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Frontrunning: February 6

  • The Patriots’ Insane Comeback: One for the History Books (WSJ)
  • Euro fades in face of French election risks (Reuters)
  • Legal battles to test Trump and his travel ban (Reuters)
  • Standoff Looms Over Travel Ban; Trump Rips Judge (WSJ)
  • Trump Set to Attend NATO Summit in May (WSJ)
  • Trump Administration Aims to Sever Russia’s Iran Ties (WSJ)
  • Draghi Takes the Case for QE to Brussels (BBG)
  • Tiger Hedge Funds Become Wall Street Prey (WSJ)
  • Iran's missile test 'not a message' to Trump (Reuters)

"Unaccpetable And Insulting": Kremlin Demands Apology From Fox News For Calling Putin "A Killer"

"Unaccpetable And Insulting": Kremlin Demands Apology From Fox News For Calling Putin "A Killer"

Having caused quite a stir domestically when in an interview with Donald Trump airing just before the Superbowl, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart, on Monday the Kremlin slammed O'Reilly's "factual statement" and said it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments.

Kremling spokesman Dmitry Peskov

97 Tech Companies Including Twitter, Netflix File Legal Brief Condemning Trump's Immigration Order

97 Tech Companies Including Twitter, Netflix File Legal Brief Condemning Trump's Immigration Order

The onslaught targeting President Trump's immigration executive order continued overnight, when virtually all US tech corporations, from Apple to Zynga, including Twitter, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft, banded together late on Sunday to file an "impassioned" brief condemning Trump's temporary immigration ban, arguing that it "inflicts significant harm on American business."

Trump meeting with tech CEOs

The Economist Warns "The World Must Prepare For Trouble" Under Trump

The Economist Warns "The World Must Prepare For Trouble" Under Trump

If the scenes of anarchy in Berkeley last week were not enough to strike fear into the hearts of free-speech-supporting average Americans, then The Economist just turned the fearmongery amplifier to '11' in its latest op-ed describing the 'insurgency in The White House'.

Washington is in the grip of a revolution, The Economist begins...

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