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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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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump appears to confirm obstruction investigation, attack Rosenstein in morning tweet rant — President Trump fired off tweets Friday morning attacking the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and apparently, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Declares War on Rosenstein: ‘He Has No Qualms About Throwing Him Under a Bus’ … President Donald Trump woke up on Friday and decided to publicly confirm that he is under criminal investigation—and to put his deputy attorney general in the line of fire.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump allies on the offensive against Mueller — President Trump's legal team and political allies have launched a preemptive strike against special counsel Robert Mueller. — Trump's backers are furious about a story that appeared Wednesday in The Washington Post, in which five anonymous sources alleged …
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CNN:
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Mueller hires more than a dozen lawyers for Russia probe, plans to hire more
Mueller hires more than a dozen lawyers for Russia probe, plans to hire more
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Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway and Washington Free Beacon
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's staff grows to 13, with ‘several more in the pipeline’
Mueller's staff grows to 13, with ‘several more in the pipeline’
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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.”
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Alex Jones releases more secretly taped Megyn Kelly audio; NBC responds — Alex Jones released more pre-interview audio of Megyn Kelly late Thursday night and early Friday that includes the NBC News host saying Jones “became very fascinating” to her while separately assuring him the interview won't be “some kind of gotcha piece.”
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The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
YouTube:
Alex Jones Megyn Kelly Full Interview Leaked
Alex Jones Megyn Kelly Full Interview Leaked
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Media Matters for America, New York Times, Business Insider and RedState
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Megyn Kelly interview completely overhauled after backlash
Megyn Kelly interview completely overhauled after backlash
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Infowars, Media Matters for America, Hollywood Reporter and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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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Los Angeles Times:
Republican secrecy faces mounting criticism as GOP senators work behind closed doors to repeal Obamacare — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), speaking here to reporters, is facing increasing criticism that GOP leaders are developing their Obamacare repeal in secret. (Getty Images)
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Media Matters for America, Business Insider, Politicus USA, NBC News and Washington Post
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Murkowski ‘committed’ to funding Planned Parenthood — Sen. Lisa Murkowski has assured an Alaska constituent that she's committed to preserving Planned Parenthood funding as part of a health care bill — the strongest line she's drawn yet over one of the most controversial elements of the Obamacare repeal effort.
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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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Vox, RedState, Daily Kos and Politicus USA
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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Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Fusion
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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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.
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 …
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Daily Kos, Mediaite, Shareblue and Political Insider blog
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Beware of Blaming Government for London Tower Fire — Perhaps safety rules could have saved some residents. But at what cost to others' lives? There's always a trade-off. — A few days ago fire swept through Grenfell Tower, a large apartment building in London.
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Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Live Grenfell Tower: Angry protesters gather at site of tragedy and crowd marches on Downing Street
Live Grenfell Tower: Angry protesters gather at site of tragedy and crowd marches on Downing Street
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Townhall.com, CNBC, RedState, London Evening Standard and The Daily Caller
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director — Trump: Russia investigation a witch hunt — (CNN)House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional …
New York Times:
Michelle Carter Is Guilty of Manslaughter in Texting Suicide Case — TAUNTON, Mass. — A young woman who sent a barrage of text messages to another teenager urging him to kill himself was found guilty Friday of involuntary manslaughter in a case that many legal experts had expected to result in an acquittal.
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Frances Martel / Breitbart:
In Miami, Trump Applauds Cuban Victims of Communism: ‘Now We Hold the Cards’ — In Miami, the heart of America's Cuban exile community, President Donald Trump sounded the death knell of predecessor Barack Obama's “normalization” policy towards Cuba, vowing," we will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer."
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CNN, Fox News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump announces revisions to parts of Obama's Cuba policy
Trump announces revisions to parts of Obama's Cuba policy
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Politico
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Rep. Scalise remains in critical condition, hospital ‘encouraged’ by ‘improvement’ in last 36 hours — Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition, hospital officials said this afternoon, after the House majority whip and three others were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday.
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Axios, Politico and Associated Press
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Minn. officer acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile during traffic stop — The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was acquitted on all charges by a jury Friday, a decision that came nearly a year after the encounter …
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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Breitbart, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit and Infowars
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump? — The yearning in the character of Donald Trump for dominance and praise is bottomless, a hunger that is never satisfied. Last week, the President gathered his Cabinet for a meeting with no other purpose than to praise him …
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 …
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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Washington Post, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Week
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, hires his own lawyer in Russia probe — MIAMI — Michael Cohen, who for years has served as President Trump's personal attorney, has hired a lawyer of his own to help him navigate the expanding Russia investigation. — Cohen confirmed Friday …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire