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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
“You Can't Make This S— Up”: My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House — Author and columnist Michael Wolff was given extraordinary access to the Trump administration and now details the feuds, the fights and the alarming chaos he witnessed while reporting what turned into a new book.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump attorney sends Bannon cease and desist letter over ‘disparaging’ comments — Lawyers on behalf of President Donald Trump sent a letter Wednesday night to former White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM — Jeffrey Smith / New York Magazine (Used by permission) — Amid the firestorm over Michael Wolff's forthcoming book “Fire and Fury,” a lawyer for President Trump says legal action against Steve Bannon is “imminent,” accusing the former White House aide of breaking a confidentiality …
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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Wolff taped interviews with Bannon, top officials — Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them. — Among the sources he taped, I'm told, are Steve Bannon and former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh.
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CNN:
Inside Trump's two days of fury — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump started 2018 in a fury partly fueled by anger at his legal team for offering shifting timelines about when the Russia investigation would end, according to two sources familiar with the President's mindset.
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to Bannon … Lawyers for President Trump sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump's former senior strategist Stephen K. Bannon, arguing he had violated a non-disclosure agreement in speaking about his time on the campaign and in Trump's most trusted inner circle.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Michael Wolff tells a juicy tale in his new Trump book. But should we believe it? — Among the many things he's been called — “blunt,” “pathetic,” “calculating” — the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring. — A provocateur and media polemicist …
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Washington Post:
Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind’
Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind’
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Summer Meza / Newsweek:
TOP 20 REVELATIONS FROM TRUMP ‘FIRE AND FURY’ BOOK ABOUT GOLDEN SHOWERS, IVANKA, BANNON AND MORE
TOP 20 REVELATIONS FROM TRUMP ‘FIRE AND FURY’ BOOK ABOUT GOLDEN SHOWERS, IVANKA, BANNON AND MORE
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon, calling Trump a ‘great man,’ says he still supports him in first comments after eruption
Steve Bannon, calling Trump a ‘great man,’ says he still supports him in first comments after eruption
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon and Trump: Monsters they can't control
Bannon and Trump: Monsters they can't control
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Trump lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Bannon: report
Trump lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Bannon: report
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Michael Wolff's Trump book hits #1 on Amazon, publisher speeds up rollout plan
Michael Wolff's Trump book hits #1 on Amazon, publisher speeds up rollout plan
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Michael Wolff's unbelievable — sometimes literally — tell-all about the Trump administration
Michael Wolff's unbelievable — sometimes literally — tell-all about the Trump administration
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Bans Staff From Using Personal Mobile Phones at Work
White House Bans Staff From Using Personal Mobile Phones at Work
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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
Jake Sherman / Politico:
WHAT A DAY: Lawsuit threats flying …
WHAT A DAY: Lawsuit threats flying …
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
10 wild claims about Trump's White House from the upcoming book ‘Fire and Fury’
10 wild claims about Trump's White House from the upcoming book ‘Fire and Fury’
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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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USA Today:
Trump disbands controversial voting commission, citing ‘endless legal battles’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order late Wednesday disbanding his own election integrity commission after less than eight months, saying he didn't want to waste taxpayer money fighting with state governments over their voter data.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump disbands voter fraud commission
Trump disbands voter fraud commission
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud
Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump abolishes controversial commission studying alleged voter fraud
The Hill:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Washington's growing obsession: The 25th Amendment — Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump's mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent behavior.
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
“He's going to unravel.” Psychiatrist warns members of Congress about Trump in secret briefing — “Trump is going to get worse and will become uncontainable with the pressures of the presidency.” — More than a dozen lawmakers, including at least one Republican senator …
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Weekly Standard:
GOP Senators: ‘Trump Being Trump’ in Nuclear-Button Spat with Kim Jong-un
GOP Senators: ‘Trump Being Trump’ in Nuclear-Button Spat with Kim Jong-un
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Wall Street Journal:
Fusion's Russia Fog — The Steele dossier hit men now claim to be political victims. — The Editorial Board — Let's see. The Clinton campaign hires Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm, to investigate the Trump campaign. Fusion hires a former British spy, Christopher Steele …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office
Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Top FBI, DOJ officials huddle with Ryan to talk dossier
Top FBI, DOJ officials huddle with Ryan to talk dossier
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS News fires political director amid allegations of ‘inappropriate behavior’ — CBS News said Wednesday that it has fired its political director, Steve Chaggaris, amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior” in his past. — Chaggaris was a longtime CBS News employee.
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Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
IGN Fires Editor-In-Chief For ‘Alleged Misconduct’
IGN Fires Editor-In-Chief For ‘Alleged Misconduct’
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BBC:
Iran protests: General declares ‘sedition’ defeated — The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has declared the defeat of the “sedition” in the country, referring to a wave of anti-government protests. — Maj Gen Mohammad Ali Jafari made the announcement as tens of thousands …
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Mike Pence / Washington Post:
This time, we will not be silent on Iran
This time, we will not be silent on Iran
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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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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump's media uses Clinton house fire to invent totally bonkers conspiracy
Trump's media uses Clinton house fire to invent totally bonkers conspiracy
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump picks Giuliani law partner to replace Preet Bharara in NY — will name a law partner of ally and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) to replace Preet Bharara — as the top prosecutor in southern New York, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
New interim US attorneys include Giuliani law partner
Lee Drutman / Vox:
There is no separation of powers without divided government — Partisan loyalty has triumphed over institutional loyalty. — A year ago, as we approached the opening days of the Trump administration, it was still possible to make a hopeful, albeit long-shot, argument that 2017 …
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network — Peter Thiel addresses the final night of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. — Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images — Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel wants …
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