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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner's business dealings — Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller is investigating the finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, as part of the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House aides fret over Trump's Russia probe obsession — Donald Trump received three separate assurances from then-FBI Director James Comey that the president was not personally under investigation — but he may now be under investigation because he couldn't let his obsession go.
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New York Times:
Trump Transition Team Orders Former Aides to Preserve Russia-Related Materials
Trump Transition Team Orders Former Aides to Preserve Russia-Related Materials
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Kenneth W. Starr / Washington Post:
Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers
Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
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New York Times:
Mueller, Known for Being Above the Fray, Is Now in the Thick of It
Mueller, Known for Being Above the Fray, Is Now in the Thick of It
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
How Autocratic Is He? — Masha Gessen on whether Trump …
How Autocratic Is He? — Masha Gessen on whether Trump …
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Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric's wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs — She's arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump's wedding.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump appoints family event planner to oversee NY federal housing: report
Trump appoints family event planner to oversee NY federal housing: report
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
We asked 8 Senate Republicans to explain what their health bill is trying to do — Senate Republicans can't answer simple and critical questions about the health care bill they're crafting in secret. — Some still can't say what it's trying to do — other than garner enough votes to pass the Senate …
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Liberal activists fear Mitch McConnell's secret health strategy is working — After the election, Joyce Vansean had little trouble convincing protesters to march against Donald Trump's travel ban. It hasn't taken a ton of work for her to find people who will make calls to defend net neutrality.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP Senate leaders aim to bring health-care legislation to the floor by end of June
GOP Senate leaders aim to bring health-care legislation to the floor by end of June
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate likely to miss its Obamacare repeal deadline
Senate likely to miss its Obamacare repeal deadline
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Scoops Megyn Kelly And Proves The Media Isn't Ready For The Trolls — Thursday evening, Alex Jones dropped a bomb on Twitter. After a week of roiling controversy surrounding the conspiracy theorist's upcoming interview with Megyn Kelly, Jones announced a plan to take the interview into his own hands and scoop NBC.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly interview completely overhauled after backlash
Megyn Kelly interview completely overhauled after backlash
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say — The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel's probe of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise — WASHINGTON — President Trump has officially reversed his campaign pledge to deport the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children. — The Department of Homeland …
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Business Wire:
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods Market — Whole Foods Market ranked #28 and Amazon ranked #2 on Fortune's 2017 list of World's Most Admired Companies — SEATTLE & AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) today announced that they have entered …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion — Amazon said Friday it plans to acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 a share, in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. — Whole Foods' John Mackey will remain CEO of the grocery store chain after the deal closes …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Man on a Wire: Mike Pence's Tightrope Act — Right around the time Donald Trump was boarding Air Force One en route to Saudi Arabia, soon to escape a capital city obsessed with investigations into his campaign's ties with Russia and the firing of FBI Director James Comey …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence's balancing act as Trump's No. 2 shows signs of strain amid WH turmoil
Pence's balancing act as Trump's No. 2 shows signs of strain amid WH turmoil
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence hires outside counsel to deal with Russia probe inquiries
Pence hires outside counsel to deal with Russia probe inquiries
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
With shift on Cuba, Trump could undercut his company's hotel-industry rivals — By rolling back Obama-era policies that allowed more private business investment in Cuba, President Trump would be leveraging the power of his office, like others who came before him, to shift Washington's approach to the communist island.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Moving to Scuttle Obama Legacy, Donald Trump to Crack Down on Cuba
Moving to Scuttle Obama Legacy, Donald Trump to Crack Down on Cuba
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Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics — The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove. — This is the first time the president's overall approval rating has hit the 50% mark since late April.
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BuzzFeed:
From Russia With Blood — Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic meant stunning perks - but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies …
Olivia Solon / The Guardian:
Revealed: Facebook exposed identities of moderators to suspected terrorists — A security lapse that affected more than 1,000 workers forced one moderator into hiding - and he still lives in constant fear for his safety — Facebook put the safety of its content moderators at risk …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP sirens blare over Georgia special election — The GOP is bracing for the prospect of a loss in Tuesday's Georgia's special election that could have far-reaching implications for President Donald Trump and his party's fortunes in 2018. — As grim confidential polling data circulates …
Anne Branigin / Fusion:
Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise's Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman — Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip who was shot by a gunman who attacked a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, has kept company with racists. He was forced to apologize for speaking at an international conference …
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