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What We’re Reading

Seeking Outside Counsel: President Trump and Fox News’s Sean Hannity talk almost every night around bedtime, reports Olivia Nuzzi. The routine has become almost therapeutic for the president, who distrusts many of those who work for him. (New York)

Nine Harrowing Minutes: Two dozen members of Congress were almost killed last year in a shooting at a congressional baseball practice. It could’ve been the deadliest political assassination in American history, and yet, the country “didn’t change very much at all” since then. (Kate Nocera and Lissandra Villa, BuzzFeed)

Too Big to Govern?: “Something is not right in a country where Donald Trump is able to win the presidency,” argues Neil Gross. The problem: America has become too large to be governed through traditional means. (The New York Times)

He Said He Would Do This: Unlike past presidents, Trump kept his promise to move the American embassy to Jerusalem. In fact, keeping his promises has been a recurring theme, argues Rich Lowry. (National Review)

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She’s Running: A record number of women are running for office in 2018—and many of them are facing tough races. (Kate Zernike and Denise Lu, The New York Times)

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