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Washington Post:
Upstairs at home, with the TV on, Trump fumes over Russia indictments — President Trump woke before dawn on Monday and burrowed in at the White House residence to wait for the Russia bombshell he knew was coming. — Separated from most of his West Wing staff — who fretted …
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The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller … Steve Bannon spoke on the phone with his old boss, Donald Trump, on Monday and offered a message: get yourself some new lawyers. — The former White House chief strategist has grown increasingly concerned …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia — Look at the whole story and tell me this isn't suspicious. — Two things are true about the indictments unsealed by special counsel Bob Mueller Monday: — They don't provide a “smoking gun” …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Got Early Word Russia Had Democrats' Emails — WASHINGTON — The indictment of a 30-year-old campaign aide — so green that he listed Model United Nations in his qualifications — shifted the narrative on Monday of the Trump campaign's interactions with Russia …
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Associated Press:
Trump fumes as Mueller probe enters new phase with charges — WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Muller's charges Monday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other aides marked a new phase in his sprawling investigation into Russia and President Donald Trump …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Robert Mueller Is Just Beginning to Put the Pressure On — The White House talking points must have gone out early on Monday morning. Because, before the charges filed against Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, and Rick Gates, Manafort's longtime deputy, had been unsealed …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel's office: Papadopoulos ‘small part’ of ‘large scale investigation’ — Washington (CNN)Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos' guilty plea Monday appears to hint toward even more threads of the ongoing Russia collusion investigation than what the court revealed.
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Marcy Wheeler / The Intercept:
Monday's Indictment is Very, Very Bad News For Attorney General Jeff Sessions — The biggest news of Mueller Monday — the roll out of a money laundering indictment against Trump's former campaign adviser, Paul Manafort and campaign aide Rick Gates, and the unsealing of a false statements plea deal …
Bloomberg:
Mueller Raises Pressure on Trump With Papadopoulos-Russia Link — Using junior aide as cooperating witness, he's after others — Court filing suggests campaign aides aware of Russian attempts — The first charges unsealed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of the presidential election suggest …
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New York Times:
Is the White House Scared Yet? — You know it's a bad day for the White House when the president's former campaign chairman is charged with money laundering, tax fraud, making false statements and failing to register as a foreign agent — and that is only the second most damaging story of the morning.
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NBC News:
Sources: Podesta Group, Mercury Are Companies ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Indictment — WASHINGTON — The lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs are the unnamed companies in the grand jury indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America — On Monday morning, after America learned …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Both Campaigns Sought Russian Dirt. Clinton's Way Was Legal.
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BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort
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Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
First Charges In Mueller's Russia Probe Stem From Trump Admin's Earliest Days
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Republican Judiciary chairman: Trump should let Mueller do his job
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Lawfare:
Robert Mueller's Show of Strength: A Quick and Dirty Analysis
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J.J. Gallagher / ABC News:
Trump ex-adviser ‘probably’ discussed Russia with staffer charged in Mueller probe
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CNN:
Trump ‘seething’ as Mueller probe reaches former aides
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the White House as the first Russia indictments came out
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
How bad will Mueller probe get for Trump? The Papadopoulos plea may be a big tell.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Pat Robertson Says Trump Should Issue ‘Blanket Pardon’ for Indictments: 'He's Got to Shut This Down'
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Tony Podesta stepping down from lobbying giant amid Mueller probe
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mueller's First Indictments Send a Message to Trump
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Paul Manafort's Ambition Set the Stage for His Downfall
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Gothamist
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
'Putin's Niece' Catfished Trump Aide, Offered Kremlin Meeting
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Kelly wants investigation into allegations surrounding Clinton — In a Fox News interview, John Kelly said he thought an investigation was needed into funding from Hillary Clinton's campaign and the DNC for the research behind the Trump/Russia dossier, and Clinton's involvement in the Uranium One deal.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Schools John Kelly On History Of Civil War And ‘Compromise’
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
John Kelly Pins Civil War on ‘Lack of Ability to Compromise’
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Kelly defends Confederate statues: 'History's history'
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Politico
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook estimates 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pages — Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet …
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Kevin Spacey is another ‘everyone knew’ — who else does Hollywood know about? — MORE FROM: … As with Harvey Weinstein, it seems plenty in Hollywood knew all about Kevin Spacey. — And even though they kept their mouths shut — ensuring nothing but more entitlement, more boldness …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Netflix Cancels ‘House Of Cards’, Says It's “Deeply Troubled” Over Kevin Spacey Claims
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Preet Bharara Reads Bob Mueller's Tea Leaves — Subscribe to Off Message on Apple Podcasts here. Subscribe via Stitcher here. — NEW YORK—Preet Bharara won't say whether he was investigating President Donald Trump when he was fired in March or whether he's seen anything that's informed …
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Alice Paul Tapper / New York Times:
I'm 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands. — Last year on a fourth-grade field trip, I noticed that all the boys stood in the front and raised their hands while most of the girls politely stayed in the back and were quiet. It made me upset. — On the car ride home I told my mom about what happened.
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