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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President — One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. — Election Night: It “looked as if he had seen a ghost.” — On the afternoon of November 8, 2016, Kellyanne Conway settled into her glass office at Trump Tower.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president's son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” …
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network — Venture capitalist Peter Thiel addresses the final night of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. — Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Enraged Trump Personally Dictated Scathing Denouncement of Strategist Steve Bannon … The publication Wednesday of salacious excerpts from a new book on the Trump presidency re-opened a major fissure between the president and his former campaign CEO and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
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Washington Post:
Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind’ … President Trump unleashed on his former chief strategist and campaign manager Wednesday, issuing a long and unusual statement questioning Stephen K. Bannon's mental stability, honesty and political influence.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Hope Hicks fled the room after Trump called her ‘the best piece of tail’ Lewandowski will ever have: report — Bombshell reports from Michael Wolff's new Fire and Fury book continued to roil President Donald Trump's White House as even more revelations are reported.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon touches the third rail of Trumpworld — Steve Bannon gave an interview to author Michael Wolff that is jaw dropping — even by Bannon's extreme standards. — Why this matters: Bannon's comments won't surprise anyone who's spoken to him, but as on the record statements they are shocking sources close to the president.
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Called Trump A “Narcissist” Before Taking Over His Campaign
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Summer Meza / Newsweek:
TOP 20 REVELATIONS FROM TRUMP ‘FIRE AND FURY’ BOOK ABOUT GOLDEN SHOWERS, IVANKA, BANNON AND MORE
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Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Denounces Steve Bannon After Comments in Book
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump called ex-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates ‘such a c*nt,’ book alleges
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Hot Air:
“He's Only In It For Himself”: Trump Goes Nuclear On Bannon Over Russiagate “Treason” Comment; Update: Junior Piles On
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
New book: Rupert Murdoch called Trump a ‘f—ing idiot’
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The scary reality behind Trump's long Tuesday of weird tweets — He's relying on Fox News for all his information. — As many of the people I follow on social media headed to bed on January 2 alarmed by President Donald Trump's decision to tweet out a penis size comparison challenge …
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Waiting for the Bomb to Drop — The decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem makes a war in Korea more likely. Not because there is any direct connection between the two, nor because it was a bad idea, recognizing as it did the simple fact that the western part of Jerusalem …
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation — (R-Wis.) on Wednesday about the House Russia investigation, a GOP aide confirmed. — Rosenstein walked by a number of reporters who were staking out budget negotiations between top White House officials and top congressional leaders.
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Trump ex-campaign chair Manafort sues Mueller, Rosenstein, and Department of Justice — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has sued special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and the U.S. Department of Justice. — The suit alleges that Mueller …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office
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CNN:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump dissolved his much-touted voter fraud commission on Wednesday, attributing the step to various states' refusal to participate in the board, which was criticized as a misguided step to solve a practically non-existent problem.
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Trump disbands voter fraud commission
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New York Times:
Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World's Computers — SAN FRANCISCO — Computer security experts have discovered two major security flaws in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world's computers. — The two problems, called Meltdown and Spectre, could allow hackers …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Manafort sues Mueller, Justice Department — 's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort — , has filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller — In a court filing, lawyers for Manafort argue that the order establishing Mueller's investigation is overly broad …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Sues Mueller and Asks a Judge to Narrow the Russia Investigation
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort sues DOJ, Mueller over Russia probe authority
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lohud.com:
Fire reported at Hillary and Bill Clinton's house in Chappaqua — New Castle police have confirmed a fire at the Clintons' home in Chappaqua. — Police declined to give further details on the fire at 15 Old House Lane where Bill and Hillary Clinton have lived for nearly 20 years after buying it for $1.7 million in 1999.
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Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Russian Social Media Giant Gave Info on Trump Contacts to Senate Probe — The Russian social media giant Vkontakte has given information to Senate investigators about contacts between an executive at the company and the Trump campaign, TPM has learned. — The Russian tech firm appears …
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Sen. Feinstein Says Trump's Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals”
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider:
Trump plans to attend Georgia-Alabama football championship game — President Donald Trump is planning to attend the national college football championship game between Georgia and Alabama on Monday in Atlanta, according to three people with direct knowledge of his plans.
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on Power and the #MeToo Moment — In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until “The Post.” — “The Post” tells of the tense days leading …
Ben A. Potter / Nature:
Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans — Abstract — Despite broad agreement that the Americas were initially populated via Beringia, the land bridge that connected far northeast Asia with northwestern North America during the Pleistocene epoch …
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TMZ.com:
Paul Sorvino Says About Harvey Weinstein, ‘I Will Kill That MF’ for Blacklisting Mira — Paul Sorvino seems to prefer street justice to the whole judicial thing ... because he wants revenge against Harvey Weinstein in the worst way. — Sorvino was leaving Bristol Farms in WeHo Tuesday night …
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Telegraph:
‘Dirty, bloody and lots of sex’: how Denis Villeneuve's Cleopatra will rip up Hollywood's rule book — One of the greatest classics of cinematic history is being given a Game of Thrones-style makeover by a Hollywood screenwriter. — David Scarpa has said he would remake the Elizabeth Taylor …
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CNN:
Winter ‘bomb cyclone’ threatens East Coast, bringing temps colder than Mars — (CNN)A massive “bombogenesis” — an area of rapidly declining low pressure — will wreak havoc on the Northeast this week, threatening hurricane-force winter wind gusts in a region already crippled by deadly cold.
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