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CNN:
Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations — (CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.
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Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
DOJ's Weissmann Joining Mueller's Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say — Andrew Weissmann oversaw VW, bank cases during Obama era — Loss of fraud chief leaves another senior post vacant at DOJ — Andrew Weissmann, head of the Justice Department's fraud section …
Philip Shenon / Politico:
Could the Russia Investigation Reveal Trump's Tax Returns?
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal — President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision. Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
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Ali Breland / The Hill:
Tesla CEO threatens to quit Trump biz council if US leaves Paris deal
Tesla CEO threatens to quit Trump biz council if US leaves Paris deal
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Bloomberg:
Trump Still Deciding Whether to Leave Paris Climate Deal, Sources Say
Trump Still Deciding Whether to Leave Paris Climate Deal, Sources Say
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate deal
Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate deal
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Musk Joins CEOs Calling for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Deal
Musk Joins CEOs Calling for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Deal
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
House Intelligence Panel Issues Seven Subpoenas in Russia Probe — Four are related to Russia investigation, three to ‘unmasking’ controversy, individuals say — The House Intelligence Committee issued seven subpoenas on Wednesday, in a sign that its investigation into alleged Russian meddling …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
House Russia investigators subpoena Flynn, Cohen
House Russia investigators subpoena Flynn, Cohen
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Del Quentin Wilber / Wall Street Journal:
Comey to Testify That Trump Asked Him to Back Off Flynn Investigation
Comey to Testify That Trump Asked Him to Back Off Flynn Investigation
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Barron Trump / TMZ.com:
THOUGHT BEHEADED IMAGE WAS HIS DAD — Barron Trump was watching television Tuesday at home with Melania when Kathy Griffin's photo appeared on the screen, and his initial reaction was that something terrible happened to his father. — Trump family sources tell us Barron was in front …
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
FLASHBACK: Kathy Griffin Blames Sarah Palin For AZ Shooting
FLASHBACK: Kathy Griffin Blames Sarah Palin For AZ Shooting
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Trump's “Good Job” Call to Roger Stone — On May 11th Roger Stone, Donald Trump's on-again, off-again political adviser for several decades, had just wrapped up a pair of morning television appearances when, according to two sources with direct knowledge, he received a call from the President.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Clinton: I was the ‘victim’ of an assumption that I would win — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday broadly spread around the blame for her loss in last year's presidential election, pointing to suspected Russian cyberattacks, the Democratic National Committee's data operation and a “very broad assumption that I was going to win.”
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Meghann Farnsworth / Recode:
Live now: Watch Hillary Clinton from our Code Conference
Live now: Watch Hillary Clinton from our Code Conference
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Bitter Hillary Clinton Is Now Blaming Inept DNC For Election Loss [VIDEO]
Bitter Hillary Clinton Is Now Blaming Inept DNC For Election Loss [VIDEO]
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll- May 2017: The AHCA's Proposed Changes to Health Care — Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie — KEY FINDINGS: — With Congress currently discussing the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan that would repeal …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Cassidy takes heat on Obamacare repeal effort at fiery town hall
Cassidy takes heat on Obamacare repeal effort at fiery town hall
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
The New York Times Is Eliminating The Public Editor Role — The accountability position was created in the wake of a 2003 plagiarism scandal. — The New York Times is eliminating the position of public editor, an accountability role the paper created in 2003 in the wake …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
New York Times Will Offer Employee Buyouts and Eliminate Public Editor Role
New York Times Will Offer Employee Buyouts and Eliminate Public Editor Role
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden to Create a Political Action Committee, a Possible Signal for 2020 — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is planning to create a political action committee, the most concrete sign yet that he intends to remain active in the Democratic Party and is considering a presidential bid in 2020.
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis In President Trump's wake, divisions mark both Democratic and Republican parties
Analysis In President Trump's wake, divisions mark both Democratic and Republican parties
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Politico:
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Boehner: Trump is not a ‘disaster’ — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — FORMER SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: TRUMP IS NOT A ‘DISASTER’ — John Boehner got a lot of attention last week when he said the president has been a “complete disaster.” The president himself wasn't too happy with Boehner …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
How Jared Kushner built a luxury skyscraper using loans meant for job-starved areas — JERSEY CITY — Jared Kushner and his real estate partners wanted to take advantage of a federal program in 2015 that would save them millions of dollars as they built an opulent, 50-story residential tower …
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NBC4 Washington:
‘Potential Disaster’ Averted: Man With Guns, Ammunition in Car Arrested at Trump Hotel — D.C. Police and the U.S. Secret Service acted on a tip about the man — A man accused of having guns and 90 rounds of ammunition in his car was arrested inside Trump International Hotel early Wednesday …
John Bowden / The Hill:
White House will stop taking questions about Trump, Russia investigation — President Trump's administration will cease answering questions from reporters about the investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
White House preps broad exemptions from birth control mandate — The Trump administration is poised to make changes to ObamaCare's birth control coverage mandate by granting broad exemptions to employers that object on religious or moral grounds, a move that would impact thousands of women …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Leaked regulation: Trump plans to roll back Obamacare birth control mandate
Leaked regulation: Trump plans to roll back Obamacare birth control mandate
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Wall Street Journal:
The White House Mess — A shakeup needs to start with some self-reflection at the top.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's White House bake-off for chief of staff
Trump's White House bake-off for chief of staff
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Bret Weinstein / Wall Street Journal:
The Campus Mob Came for Me—and You, Professor, Could Be Next — Whites were asked to leave for a ‘Day of Absence.’ I objected. Then 50 yelling students crashed my class.
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Franken: Dem colleague rejected Cruz during Secret Santa drawing — (D-Minn.) described Wednesday the reaction he once witnessed from an unnamed Democratic colleague who picked Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas) during the Senate's Secret Santa name drawing. — “I've had people pick out Cruz's name and then drop it on the floor.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Support for Trump impeachment rises — An increasing percentage of voters want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump — even if they don't think Trump has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” the Constitution requires. — Forty-three percent of voters want Congress …
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David Ovalle / miamiherald:
He didn't give police his iPhone pass code, so he got 180 days in jail — A Hollywood man must serve 180 days in jail for refusing to give up his iPhone password to police, a Broward judge ruled Tuesday — the latest salvo in intensifying legal battles over law-enforcement access to smart phones.
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