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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
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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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Kenneth W. Starr / Washington Post:
Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers — Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, served as independent counsel in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration. — In the natural rhythm of government …
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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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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP Senate leaders aim to bring health-care legislation to the floor by end of June
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Liberal activists fear Mitch McConnell's secret health strategy is working
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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 — MORE FROM: … Megyn Kelly has completely overhauled her Sunday night show featuring Alex Jones, inviting Sandy Hook families on the program and editing her interview with Jones to be tougher on him, following all the backlash this week.
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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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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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Department of Homeland Security:
Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission of Memorandum Providing for Deferred Action for Parents …
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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
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence hires outside counsel to deal with Russia probe inquiries
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents — Aides and volunteers on Donald Trump's presidential transition were instructed Thursday to save any records related to “several pending investigations into potential attempts by Russia interests to influence the 2016 election,” according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.
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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 …
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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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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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The Kiss-Up That Wasn't — The media have a bad case of the Trumps.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Rage Is All the Rage, and It's Dangerous — A generation of media figures are cratering under the historical pressure of Donald Trump. — What we are living through in America is not only a division but a great estrangement. It is between those who support Donald Trump and those who despise him …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation — Republicans are wary of Sen. Chuck Grassley — 's (R-Iowa) decision to launch a Judiciary Committee investigation into the firing of former FBI director James Comey. — Grassley, the panel's chairman, took the step this week partly …
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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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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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Amy Sherman / Naked Politics:
Here's what Canova told media about Wasserman Schultz rematch — Tim Canova announced a rematch against U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz Thursday at a meeting of the Broward County Democratic progressive caucus. — After his speech, the Nova Southeastern University law professor took …
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