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Shane Harris / WSJ:
Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began — U.S. intelligence starting in the spring of 2015 detected conversations in which Russian government officials discussed meetings with Trump associates — WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence agencies starting …
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CBN.com:
President Trump to CBN's Pat Robertson: Putin Would Have Been Happier With Clinton — President Donald Trump sat down with CBN Founder Pat Robertson for an exclusive “700 Club” interview at the White House this morning. — It comes as the media firestorm over Russia and the election continues to dominate headlines.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he was unaware of son's meeting with Russian lawyer — 2 MIN READ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of his son Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last year with a Russian lawyer at the heart of a White House controversy …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lawyers want wall between Kushner, president — President Trump's outside legal team wants to wall off Jared Kushner from discussing the Russia investigation with his father-in-law, according to sources with direct knowledge of the discussions.
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Intel Committee Knew In April That Kushner Met Russian Lawyer — Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday said the panel knew about Jared Kushner's attendance of a June 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer as early as April.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation — WASHINGTON — Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether the Trump campaign's digital operation - overseen by Jared Kushner - helped guide Russia's …
Adam Pribila / IJR:
Roger Stone Alleges That He Knows Who Is Behind the White House Leaks — Much speculation has been made regarding the role former Trump presidential campaign advisor Roger Stone played in the various hacking and leaking scandals that plagued the 2016 election.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The investigation goes digital: Did someone point Russia to specific online targets?
The investigation goes digital: Did someone point Russia to specific online targets?
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Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Senate Intelligence Committee list of interviewees expands amid Trump Jr. email controversy
Senate Intelligence Committee list of interviewees expands amid Trump Jr. email controversy
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Are Donald Trump, Jr.,'s E-mails About Meeting with a Russian Lawyer Evidence of a Crime?
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Trump's First Non-Fox News Interview in Two Months Is With CBN's Pat Robertson
Trump's First Non-Fox News Interview in Two Months Is With CBN's Pat Robertson
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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Lawyer that met Don Jr. had ties to Russian government, spy agency
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
U.S. Democrats in new bid to push Russia and Iran sanctions bill
U.S. Democrats in new bid to push Russia and Iran sanctions bill
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Senate moderates sidelined in new Obamacare repeal bill — In a closed-door meeting of Senate Republican chairmen Wednesday, Lisa Murkowski ripped GOP leaders' attempt to scale back Medicaid spending in their Obamacare repeal bill. — The two matters were unrelated, she argued …
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Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Sen. Rand Paul: Senate GOP Decides to Keep Obamacare — I miss the old days, when Republicans stood for repealing Obamacare. Republicans across the country and every member of my caucus campaigned on repeal - often declaring they would tear out Obamacare “root and branch!”
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Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News:
Murkowski remains unhappy about GOP negotiations for the Senate health bill
Murkowski remains unhappy about GOP negotiations for the Senate health bill
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
McConnell Plans A Vote On A Health Care Bill Next Week, But Passage Prospects Are Murky
McConnell Plans A Vote On A Health Care Bill Next Week, But Passage Prospects Are Murky
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Congressman Brad Sherman:
Congressman Sherman Introduces Article of Impeachment: Obstruction of Justice — Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), joined by Congressman Al Green (D-TX), introduced an Article of Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House Democrat files article of impeachment against Trump — Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday that accuses the president of obstructing justice during the federal investigation of Russia's 2016 election interference.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Was Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Connect in U.S. Illegally? … Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. in New York last summer, said she was denied a U.S. visa in 2015. — She then asked federal prosecutors for permission to enter the U.S. to work on behalf of a client in a Manhattan.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road to Meet Regular Folks—With a Few Conditions — As he tours America, Facebook CEO appears at homes and businesses with little notice, asks not to be quoted; not always recognized — Mark Zuckerberg is trying to understand America, so he's embarked on a journey …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Exclusive: Video shows Trump with associates tied to email controversy — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Video obtained exclusively by CNN offers a new look inside the web of relationships now at the center of allegations of collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.
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New York Times:
Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos's Ear — WASHINGTON — The letters have come in to her office by the hundreds, heartfelt missives from college students, mostly men, who had been accused of rape or sexual assault. Some had lost scholarships. Some had been expelled.
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Project MIDAS:
Larsen C calves trillion ton iceberg — A one trillion tonne iceberg - one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10th July and Wednesday 12th July 2017, when a 5,800 square km section of Larsen C finally broke away.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Trump's tax cuts would give the poor $40 each and the ultrarich $940,000 — Researchers tried to run the numbers on Trump's ridiculously vague tax plan. They're not good. — A new analysis by the Tax Policy Center finds that the tax cuts included in the Trump administration's outline …
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Trump's proposals could hike taxes for nearly a quarter of the middle class
Trump's proposals could hike taxes for nearly a quarter of the middle class
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CNN:
Trump seen bowing in prayer during Oval Office session — (CNN)President Donald Trump, who has remained out of public view since returning from Europe late Saturday, welcomed evangelical leaders into the Oval Office on Monday for a prayer session. — Photos posted by some of the invitees show …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Big Trumpers Still Don't Get The Trouble They're In — One issue I've touched on here and there in my posts on the Russia probe is my abiding sense that especially the younger generation of Trumpers: Kushner, Don Jr., et al. just don't seem to grasp the magnitude of the trouble they're in …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robot contest — At the urging of President Donald Trump, U.S. officials have reversed course and decided to allow into the United States a group of Afghan girls hoping to participate in an international robotics competition next week …
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Amy Brittain / Washington Post:
State Department spent more than $15,000 for rooms at new Trump hotel in Vancouver — The State Department spent more than $15,000 to book 19 rooms at the new Trump hotel in Vancouver when members of President Trump's family headlined the grand opening of the tower in late February.
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Pete Madden / ABC News:
Jeff Sessions addresses ‘anti-LGBT hate group,’ but DOJ won't release his remarks — Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech to an alleged hate group at an event closed to reporters on Tuesday night, but the Department of Justice is refusing to reveal what he said.
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Millions of Verizon customer records exposed in security lapse — Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed. — An Israeli technology company has exposed millions of Verizon customer records, ZDNet has learned.
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Alisyn Camerota / CNN:
Why I'm breaking up with Twitter — Alisyn Camerota is a CNN anchor and co-host on CNN's morning show “New Day.” The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. — (CNN)Dear Twitter (attn: trolls), — It's over. I'm breaking up with you. — I know, it's sad.
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