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Alec Luhn / Telegraph:
US embassy hires security firm of former Russian spy who worked with Putin — The US embassy in Moscow is to be guarded by a company owned by a former head of KGB counter-intelligence who worked with British double agent Kim Philby and young Vladimir Putin, after cuts to US staff demanded by Russia.
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Trump: When will ‘haters and fools’ realize relationship with Russia is good — President Trump on Saturday hit back at critics of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the comments he made afterward, asking when “the haters and fools” will realize a strong relationship with Russia is good.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CIA: Director ‘stands by’ Russian interference assessment — The CIA on Saturday said its director, Mike Pompeo — , “stands by” the intelligence community's declassified report that concluded Russia ran an influence campaign aimed at helping President Trump win the White House in 2016.
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New York Magazine, twitchy.com, Politicus USA and IJR
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
CIA director stands by intel community assessment Russia meddled in election
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Associated Press, New York Times, Business Insider, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, IJR, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump, Putin issue joint statement on fighting ISIS in Syria
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Politico, The Daily Caller, FOX31 Denver, Washington Monthly, Politicus USA, The Hill, The Guardian and ThinkProgress
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Says Putin ‘Means It’ About Not Meddling
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Power Line, Washington Examiner, Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Towleroad and CNN
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Donald Trump says ‘people will die’ as a result of focus on Russia allegations
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Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign's Russia dealings: sources
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Shareblue Media and Balloon Juice
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case — A 36-year-old lawyer who has never tried a case and who was unanimously deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association has been approved for a lifetime federal district judgeship by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here's How. — WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol, where Donald F. McGahn II, the soon-to-be White House counsel, filled a white board …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Moore colleague: ‘Common knowledge’ that he dated high school girls — A former colleague of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore said Saturday that it was “common knowledge” that the Alabama Republican dated high school girls when he worked in the Etowah County District Attorney's Office in the 1980s.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Democrat: Effort to delay Alabama Senate election like a ‘dictatorship’ — (D-Hawaii) on Saturday blasted a reported attempt by some Republican state lawmakers to have Alabama's governor delay a special Senate election on Dec. 12 amid explosive allegations against GOP candidate Roy Moore, likening such a move to that of a dictatorship.
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Drew Hinshaw / Wall Street Journal:
Polish Nationalist Youth March Draws Thousands in Capital — Crowd of mostly young people carries banners that read ‘Europe Will Be White’ and ‘Clean Blood’ — WARSAW—Tens of thousands of Poles marched across downtown Warsaw on Saturday, in an independence-day procession organized …
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New York Magazine and Al Jazeera English
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Gal Gadot will only be ‘Wonder Woman’ again if Brett Ratner is out — MORE FROM: … “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is continuing to battle accused Hollywood sexual harasser Brett Ratner by refusing to sign for a superhero sequel unless the movie-maker is completely killed from the franchise.
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Maureen Ryan / Variety:
‘Supergirl,’ ‘Arrow’ Producer Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations by Warner Bros.
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson met ‘London professor’ linked to FBI's Russia investigation — Fresh questions as photograph emerges of Joseph Mifsud and foreign secretary at Brexit dinner … Boris Johnson is facing questions about the government's links to key individuals named by the FBI …
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ThinkProgress, Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and The Hill
David Siders / Politico:
Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California — VATICAN CITY—On his way to the United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany, this week, Jerry Brown stopped over at the Vatican, where a doleful group of climate scientists, politicians and public health officials had convened …
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Government confirms intervention of Russian hackers in Catalan crisis — Speaking after weekly Cabinet meeting, defense minister announces Spain will raise issue at EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday — Compartir en Facebook Compartir en Twitter Ver comentarios
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Prophet of Affirmative Action — In the late 1960s, Yale Law School adopted a quota system for African-American applicants. Putting aside its normal criteria for admission, Yale decided that future law school classes would be 10% black, regardless of qualifications.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘America first’ looks more and more like ‘America alone’ — HANOI — On his third day in office, President Trump signed an executive memorandum withdrawing the United States from a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade accord that had been painstakingly negotiated over a decade by two of his White House predecessors.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump to Asia: Unite on North Korea, but Go It Alone on Trade
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