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Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation — Some of President Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing …
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New York Times:
Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Mueller's Investigators — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use …
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Investigating Possible Money Laundering by Paul Manafort — Probe by Mueller into former Trump campaign manager is part of examination of Russian meddling in election — WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible money laundering by Paul Manafort …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spokesman for Trump's legal team resigns just two months after starting — Mark Corallo had grown frustrated with operation and warring factions, sources say. — The spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team has resigned within two months of being on the job, according to people familiar with the matter.
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CNN:
Trump reshuffling legal team — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump is reshuffling his legal team as special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation moves full steam ahead. — The developments come one day after Trump suggested an aggressive pushback against his investigators …
Bloomberg:
Here's the Chain Reaction Trump Could Set Off by Trying to Fire Mueller — Warning on Russia investigation renews speculation of firing — Dismissing Mueller ‘not politically survivable,’ Democrat says — President Donald Trump's interview with the New York Times on Wednesday …
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GOP senators dismayed at Trump's criticism of DOJ officials
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Rebecca Berg / Real Clear Politics:
Grassley: Subpoenas Ready for Trump Jr., Manafort
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump's public Russia comments could cause legal headaches for him — and his kids
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director — President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director, according to two sources familiar with the planning. — Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Steve Bannon's disappearing act — Steve Bannon has largely disappeared from the White House's most sensitive policy debates — a dramatic about-face for an operative once characterized as the most powerful man in Washington. — Bannon, chastened by internal rivalries …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Scaramucci under consideration for White House communications post
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CNN:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors — Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
During ‘Made in America Week,’ President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club applies to hire 70 foreign workers — President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House's “Made in America Week” …
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Jeremy Singer-Vine / BuzzFeed:
More Foreign Workers Requested By Trump's Mar-A-Lago
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
Billionaire GOP donor out of politics calls Trump ‘abortion of a human’ — TALLAHASSEE — Billionaire health care mogul and GOP megadonor Mike Fernandez has one message to Republicans who don't stand up to President Donald Trump: Grow a pair. — “All the Republicans who hide behind the flag …
Erin Durkin / New York Daily News:
NYC law that makes dog-sitting illegal without kennel license triggers rage from pet lovers — Pet lovers are barking mad over a little-known city rule that makes dog-sitting illegal in New York. — Health Department rules ban anyone from taking money to care for an animal outside a licensed kennel …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News turns to Hillary Clinton amid negative news for Trump — Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’ — As a cloud of negative news hangs over President Donald Trump and his administration, a familiar face has been all over the airwaves on Fox News: Hillary Clinton.
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Annie Pfeifer / New York Times:
Help! My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump
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Spencer Dukoff / New York Daily News:
Katie Couric says fake news is ‘tearing’ America ‘apart at the seams’ — Katie Couric has (almost) seen it all. — Still, little has prepared the world-famous journalist for the phenomenon she says is currently “tearing [America] apart at the seams”: fake news.
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Yeah, Trump Is Probably Going to Fire Robert Mueller — The Trump New York Times interview was, as Jim pointed out, a wholly gratuitous slap at Jeff Sessions (that aside, the interview is classic, madcap, highly entertaining Trump, e.g. “Napoleon finished a little bit bad").
TMZ.com:
Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging (UPDATE) — 12:32 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide. We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee.
Chris Conte / WTVF-TV:
White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get A Vasectomy — Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that is being called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Dept. ordered Glacier park chief, other climate expert pulled from Zuckerberg tour — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg flew to Glacier National Park on Saturday to tour the melting ice fields that have become the poster child for climate change's effects on Montana's northern Rockies.
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Alex Morey / FIRE:
BREAKING: UC Berkeley will host Ben Shapiro event, pay fees after College Republicans accuse university of censorship — The University of California, Berkeley has confirmed to FIRE it will host an on-campus event sponsored by the Berkeley College Republicans featuring conservative commentator Ben Shapiro …
Jim O’Sullivan / BostonGlobe.com:
Protests greet House Speaker Paul Ryan in Lawrence — LAWRENCE — US House Speaker Paul D. Ryan pitched the outlines of his tax reform package at a sneaker factory Thursday, promising congressional Republicans are more united on that issue than over their ailing health care plan.
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Key Trumpcare Holdout Says He's A Yes If Guaranteed A Vote On His Amendment — For months, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been a staunch critic of Senate Republicans' replacement for the Affordable Care Act, publicly blasting it as “Obamacare-lite” because it leaves many of the law's taxes …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP's latest health care push sputters
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Louise Mensch's Destructive Fantasies — Mensch, a former British MP, is now the purveyor of fantastical conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia. — A few years back, my father and I voluntarily submitted ourselves to an episode of Question Time, a long-running program on the BBC …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie's last big move could be filling Menendez's seat — Gov. Chris Christie is the most unpopular governor in the country, but in his last days in office he may get to exercise enormous influence nationally: Choosing a successor to embattled U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez …
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