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Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — President Trump over the summer repeatedly urged senior Senate Republicans, including the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to end the panel's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election …
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Flynn to Plead Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, will plead guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about a conversation with the Russian ambassador last December. — The plea was the latest indication …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Flynn charged with one count of making false statement — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn with “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the FBI regarding conversations with Russia's ambassador.
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Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Charged With Lying to FBI … Michael Flynn has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI, according to an indictment filed by the special counsel's office Friday. Flynn will reportedly plead guilty to the charge, which alleges he misled FBI agents during …
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Michael Flynn reaches plea deal on charge of lying to FBI in Russia probe — Lt. Gen Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, has reached a plea deal with the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.
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CNBC:
Michael Flynn, Trump's ex-national security adviser, is expected to plead guilty Friday to lying to the FBI — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn is expected to plead guilty Friday morning to lying to the FBI. — Flynn is the first Trump administration official …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn charged with making false statement to the FBI — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was charged Friday with making a false statement to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, marking another monumental development in the wide-ranging probe of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Have We Been Lied to About the Kate Steinle Case? — The illegal immigrant who killed Kate Steinle in 2015 was found not guilty of her murder by a San Francisco jury today. Outrageous, right? — Before the killing, Garcia Zarate had been released from a San Francisco jail despite a standing federal deportation order.
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Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
Kate Steinle trial: Garcia Zarate acquitted in San Francisco pier killing — A homeless man whose undocumented immigration status intensified a national debate over the ethics of sanctuary laws was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Thursday in the shooting of Kate Steinle …
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John Diaz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Kate Steinle's family talks about the anguish and frustration — As they awaited the verdict in the trial of Kate Steinle's accused killer, her parents and brother had one overriding wish. It had nothing to do with the severity of the defendant's conviction.
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Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
Kate Steinle's accused killer found not guilty of murder
Kate Steinle's accused killer found not guilty of murder
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
DOJ weighing federal charges in Kate Steinle murder case, after not guilty verdict
DOJ weighing federal charges in Kate Steinle murder case, after not guilty verdict
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Lyanne Melendez / abc7news.com:
Kate Steinle suspect found not guilty, acquitted of murder and manslaughter
Kate Steinle suspect found not guilty, acquitted of murder and manslaughter
Bloomberg:
Senate GOP Working to Address Deficit Concerns (8:14 a.m.) — Senate Republicans made a lot of progress overnight in crafting a new approach to address deficit concerns in their sweeping tax legislation, according to a Senate GOP aide. — More work remains in the next few hours …
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Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Inspector general launches inquiry into whether Treasury hid Republican tax bill analysis
Inspector general launches inquiry into whether Treasury hid Republican tax bill analysis
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Why it's such a big deal the Senate tax bill would add $1 trillion to debt
Why it's such a big deal the Senate tax bill would add $1 trillion to debt
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Washington Post:
Trump tells confidants that a government shutdown might be good for him … President Trump has told others that a government shutdown could be good for him politically and is focusing on his hard-line immigration stance as a way to win back supporters unhappy with his outreach to Democrats this fall …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
DACA advocates see efforts gaining steam in the House
DACA advocates see efforts gaining steam in the House
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump White House Faces Prospect of More Senior Departures — Secretary of State Tillerson is most likely to leave as first anniversary approaches, say officials — WASHINGTON—The White House is facing the prospect of another round of senior departures in the coming weeks …
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Claire Spellberg / Decider:
Meredith Vieira Found A “Huge Bag Of Sex Toys” In Matt Lauer's Office — When it rains, it pours. Today, TMZ unearthed a video of Meredith Vieira calling out ex-NBC host Matt Lauer for having a “huge bag of sex toys” hidden in his office closet. — Back in 2016, Lauer …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing
Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing
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NPR:
Transcript: Paul Ryan's Full Interview With NPR's Steve Inskeep — President Trump wants a tax overhaul plan passed by Christmas. Both the Senate and the House have versions of the plan with the goal of cutting taxes. Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to House Speaker Paul Ryan …
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Walmart pulls threatening shirt at RTDNA's urging — UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after Walmart removed the shirt from its website, Teespring.com, the third-party seller that had been offering the shirt on Walmart.com removed it from its site as well. — The nation's largest retailer Wednesday removed …
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Walmart Pulls T-Shirts That Hint At Lynching Journalists
Walmart Pulls T-Shirts That Hint At Lynching Journalists
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Erik Prince testifies before House Intelligence Committee — Erik Prince — the military contractor and Trump donor who attended a secret meeting in the Seychelles in January with a Kremlin-tied businessman — interviewed with the House Intelligence Committee for just over three hours on Thursday.
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine — There is a very specific — and dangerous — formula for manipulating the media and hijacking the Twitter/cable/conventional media industrial complex. Trump sets this formulaic trap increasingly often. And news organizations keep falling for it.
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Conservative Megadonor Robert Mercer Funded Project Veritas — The Mercers, secretive billionaires who are among President Trump's most powerful donors, also helped to fund Project Veritas, the controversial activist organization, tax filings obtained by BuzzFeed News show.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Congress secretly paid near $100,000 to settle harassment claims against disgraced congressman — The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young male staffers who worked for disgraced former …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
GOP may have no choice but to try health care again after taxes — Republicans have been asking themselves what they'll turn to next, after their tax overhaul wraps up. If they repeal the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, there's a good chance the answer will be health care — whether they like it or not.