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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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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Megyn Kelly Exposed by Alex Jones in Leaked Audio Recordings … Alex Jones, the conspiracy-theorizing host of the Infowars website whose controversial interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly is set to air Sunday night, has fallen back to the argument of every disgruntled interviewee: “They took me out of context.”
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Alex Jones releases more secretly taped Megyn Kelly audio; NBC responds
Alex Jones releases more secretly taped Megyn Kelly audio; NBC responds
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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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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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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NBC slams Alex Jones, but is still airing Megyn Kelly's interview with him
NBC slams Alex Jones, but is still airing Megyn Kelly's interview with him
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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
White House aides fret over Trump's Russia probe obsession
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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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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:
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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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 …
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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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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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Amazon to Buy Whole Foods in $13.4 Billion Deal
Amazon to Buy Whole Foods in $13.4 Billion Deal
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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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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
White House says no determination yet on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
White House says no determination yet on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
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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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
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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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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 …
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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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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miamiherald:
Trump recasts Cuba policy, takes harder line than Obama on military, travel — In an overhaul of one of his predecessor's signature legacies, President Donald Trump will redraw U.S. policy toward Cuba on Friday, tightening travel restrictions for Americans that had been loosened under President Barack Obama …
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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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CNN:
Judge finds Michelle Carter guilty of manslaughter in texting suicide case — (CNN)In a case that hinged largely on a teenage couple's intimate text messages, Michelle Carter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the 2014 death of her boyfriend, who poisoned himself …
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