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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 — WASHINGTON — Members of President Trump's transition team were ordered on Thursday to preserve documents and other materials related to the investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election …
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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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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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
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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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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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Hollywood Reporter:
Alex Jones Releases Megyn Kelly Audio Online Ahead of NBC Broadcast
Alex Jones Releases Megyn Kelly Audio Online Ahead of NBC Broadcast
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Dan Lyman / Infowars:
Leaked audio means to set the record straight — Alex Jones …
Leaked audio means to set the record straight — Alex Jones …
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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:
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
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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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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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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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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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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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Bloomberg:
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion — Deal allows outspoken Whole Foods co-founder to remain CEO — Activist investor Jana Partners has pushed grocer to seek deal — Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, a bombshell of a deal that catapults …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion
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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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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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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 …
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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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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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Dems ask themselves: Has their rhetoric gone too far? — The year was 2009 and Nancy Pelosi had an emotional message to deliver to Republicans: The GOP's increasingly extreme rhetoric was bound to incite violence. — “I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Empire Strikes Back — Along with many others …