federal prosecutors in the country, was fired Saturday after refusing to submit a letter of resignation as part of an ouster of the remaining U.S. attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump Says `Troubled Person’ Scaled White House Fence Friday

Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims killed 59 people in Damascus on Saturday, most of them Iraqis, a monitoring group said of one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital.

Exposed: Donald Trump’s Sham Populism

Michael Flynn Was Paid to Represent Turkey’s Interests During Trump Campaign

While candidate Trump questioned the validity of the monthly reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the new president welcomed Friday’s better-than-expected report showing that the economy added 235,000 jobs last month.

Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign

Trump travel ban: Judge declines to reinstate ruling

St. Patrick’s parade organizers reverse course, will allow gay vets to march

Sessions – Justice Department tells all remaining Obama administration U.S. attorneys to resign

A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S President has invited him to visit the White House to discuss resuming peace talks in a telephone call Friday, the first contact between the two leaders since Trump took office in January.

Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, acted as a foreign agent representing the interests of Turkey’s government in exchange for more than $500,000 during last year’s campaign even as he was advising Mr. Trump, according to disclosure forms filed this week.

Both chambers of Congress just passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2017. With this transformative development, the space agency got a lot more than just $19.508 billion in funding. They also got a very clear mandate: Get humanity to Mars.  – The Bill.

John Kasich: End the Partisan Warfare on Health Care

Pelosi: Trump is ‘making fools’ out of GOP

President Donald Trump will ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her views on how the United States can help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine when they meet next week, senior Trump administration officials said on Friday.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday that a failure on the part of Republicans to pass health care legislation rolled out by House leadership earlier this week would be a momentum-killer for the remainder of the GOP agenda.

If Republicans aren’t confident enough to let the CBO score their healthcare plan, they shouldn’t try to pass it

Pence: US will ‘use the full force of the law’ on WikiLeaks if CIA leak legit

Three misleading claims from Paul Ryan’s Obamacare lecture – What those PowerPoint slides didn’t show about the nation’s imperiled health law.

U.S. employers added jobs at an above-average pace for a second month on outsized gains in construction and manufacturing, showing the labor market continued its steady growth in the new year.

Pope Francis says in an interview that he is open to possibility of permitting married men to become priests to address the serious shortage of Catholic priests in some countries.

South Korean President’s Impeachment Triggers Clashes And Questions

To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security

White House vows ‘full-court press’ on behalf of embattled health-care plan

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are requesting the Justice Department and FBI hand over any potential application for a warrant to wiretap the Trump campaign.

Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say

Exclusive: Mexico cancels sugar export permits to U.S. in trade dispute

Why Women Are On Strike

Does GOP’s health plan keep Trump’s promises?

Why Republicans Can’t Do Health Care

A Conspiracy A Month? Trump Calls For 2 Investigations — With No Evidence 

– Republicans unveil bill to repeal and replace Obamacare https://goo.gl/yeives

– Senate approves measure to kill Obama-era contractor rule https://goo.gl/SmXYaf

– GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes And Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies https://goo.gl/Xy9HPz

– What’s changed in Trump’s travel ban https://goo.gl/wYNhVW

– Supreme Court’s decision to pass on transgender bathroom case leaves schools, parents without answers https://goo.gl/gvtrTN

– Senate Dems want White House, Mar-a-Lago visitor records made public https://goo.gl/YH387H

– New executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries applying for visas https://goo.gl/NsKkC0

– An angry weekend follows on heels of frustrations for Trump https://goo.gl/LRRJ1n

– Trump wiretap: FBI chief Comey ‘rejects’ allegation https://goo.gl/jvuYsv

– White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn’t believe Comey that Obama didn’t wiretap https://goo.gl/cGxOrN

– Trump expected to sign new executive order on travel ban on Monday https://goo.gl/jP6jTP

– North Korea launches more missiles; 3 land in Japanese waters https://goo.gl/PzGb6O

– The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that President Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr. Trump’s phones https://goo.gl/riuqaS

– How Congress responded to Trump’s request to investigate the Obama administration https://goo.gl/Gb4fwg

– FBI investigating shooting of Washington state Sikh man as possible hate crime https://goo.gl/TpOvJR

