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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Adam West, Straight-Faced Star of TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88 — The actor struggled to find work after the campy superhero series was canceled, but he rebounded with voiceover gigs, including one as the mayor of Quahog on ‘Family Guy.’ — Adam West, the ardent actor who managed to keep …
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
Adam West, TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88 — Adam West — an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series “Batman” — died Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 88. A rep said that he died after a short battle with leukemia. — “Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight …
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Nick Timothy / Conservative Home:
Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser — Nick Timothy was co-Chief of Staff to Theresa May. — Yesterday, I resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser. — Clearly, the general election result was a huge disappointment. What lay behind the result will no doubt be the subject of detailed analysis for many months.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: The damaging case against James Comey — The testimony of James Comey proved long on atmospherics and short on ethics. While many were riveted by Comey's discussion of his discomfort in meetings with President Trump, most seemed to miss the fact that Comey was describing his own conduct in strikingly unethical terms.
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Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lordy! James Comey set for $10 million payday as publishers scramble to sign book deal with fired FBI chief for inside story on Hillary, Trump - and his own brush with death by a serial rapist — Comey's going to have the biggest Washington golden parachute ever …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators debate bringing in Comey for Round 2 — A key Senate panel is considering whether to step up its battle to meet with former FBI Director James Comey, who gave dramatic testimony this week to a competing committee. — Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are debating subpoenaing Comey to compel his testimony.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
House, Senate investigators seek Trump tapes, Comey memos
House, Senate investigators seek Trump tapes, Comey memos
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Biden encourages 2012 foe Romney to run for the Senate — At donor conference, Biden also repeats his criticisms of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid — DEER VALLEY, UTAH — Mitt Romney is getting encouragement to run for Senate in 2018 from an unlikely source: Joe Biden.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Top Republican trio urges Trump to act on Russia
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The GOP That Failed — The party didn't decide. And now Republicans are stuck with Trump. — As the carnage of World War I widened, Barbara Tuchman recounts in “The Guns of August,” a German leader asked a colleague, “How did it all happen?” — “Ah,” replied the other, “if only one knew.”
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
How the Party Decided on Trump
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Foreign payments to Trump's businesses are legally permitted, argues Justice Department — The U.S. Department of Justice argued Friday that President Trump's businesses are legally permitted to accept payments from foreign governments while he is in office, and thus Trump is not in violation …
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Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump Can Accept Payments From Foreign Governments, U.S. Argues
Trump Can Accept Payments From Foreign Governments, U.S. Argues
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The French Are Spinning American Food — Viande Americaine is definitely food, but it isn't American. And so what? — Spring twilight comes late to northern France, and around 9, when we left the Marine Le Pen rally, a hush was settling across the countryside.
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican fundraisers can stomach Trump — if only he'd call — Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney had barely disembarked from the Silver Lake Express lift when the glad-handing and ribbing began in earnest. — “All right, guys, the old man is here,” he whooped to Ron Kaufman, one of his close advisers …
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN Host Called Out For Being ‘Obsessed With The Facts’ — Conservative David Rivkin, former counsel to Donald Rumsfeld, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that she was getting “obsessed with the facts” over the he said/he said status of Comey and Trump's statements regarding their meetings.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP to rollback some of Obama's Cuba policies — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Kellyanne complains about West Wing colleagues — REMEMBERING Zbig Brzezinski — ASHCROFT hired by Qatar — KATY TUR profile - B'DAY: Zeleny — DRIVING THE DAY — Good Saturday morning. THE BELMONT STAKES is 6:37 p.m. tonight on NBC.
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Masquerading as Reporter, Assassin Hunted Putin Foes in Ukraine — KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians have long struggled with fake news from Russia, but last week, they discovered something even more insidious: a fake journalist. — The man was tall and dapper. He wore a dark suit and spoke with a French accent.
Gloria Gomez / FOX13news:
Alleged neo-Nazi bomb-maker gets bond — Image Gallery — ORLANDO (FOX 13) - An Orlando home is where Brandon Russell will be spending all of his time while he awaits trial on explosives charges. — Federal Judge Thomas McCoun granted bond for Russell Friday, writing there was no clear …
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Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Joe Biden's niece dodges jail after $100K credit card scam — The wild-child niece of former Veep Joe Biden stole more than $100,000 in a credit card scam — and quietly cut a plea deal in Manhattan court that spares her any jail time, The Post has learned.
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Laura Nahmias / Politico:
De Blasio, media critic — Mayor Bill de Blasio, who rarely grants one-on-one interviews to local print or online media outlets, sat for a public conversation on Friday with BuzzFeed, using the forum largely to attack local media. — De Blasio's interview with BuzzFeed's editor in chief …
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Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio's Symbolism, Plastic-Wrapped in Arrogance
Mayor de Blasio's Symbolism, Plastic-Wrapped in Arrogance
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