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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business — LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Exclusive: Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says — There will be much in former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming congressional testimony that will make the White House uncomfortable, but he will stop short of saying the president interfered …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump — As the White House braces for former FBI Director James Comey's testimony Thursday, sources tell ABC News the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump will live-tweet during testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: report — President Donald Trump will reportedly respond live on Twitter as former FBI Director James Comey testifies to a Senate committee this week. — On Thursday, Comey is expected to testify …
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CNN:
Michael Flynn turns over 600 pages of documents to Senate Intel
Michael Flynn turns over 600 pages of documents to Senate Intel
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Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A What to expect from James Comey's testimony on Thursday
Q&A What to expect from James Comey's testimony on Thursday
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Variety, CNN, The Daily Caller, Portland Mercury and Refinery29
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Kushner has ‘become more famous than me’
Trump: Kushner has ‘become more famous than me’
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Mike Allen / Axios:
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
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CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis — Washington (CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.
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Marc Champion / Bloomberg:
Saudi Dispute With Qatar Has 22-Year History Rooted in Gas
Saudi Dispute With Qatar Has 22-Year History Rooted in Gas
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Wall Street Journal:
The Buck Stops Everywhere Else — Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Has anyone told Donald Trump that he runs the government? — The buck clearly does not stop with Donald Trump. — On Monday, President Trump tweeted something strange. “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
White House won't say if Trump has confidence in AG Sessions
White House won't say if Trump has confidence in AG Sessions
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians — WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
WikiLeaks offers $10,000 to get Intercept reporter fired
WikiLeaks offers $10,000 to get Intercept reporter fired
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump pitched Republican leaders on a solar-paneled border wall — In the meeting at the White House today with Republican Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his latest idea for the border wall. According to 3 people with direct knowledge of the meeting …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
McConnell whips Senate GOP back in line on Obamacare repeal — For a day at least, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his party's beleaguered efforts to repeal Obamacare back on track. — After two weeks of increasingly dour assessments from Republicans on the party's stalled healthcare efforts …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
House Obamacare repeal ruled to be in compliance with Senate rules
House Obamacare repeal ruled to be in compliance with Senate rules
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Twitter Users Blocked by Trump Seek Reprieve, Citing First Amendment — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Twitter users blocked by President Trump after they criticized or mocked him are asking him to reverse the moves, arguing that the Constitution bars him from blocking people on the social media service.
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Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed:
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It — BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates. If the president can say those things, why can't they?
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twitchy.com and Raw Story
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
WATCH: PHL 17 Reporter Becomes Unhinged Outside Helium Comedy Club — Well, she did ... UPDATE: Colleen Campbell has spoken with Philly Mag about the incident captured in Sunday's viral video taken outside Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia. To read the full interview, click here.
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Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Fired PHL 17 Reporter Colleen Campbell Speaks About What Happened at Helium
Fired PHL 17 Reporter Colleen Campbell Speaks About What Happened at Helium
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Daily Wire, New York Post, Daily Mail and IJR
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Uber Fires 20 Amid Investigation Into Workplace Culture — Uber has fired more than 20 employees in conjunction with an internal investigation into its workplace culture, according to a current Uber employee. — The company disclosed the move at an all-hands meeting at its San Francisco headquarters …
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Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe
Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid — Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.
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Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Anthem to Pull Out of Ohio Exchange, Leaving 18 Counties With No ACA Plan
Anthem to Pull Out of Ohio Exchange, Leaving 18 Counties With No ACA Plan
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New York Times, RedState, Daily Kos, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The 27 Words Trump Wouldn't Say — It was a simple sentence. Just 27 words. — “We face many threats, but I stand here before you with a clear message: the U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and to Article 5 is unwavering.” — This was what President Donald Trump was supposed …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid — Progressives go the full Jimmy Swaggart. — Some concerned Democrats are worried that their party may have lost the key blue-wall states because of its elitism, manifested as disdain for Americans between the coasts. — Perhaps emblematic of their worry …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Senators Stab Trump to Death in Central Park Performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar … Shakespeare in the Park, an annual summer program by The Public Theater that puts on plays by William Shakespeare in Central Park, kicked off May 23 with a performance of Julius Caesar.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
We Found Mike Flynn's Secret Twitter Account … Retired three-star lieutenant general and former national security advisor Michael Flynn has a special counsel and grand jury exploring his dealings with Turkey, and he may have something else: a secret alt-Twitter account with just a single follower.
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Jon Levine / Mediaite:
‘This Interview Has to Stop’: Scarborough Clashes With Scott Pruitt Over Trump and Climate Change — EPA chief and noted climate change skeptic, Scott Pruitt, came in for a tense interview on Morning Joe, Tuesday. Things got heated when Joe Scarborough interjected a question …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’ — The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines — Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised — President Donald Trump has a plan. It'll be ready in two weeks.
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