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Bloomberg:
Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting — Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.
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RedState, Talking Points Memo and Politicus USA
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NBC News:
Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury — WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …
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NPR, The Week, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, Politico, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and emptywheel
New York Times:
Trump Foreign Policy Advisers Were Brought On to Solve a Political Problem. Now They Are One. — WASHINGTON — One lasted only 24 days as President Trump's national security adviser, done in by his lack of candor about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador.
Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
FBI affidavit: George Papadopoulos said Trump campaign OK'd meeting with Russians — George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Trump's campaign who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, reportedly said in an email that a pre-election meeting with Russian officials had been agreed to by the Trump campaign.
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Raw Story
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Los Angeles Times:
First charges against former Trump aides reveal an aggressive strategy by Mueller
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe
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The Hill, Splinter, ABC News, RedState and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
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IJR
New York Times:
Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11 — A driver plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling the deadliest terrorist attack on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
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New York Times:
From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror Attack Suspect — Sayfullo Saipov's arrival in the United States in 2010 began unceremoniously in Ohio. — “My dad introduced him as 'he's new to the United States and he's going to stay with us,'” said Bekhzod Abdusamatov, 22 …
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The Guardian, ThinkProgress, CBS Miami and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Terror suspect was a ‘very friendly’ Uzbek immigrant who drove for Uber
Terror suspect was a ‘very friendly’ Uzbek immigrant who drove for Uber
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NPR and The Gateway Pundit
Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties
New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties
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AOL, RedState and Washington Free Beacon
NBC New York:
8 Dead After Truck Driver Plows Through Bike Path, Into School Bus in Apparent Act of Terror
8 Dead After Truck Driver Plows Through Bike Path, Into School Bus in Apparent Act of Terror
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The Atlantic, Occidental Dissent, The Gateway Pundit, RT, Patterico's Pontifications and Clayton Cramer
New York Post:
8 killed as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack
8 killed as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Week, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and JustOneMinute
Washington Post:
New York City vehicle attack was an ‘act of terror’ with at least eight dead, mayor says
New York City vehicle attack was an ‘act of terror’ with at least eight dead, mayor says
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abc7ny.com, Al Jazeera English, CBS Miami, CBS New York, Power Line, Business Insider, ABC News, CNBC, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, 105.9 FM and AM 630, CBS Dallas, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com, The Week, New York's PIX11, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Monthly, IJR, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Special counsel: Manafort's stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves federal court, October 30 (Keith Lane/Getty Images) — Onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort keeps three U.S. passports with different identification numbers …
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Raw Story
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why the Mueller Indictments Should Terrify Trump
Why the Mueller Indictments Should Terrify Trump
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ACS Blog, The Hill, The Guardian and Business Insider
Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
House GOP delays tax bill rollout — House Republicans postponed the much-anticipated rollout of their tax reform proposal Tuesday night, an ominous sign for a direly needed legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump and his party. — House Ways and Means Committee members spent …
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Axios, New York Magazine, ABC News, IJR and Weekly Standard
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Tax Plan Won't Cut Rate for Highest Earners
GOP Tax Plan Won't Cut Rate for Highest Earners
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Washington Post and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Release of GOP tax bill to be delayed until Thursday
Release of GOP tax bill to be delayed until Thursday
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Weekly Standard, The Week, Business Insider and Bloomberg
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks — The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip. — President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …
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Axios, KTLA, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller's way
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller's way
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Mother Jones and Shareblue Media
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump resists mounting pressure from Bannon and others to fight Mueller
Trump resists mounting pressure from Bannon and others to fight Mueller
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New York Times, Vox, Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sarah Sanders Claims John Kelly Learned Civil War Nonsense From Ken Burns. She's Probably Right. — Last night, in an interview with right-wing talk-show host Laura Ingraham, White House chief of staff John Kelly expressed his view that the Civil War was the tragic result of …
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, Reuters, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Kos, IJR, Washington Monthly, CNN and Scripting News
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Polling techniques may account for erratic predictions in Virginia — At first blush, polling in Virginia's closely watched race for governor looks all over the map, from a 17-point lead for Democrat Ralph Northam to an 8-point advantage for Republican Ed Gillespie.
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New York Times:
Manafort's Spending Fails to Impress in Wealthy Enclaves — WASHINGTON — Look closely enough, and the document charging Paul Manafort with money laundering, tax evasion and foreign lobbying reads less like a 12-count federal indictment and more like the ultimate spendthrift whodunit.
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New Yorker
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR's top editor placed on leave after accusations of sexual harassment — NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them while he was employed by another news organization nearly two decades ago.
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NPR, Deadline, New York Times, AOL and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Natasha Bach / Fortune:
Billionaire Tom Steyer's Petition to Impeach Trump Has Collected Over 1 Million Signatures — California billionaire and political activist Tom Steyer has put some serious money behind impeaching Trump—and it looks like his efforts might be paying off, at least in terms of signatures.
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RedState and MichelleMalkin.com
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump Hotels and Ivanka Trump rank near bottom in brand survey — YouGov will announce today that out of all 1,600+ brands for which it conducts daily consumer perception surveys, both the Trump Hotels and Ivanka Trump brands fall in the bottom 10. — YouGov BrandIndex began tracking …