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In Touch Weekly:
‘In Touch’ Explosive Interview With Stormy Daniels: Donald Trump Cheated on Melania With Me … Allegations of an affair between President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels recently resurfaced after a Wall Street Journal article reported that the porn star was paid a reported $130,000 to stay silent.
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
InTouch to Drop 5,000 Words From Stormy Daniels on Sex With Trump — According to the source, the transcript contains details of “[w]hat he's like in bed, pillow talk, she talks about what he's like down there...” — On Wednesday, InTouch magazine ran excerpts from an interview …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the room: What Steve Bannon told Congress yesterday — Steve Bannon made one conspicuous slip up in his closed-door hearing on Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the confidential proceedings.
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CNN:
Bannon will do interview with special counsel, avoiding grand jury for now — Washington (CNN)Steve Bannon has struck a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's team and will be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before the grand jury, two people familiar with the process told CNN.
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NBC News:
FBI agents visited Steve Bannon's home last week to discuss subpoena in Russia probe — FBI agents showed up at Steve Bannon's Washington home last week intent on serving him with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Bannon to meet with Mueller's investigators — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia (all times local): — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will meet with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says
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Eamon Javers / CNBC:
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge hears suit on Trump White House use of encrypted apps
Judge hears suit on Trump White House use of encrypted apps
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Axios, theGrio, Weekly Standard and IJR
BuzzFeed:
Investigators Are Scrutinizing Newly Uncovered Payments By The Russian Embassy — US authorities are poring over hundreds of newly uncovered payments from Russian diplomatic accounts. Among them are transactions by former ambassador Sergey Kislyak 10 days after the 2016 presidential election …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
How Michael Wolff Got Into the White House for His Tell-All Book — Some of president's staff thought they were authorized to talk — Wolff's working title suggested sympathetic view of Trump — Author Michael Wolff's pitch to the White House to win cooperation for his book included …
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press — John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate. — After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide.
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Politico:
Full text: Jeff Flake on Trump speech transcript — Prepared remarks for Sen. Jeff Flake, who delivered a speech to the Senate on Jan. 17, 2018. — Mr. President, near the beginning of the document that made us free, our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Wolff's ‘Fire and Fury’ to Become TV Series (Exclusive) — Endeavor Content has purchased rights to the best-selling exposé of the Trump White House and plans to adapt it for the small screen. — Michael Wolff's controversial Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is coming to television.
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Ashleigh Banfield Fires Back After Getting Insulting Email from Writer of Aziz Ansari Piece … HLN's Ashleigh Banfield has not been shy in her dismissal of Katie Way, the Babe.net writer who reported anonymous allegations against Aniz Ansari, suggesting that she has “chiseled away” …
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
With A Possible Shutdown Hours Away, Republicans Are Negotiating With Themselves — House conservatives could throw the government into chaos. — WASHINGTON Just a few days before a shutdown, lawmakers are still sorting out how they plan to fund the government past Friday.
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
An archconservative revolt is taking the government closer to shutdown
An archconservative revolt is taking the government closer to shutdown
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The Atlantic, Axios and IJR
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanjay Gupta: By all standards, Trump has heart disease — CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, said Wednesday that he believes tests reveal that President Trump — has heart disease. — Gupta said dating back to 2009, Trump started to have “these tests that are actually looking …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans — THE BIG IDEA: Ten months is an eternity in politics, but a stunning Democratic victory Tuesday in a special election deep in the heart of Trump country suggests a blue tsunami could be forming.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says Russia helping North Korea skirt sanctions; Pyongyang getting close on missile — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting …
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Lindy West / New York Times:
Aziz, We Tried to Warn You — In 1975, 42 years before the comedian Aziz Ansari reportedly brought a date home to his apartment and repeatedly tried to initiate sex with her after she told him “next time” and “I don't want to feel forced,” Susan Brownmiller published “Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape.”
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ThinkProgress
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's terrifying plan to win the 2018 midterms — A Washington Post report shows again he doesn't understand governing beyond self-interest. — Is Donald Trump hoping foreign terrorists attack the United States? — That terrifying question is subtly embedded in a story …
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CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State — SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With the reading of their own version of a Declaration of Independence, founders of the state of New California took the first steps to what they hope will eventually lead to statehood.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Case for New California — California was once the land …
The Case for New California — California was once the land …
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Andy Wells / Yahoo! News:
Swiss town denies passport to Dutch vegan because she is ‘too annoying’ — A Dutch vegan who applied for a Swiss passport has had her application rejected because the locals found her too annoying. — Nancy Holten, 42, moved to Switzerland from the Netherlands when she was eight years old …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration — Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.
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Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
Knowles quits National Parks panel, says new administration won't listen
Knowles quits National Parks panel, says new administration won't listen
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Beth Greenfield / Yahoo:
Gay couple sues printing company over homophobic wedding pamphlets … Two men who ordered programs for their September — wedding from a popular printing company but instead received a boxful of anti-gay pamphlets warning, “Satan entices your flesh with evil desires,” …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump to shield health care workers who claim moral objections — The Trump administration is poised to overhaul the HHS civil rights office as part of a broader plan to protect health workers who don't want to perform abortions, treat transgender patients seeking to transition or provide …
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Melissa McEwan / Shakesville:
Trump Administration Revives the “Conscience Clause”
Trump Administration Revives the “Conscience Clause”
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
The Awl and the Hairpin's Best Stories, Remembered by Their Writers — Yesterday, the Awl and the Hairpin, two of the most influential blogs on the internet over their near-decade runs (the Awl was founded in 2009; the Hairpin in 2010), announced that they would cease publication at the end of this month.
Ben Protess / New York Times:
He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive. Then He Lost His Job. — As a photographer for the Department of Energy, Simon Edelman regularly attended meetings with Secretary Rick Perry and snapped pictures for official purposes. — Now he is out of a job …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
White House doctor peppered with questions as reporters hunt for evidence of a Trump illness — Kelly Wright reports from Washington, D.C. — White House physician Ronny Jackson was slammed with an onslaught of questions regarding President Trump's health in a bizarre press briefing …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Ellen Pompeo, TV's $20 Million Woman, Reveals Her Behind-the-Scenes Fight for “What I Deserve” — The 'Grey's Anatomy' star recalls in her own words the personal struggles and advice from Shonda Rhimes that led to a milestone: highest-paid actress on a primetime drama.
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WKBW-TV:
Indiana teen ‘ashamed’ after video of him chanting racial slurs and wearing Nazi flag goes viral — NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — After a video of a Noblesville (Ind.) high school student chanting racial slurs with a Nazi flag draped over his shoulders went viral, the student captured in that video is apologizing for his actions.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The truth about the FBI's Russia probe — “Does this concern you at all?” asks a tart email message from a Trump supporter who wonders why the mainstream media doesn't take a closer look at allegations that the Justice Department's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election has been tainted by bias.
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