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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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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.
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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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dem senator calls for Kushner to resign from White House
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
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
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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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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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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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The Hill:
Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team — The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump — 's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign …
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Committee on the Judiciary:
JUDICIARY DEMS DEMAND ANSWERS ON DOJ SETTLEMENT OF FRAUD CASE HANDLED BY RUSSIAN LAWYER WHO MET WITH TRUMP JR.
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Trump's First Non-Fox News Interview in Two Months Is With CBN's Pat Robertson
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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
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican threatens new Clinton investigations unless Democrats stop talking about Russia
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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
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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 …
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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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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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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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Kelly won't commit to defending DACA in court — An Obama-era deportation relief program may soon face a legal challenge — and the Trump administration won't commit to defending it, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Hispanic lawmakers at a closed-door meeting Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
DHS's Kelly tells Hispanic caucus DACA might not survive court challenge
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Watchdog Group Sues Trump Campaign, Roger Stone Over Wikileaks Email Dump — United to Protect Democracy, a nonprofit watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in connection with Wikileaks' publication …
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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
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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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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 …
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