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Associated Press:
Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats' emails — WASHINGTON (AP) — It was just before noon in Moscow on March 10, 2016, when the first volley of malicious messages hit the Hillary Clinton campaign. — The first 29 phishing emails were almost all misfires.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Memo Reveals Details of Hillary Clinton-DNC Deal — WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee struck a deal with Hillary Clinton in 2015 that gave her campaign input on some party hiring and spending decisions, but required they be related only to preparations for the general election, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How one word from Elizabeth Warren exposed the massive split in the Democratic Party
How one word from Elizabeth Warren exposed the massive split in the Democratic Party
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump pushes DOJ on Clinton, won't rule out firing Sessions
Trump pushes DOJ on Clinton, won't rule out firing Sessions
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Washington Post:
Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change — The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report stands in stark contrast to the administration's efforts …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials — WASHINGTON — Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration's position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled an exhaustive scientific report on Friday that says humans are the dominant cause …
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Steven E. Koonin / Wall Street Journal:
A Deceptive New Report on Climate
A Deceptive New Report on Climate
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New York Times:
Police Building Case to Arrest Harvey Weinstein in Sexual Assault Case — The police in New York on Friday said that they are investigating the claims of an actress who said Harvey Weinstein sexually attacked her seven years ago, and that they have developed a strong criminal case against him.
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Rebecca Keegan / Vanity Fair:
Paz de la Huerta Says Harvey Weinstein Raped Her Twice. Will That Bring Him to Justice? — Why police may now have a case. — In the fall of 2010, actress Paz de la Huerta was at her highest point professionally. Raised in SoHo and on the Lower East Side by a father descended …
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Bloomberg:
Cyprus Gave Manafort's Bank Records to Mueller Team, Sources Say — Files were received last week, just before U.S. indictments — FBI agents want to question bankers, lawyers in Cyprus: report — Authorities in Cyprus handed over bank and company records to U.S. investigators late …
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Conservative Republicans demand Mueller recuse himself over uranium deal
Conservative Republicans demand Mueller recuse himself over uranium deal
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Paul Manafort plans to file motion to suppress evidence ‘improperly obtained’ by search warrant or subpoena
Paul Manafort plans to file motion to suppress evidence ‘improperly obtained’ by search warrant or subpoena
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Tax Plan Is Political Suicide — It is a testament to the power of self-delusion that Republicans have convinced themselves that their political self-interest demands that they pass a deeply unpopular tax-cut plan. The House has designed a proposal that not only violates Senate budget rules …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Conservatives hit GOP tax bill for nixing adoption credit
Conservatives hit GOP tax bill for nixing adoption credit
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David Horsey / Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the right mouthpiece for a truth-twisting president — Top of the Ticket cartoon ((David Horsey / Los Angeles Times)) … Donald Trump is lucky to have Sarah Huckabee Sanders as his chief spokesperson. — I wouldn't have said that when she first got the job.
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CBS News:
Source who is being examined by special counsel: “It's every man for himself” — Less than a week after two top former Trump campaign officials were indicted and another adviser to the campaign had already pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, the pressure on others under scrutiny appears to be growing.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bots stoke racial strife in Virginia governor's race — Twitter bots are swarming into the Virginia governor's race and promoting chatter about a racially charged Democratic ad days before Election Day, according to a report commissioned by allies of Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam's campaign.
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Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Northam and Gillespie deadlocked; Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General races also tied — With just days remaining in the campaign, Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie are tied (47%-47%), while Libertarian Cliff Hyra garners three percent of likely voters …
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Associated Press:
Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House — WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House. But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he'd been thinking about her in the shower, she'd had enough.
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Daniel C. Drabik / The Harvard Crimson:
The Secret Harvard Fellowship of Sean Spicer — “Welcome everyone, just a reminder, our class today will be off the record.” — “Good morning, welcome to this invite-only breakfast, this event will be off the record.” — “Today's private forum will be off the record.” — “This lunch is off the record.”
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CNN:
Bowe Bergdahl receives dishonorable discharge, avoids jail time — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Fort Bragg, North Carolina (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 11:48 a.m.] — US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has received a dishonorable discharge but will avoid prison time for desertion and misbehavior …
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Bowe Bergdahl Is Dishonorably Discharged, but Avoids Prison for Desertion in Afghanistan
Bowe Bergdahl Is Dishonorably Discharged, but Avoids Prison for Desertion in Afghanistan
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Christi Lowe / ABC News:
Bowe Bergdahl will receive no prison time, judge rules
Bowe Bergdahl will receive no prison time, judge rules
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Hamilton Nolan / New York Times:
A Billionaire Destroyed His Newsrooms Out of Spite — Reporters, for all their flaws, tend to understand what's happening in their own newsrooms. It's their job to try to see things clearly. Often, what they see in their workplaces is low salaries, inept management and poor communication …
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Lizzie O'Leary / thecut:
The Things I Shrugged Off Then Horrify Me Now — What do you do when the big bank CEO calls your hotel room at 11 p.m.? — We were at the same resort for a conference. We were friendly but why did he need to know what I was doing at that hour? How did he even get my room number?
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Olbermann: I Probably Owe an Apology to George W. Bush — Far-left commentator Keith Olbermann said Friday on “The View” he probably owed George W. Bush an apology based on what the country has comparatively endured with the political rise of President Donald Trump.
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
‘The Saddest Thing’: President Trump Acknowledges Constraint — I'm beginning to think President Trump is playing a game of making Rod Rosenstein look bad. Every time the deputy attorney general opens his mouth, the President flamboyantly pulls the rug out from under him—in public.
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
House Tax-Cut Plan Hurtles Toward Senate Roadblock — ‘Byrd Rule’ would require changes to meet deficit target — Senate Republicans to release their version of bill next week — The draft House tax plan is going nowhere in the Senate as written. — The legislation to enact $1.41 trillion worth …
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Jessie Singer / BuzzFeed:
We Should Ban Cars From Big Cities. Seriously. — 6,000 Americans were killed by cars while walking city streets last year. As terrorists embrace this deadly power, car-free cities make even more sense. — In the coming days, politicians will try to convince you that what happened …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Person Who Deleted Trump's Twitter Account Said to Be Contractor — Twitter blamed the deletion of President Trump's Twitter account on Thursday night on a rogue customer support employee. That employee has since been hailed in social media as a hero and as a scourge for acting against the president …
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