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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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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon — Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser. — In a new statement Thursday, billionaire conservative donor Rebekah Mercer said that she has not spoken to Bannon …
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Wall Street Journal:
Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud — Former White House strategist's longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, are distancing themselves from him — President Donald Trump's growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Forget Treason. Money Laundering Is Serious. — Steve Bannon's charge against Trump's son isn't the worst thing he's saying about the president's inner circle. — Trump watchers have been treated to a world-class cage match over the last couple of days between President Donald Trump …
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
It's Been an Open Secret All Along — Three months ago, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of The New York Times unloaded their first big report about Harvey Weinstein's pattern of sexual aggressiveness and abuse, the depth of detail made the story unforgettable—and as it turned out, historic.
New York Times:
Led by the Mercers, Bannon's Allies Abandon Him — WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm for Stephen K. Bannon's plans for a fiery Republican revolution had already been fading among some of the donors and candidates upon whom he was relying to upend the party's establishment.
Michael Wolff / British GQ:
How Donald Trump's White House team handles his giant ego — Soon after the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January 2017, GQ columnist Michael Wolff was granted special access to the White House. Over seven months, in more than 200 interviews with the president and his staff …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Trump Seeks to Block Book, Publisher Hastens Release — WASHINGTON — President Trump mounted a legal attack on Thursday on a new book portraying him as a volatile and ill-equipped chief executive, but the publisher rebuffed his demand to halt its release and defiantly moved …
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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.
CNNMoney:
Wolff's Trump book going on sale four days early amid furor — The publisher of Michael Wolff's new book about President Trump is rushing it onto bookshelves. — “Due to unprecedented demand, we are moving the on-sale date for all formats of ‘Fire and Fury,’ by Michael Wolff, to Friday …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
New book: Hannity was open to giving Trump questions before interview
New book: Hannity was open to giving Trump questions before interview
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Mike Allen / Axios:
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Michal Kranz / Business Insider:
Former Trump legal team spokesman reportedly quit because he believed statement on Trump Tower meeting …
Former Trump legal team spokesman reportedly quit because he believed statement on Trump Tower meeting …
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Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Why believe Michael Wolff? Because, for now, this stuff is too good not to
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: White House officials discuss removing Katie Walsh from outside group
Scoop: White House officials discuss removing Katie Walsh from outside group
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Dana Loesch: Trump ‘Proved He Had a Bigger Nuclear Button’ Than ‘Opportunist’ Bannon
Dana Loesch: Trump ‘Proved He Had a Bigger Nuclear Button’ Than ‘Opportunist’ Bannon
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Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Trump Allies Are Bashing Steve Bannon — And Defending Katie Walsh
Trump Allies Are Bashing Steve Bannon — And Defending Katie Walsh
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Sadie Gurman / Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: US to end policy that let legal pot flourish — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether …
Washington Examiner:
Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan: It's time for Jeff Sessions to go, as shown by the latest FBI leak … As the first year of the Trump administration comes to a close, one can't help but look back on how allegations of “Russian collusion” dominated the headlines of almost every news agency.
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Olivier Knox / Yahoo:
Republican Sen. Gardner torches Sessions over pot reversal
Republican Sen. Gardner torches Sessions over pot reversal
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Cory Gardner just showed how Senate Republicans could check Trump if they wanted to
Cory Gardner just showed how Senate Republicans could check Trump if they wanted to
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Trump administration to expand drilling off U.S. continental waters — The Trump administration unveiled a controversial plan Thursday to permit drilling in most U.S. continental shelf waters, including protected areas of the Arctic and the Atlantic, where oil and gas exploration is opposed …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling
Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Woman who accused Roy Moore of unwanted sexual contact sues him for defamation — In a lawsuit that echoes a civil case against President Trump, an Alabama woman on Thursday sued failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and his campaign for defamation, citing harsh personal attacks she faced …
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Trisha Calvo / Consumer Reports:
Avoid Romaine Lettuce for Now, Consumer Reports Says — This salad green is likely the cause of recent cases of E. coli food poisoning — Over the past seven weeks, 58 people in the U.S. and Canada have become ill from a dangerous strain of E. coli bacteria, likely from eating romaine lettuce.
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Richard Morgan / Washington Post:
I read decades of Woody Allen's private notes. He's obsessed with teenage girls. — His 56-box archive is filled with misogynist and lecherous musings. — Woody Allen is making a new movie. Just kidding: He doesn't make new movies. What he's editing now, “A Rainy Day in New York,” …
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New York Times:
U.S. Will Withhold Security Aid From Pakistan — WASHINGTON — The United States will suspend nearly all security aid to Pakistan, the Trump administration announced on Thursday, in a sign of its frustration with the country's refusal to confront terrorist networks operating there.
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kobach follows disbanding of Trump voter commission with charges against two voters — Less than a day after President Donald Trump dismantled his voter fraud commission, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has filed criminal charges against two people he says voted illegally in the 2016 election.
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Democrat on defunct voting commission says Kobach lied about why it dissolved
Democrat on defunct voting commission says Kobach lied about why it dissolved
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Greg Garrison / al.com:
Roy Moore's wife reveals their ‘Jewish attorney’ and he's a Christian — The wife of former U.S. Senate Republican nominee Roy Moore has revealed the identity of the Moores' “Jewish attorney” she mentioned in a Dec. 11 speech. — It's not the person everyone speculated that it was, Kayla Moore said.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai canceled his appearance at CES because of death threats — The threats have intensified following an FCC vote to repeal net neutrality rules. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai canceled his scheduled appearance at a major upcoming tech industry trade show …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump tells GOP senators that 2,200-mile border wall not needed in immigration deal — on Thursday laid out his demands for an immigration deal to Republican senators, making clear he doesn't expect Congress to build a physical 2,200-mile concrete wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Mark Zuckerberg:
Every year I take on a personal challenge to learn something new. I've visited every US state, run 365 miles, built an AI for my home, read 25 books, and learned Mandarin. — I started doing these challenges in 2009. That first year the economy was in a deep recession and Facebook was not yet profitable.
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CNN:
Trump Organization gave Russia-related documents to Mueller, Capitol Hill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The information provided in 2017 so far involves the activities of the company's executives as well as meetings and events — The requests so far have not included financial information from previous years of Trump's business
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New York Daily News:
Socialite Jacqueline Kent Cooke accused of smacking lawyer with her glass purse in anti-Semitic attack — Millionaire NFL heiress Jacqueline Kent Cooke allegedly got blitzed on New Year's Eve, spewed anti-Semitic remarks in a Manhattan restaurant and then bashed a man bloody with her glass purse …
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