– White House Leaves Many Questions Unanswered About Trump ‘Wire Tapping’ Tweets https://goo.gl/sWCPQZ

– White House offers no evidence, seeks probe of ‘politically motivated investigation’ during 2016 campaign https://goo.gl/7RX7d1

– Rubio: White House ‘Will Have to Answer’ to Trump’s Wiretapping Accusations https://goo.gl/kAAeJM

– The article that Trump probably read on Breitbart a few days ago that launched his Twitter tantrum — Mark Levin to Congress: Investigate Obama’s ‘Silent Coup’ vs. Trump https://goo.gl/7xn5Rp

– Trump opens day with more digs on Twitter, call for Obama investigation – The White House is seeking an investigation of the Obama White House during the 2016 campaign. https://goo.gl/8yIYlI

– Trump Skips Gridiron Dinner As His Staffers Get Roasted https://goo.gl/B1WY3z

– Sikh man in Kent says he was told, ‘Go back to your own country’ before he was shot https://goo.gl/lgOu4j

– More U.S. citizens are seeking refuge in Canada https://goo.gl/MHG1Ii

– Schumer and Putin shared doughnuts 14 years ago. Now Trump wants an investigation. https://goo.gl/BxTf1M

– Trump tweets Schumer, Putin photo, calls for investigation https://goo.gl/LaF317

– Mike Pence accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ on private email https://goo.gl/Cu36CW

– How to make the Russia-Trump investigation bipartisan https://goo.gl/Ot6Dwt

– WHY WOULD JEFF SESSIONS HIDE HIS TALKS WITH SERGEY KISLYAK? https://goo.gl/bcG1QB

– Grassley rejects Democrats’ call to haul Sessions back for questions https://goo.gl/6IW1zL

– Great Lakes restoration would be gutted in early White House plan https://goo.gl/02O26c

– Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty https://goo.gl/5RVWCR

– More Trump advisers disclose meetings with Russia’s ambassador https://goo.gl/1eBNbe

– Sanders: Sessions should resign https://goo.gl/1mqeQt

– Sessions breaks with intelligence agencies, says he doesn’t know if Russia wanted Trump to win https://goo.gl/YZwFU5

– Mike Pence Used AOL Email For State Business As Indiana’s Governor – and was hacked. https://goo.gl/oqYX0O

– Euro lawmakers press EU to impose visas on U.S. citizens https://goo.gl/q9rnS6

– G.O.P. Accused of Playing ‘Hide-and-Seek’ With Obamacare Replacement Bill https://goo.gl/CygHwK

– Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says https://goo.gl/pwAapv

– Attorney General Jeff Sessions will recuse himself from any probe related to 2016 presidential campaign https://goo.gl/jh5iUK

– Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble. Bigly. https://goo.gl/g9QRc4

– Dem rep on Sessions: ‘It’s clear he lied’ https://goo.gl/bLcSNH

– Trump team issued at least 20 denials of contacts with Russia https://goo.gl/sa3JkU

– Six times Jeff Sessions talked about perjury, access and special prosecutors — when it involved the Clintons https://goo.gl/PzyHXg

– ICE nabs young ‘dreamer’ applicant after she speaks out at a news conference https://goo.gl/I5TL9Z

– McMaster rolls back Flynn’s changes at NSC – Trump’s new national security adviser is eliminating positions created by his ousted predecessor. https://goo.gl/4MCNlP

– Paul blocked from seizing GOP Obamacare bill – House Republicans said there is nothing untoward about the process and privately griped about Paul’s stunt. https://goo.gl/TiY4nh

– Schumer Says GOP Division Gives Democrats A Chance To Save Obamacare https://goo.gl/H27PDW

– Virginia Republican introduces bill to end federal marijuana prohibition https://goo.gl/4I4LhJ

– Sessions met with Russia’s Ambassador twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose https://goo.gl/E36y83

– House Intelligence panel publicizes scope of Russia probe https://goo.gl/wXZ1Nu

– Top House Republican: Sessions should step aside from Russia investigation https://goo.gl/KKCpIm

– Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking https://goo.gl/487gkV

– U.S. jobless claims near 44-year-low as labor market tightens https://goo.gl/cufzXd

– Marine Le Pen loses EU parliament immunity over tweets https://goo.gl/reH9ZU