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The Washington Post: Trump rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations

President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king. The sun sparkles off the …
Washington Post

New York Times: Comey asks Justice Dept. to reject Trump’s wiretapping claim

WASHINGTON – The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, asked the Justice Department this weekend to publicly reject President Trump’s assertion that …
New York Times

CNN’s GPS with Fareed Zakara: Zakaria says Pentagon is ‘poster child for waste in government’

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of CNN’s Global Public Square program with Fareed Zakaria on March 5. Here is a key excerpt from host …
Brian Bonner

NBC TV’s ‘Meet the Press’: Clapper says there was no wiretap of Trump Tower

Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of NBC TV’s ‘Meet the Press’ news program on March 5. The following is a key excerpt from the interview …
Kyiv Post

Associated Press: Poland names counter-candidate to Tusk as EU leader

WARSAW – Poland on Saturday proposed a counter-candidate to Donald Tusk as European Council head, saying the Polish incumbent has hurt his country’s …
Associated Press

The Hill: Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower

President Trump on Saturday claimed President Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower before Election Day, tweeting the accusation without …
The Hill

Associated Press: UN experts express concern about growth of ‘fake news’

Experts monitoring freedom of expression at the United Nations and key regional organizations expressed concern Friday at the growing prevalence of …
Associated Press

Huffington Post: Pence used personal e-mail as governor and was hacked

The White House March 2 night found itself in a controversy involving Vice President Mike Pence’s use of a personal e-mail account while governor, …
Huffington Post

Foreign Policy: Nigeria proves a missing president isn’t necessarily a bad thing

ABUJA, Nigeria – What was supposed to be a 10-day medical leave for Nigeria’s president has stretched into a bizarre 44-day drama. The actors: …
Foreign Policy

The Guardian: Electoral Commission urged to investigate Farage’s Brexit campaign

The Electoral Commission has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage’s Brexit campaign broke election law by not declaring the role of a firm …
The Guardian

Los Angeles Times: A double life of the Trump business associate

Working from a 24th-floor office in Manhattan’s Trump Tower, Felix Sater spent years trying to line up lucrative deals in the United States, Russia …
Los Angeles Times

Reuters: Trump aides’ bid to plug leaks creates unease in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not …
Reuters

The Economist: Germans are debating getting their own nuclear weapon

It began in November, soon after the election of Donald Trump as America’s president. The publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a …
The Economist

CNN: More Trump advisers disclose meetings with Russia’s ambassador

Washington – President Donald Trump’s senior aide Jared Kushner and ousted adviser Michael Flynn met with the Russian ambassador to the United States …
CNN

Financial Times: Trump’s Russia relationship leaves Washington puzzled

As Donald Trump basked in the glory of his uncharacteristically conciliatory speech to Congress this week, the last thing he needed was another …
Financial Times

The Economist: The vote that could wreck the European Union

It has been many years since France last had a revolution, or even a serious attempt at reform. Stagnation, both political and economic, has been the …
The Economist

Reuters: Trump’s attorney general removes himself from campaign probes

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on March 2 he would stay out of any probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election but …
Reuters

Financial Times: General says NATO and EU need ‘grand strategy’ to resist Putin

NATO cannot deter Russia alone and must formulate a “grand strategy” for security in Europe with the EU, the alliance’s highest-ranking operational …
Financial Times
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