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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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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
This is why the Stormy Daniels story is so dangerous
This is why the Stormy Daniels story is so dangerous
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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
Bannon will do interview with special counsel, avoiding grand jury for now
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New York Times, The Atlantic, NBC News, Townhall.com, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, The Week, The Resurgent, Little Green Footballs, Politicus USA, Vox and CNBC
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
3 more months of the Mueller investigation? Papadopoulos filing signals it's likely
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republicans seethe at tight-lipped Bannon
House Republicans seethe at tight-lipped Bannon
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Raw Story and Business Insider
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Physical Revealed Serious Heart Concerns, Outside Experts Say — WASHINGTON — Cardiologists not associated with the White House said Wednesday that President Trump's physical exam revealed serious heart concerns, including very high levels of so-called bad cholesterol …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanjay Gupta: By all standards, Trump has heart disease
Sanjay Gupta: By all standards, Trump has heart disease
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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 Aziz Ansari, suggesting that she has “chiseled away” …
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Read the email the writer behind the Aziz Ansari sexual misconduct story wrote slamming an HLN anchor who criticized her — HLN anchor Ashleigh Banfield was one of the most prominent major television personalities to criticize a piece on Babe.net about an unpleasant sexual experience …
Donald J. Trump / GOP.com:
The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards — 2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90% of the media's coverage of President Trump is negative. — Below are the winners of the 2017 Fake News Awards.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump averages a ‘fake’ insult every day. Really. We counted. — Donald Trump did not coin ‘fake news’ — President Trump has used the word “fake” more than 400 times since he was inaugurated. — More than once a day, on average, he has publicly assailed “fake news,” “fake polls,” “fake media,” and “fake stories.”
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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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New York Times:
‘Vision, Chutzpah and Some Testosterone’ — The Times editorial board has been sharply critical of the Trump presidency, on grounds of policy and personal conduct. Not all readers have been persuaded. In the spirit of open debate, and in hopes of helping readers who agree with us better understand …
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New York Times:
With Trump's Visit to Pennsylvania, G.O.P. Scrambles to Save a House Seat — WASHINGTON — Republicans are scrambling to save a heavily conservative House seat in western Pennsylvania, dispatching President Trump to the district on Thursday while preparing a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign …
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
An archconservative revolt is taking the government closer to shutdown — With less than three days to fund the government, tensions are only escalating in Congress. — Congress has three days to avert a government shutdown, and House Speaker Paul Ryan is stuck.
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Axios, Roll Call, IJR and The Atlantic
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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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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law — Company giving bonuses to most global employees in stock units — Bonus program follows Apple pledge to increase U.S. spending — Apple Inc. told employees Wednesday that it's issuing a bonus of $2,500 worth of restricted stock units …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump takes hard line on immigration, rejects ‘horrible’ bipartisan plan — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday aligned himself solidly with conservative Republicans on immigration, criticizing a proposed bipartisan deal as “horrible” on border security and …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Kelly calls some of Trump's campaign pledges on immigration, wall ‘uninformed,’ meeting attendees say — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that the United States will never construct a physical wall along the entire stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch Was Hospitalized with Serious Back Injury — The accident, which happened on his son Lachlan's yacht, comes at a delicate time for the 86-year-old's empire. — Rupert Murdoch suffered a serious back injury while vacationing on his son Lachlan's yacht in the Caribbean earlier …
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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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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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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 W. Schoen / CNBC:
Few large US companies say they'll use tax savings to boost wages, CNBC survey finds — Despite a handful of high-profile announcements, the recent cuts in corporate taxes haven't yet had a meaningful impact on American companies' plans to boost investment or raise workers' pay, a CNBC survey of large companies found.
Doug Bock Clark / Wired:
Meet Antifa's Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists — THE EMAIL ARRIVED just as Megan Squire was starting to cook Thanksgiving dinner. She was flitting between the kitchen, where some chicken soup was simmering, and her living room office, when she saw the subject line flash on her laptop screen: “LOSer Leak.”
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Far Left Watch, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Case for New California — California was once the land of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and John Birch socialites; a state that revolted against taxes and immigrants before it was cool. Now, it's a stronghold of the #Resistance, replete with sanctuary cities, legal reefer, and equal-pay laws.
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Henry Farrell / Foreign Policy:
American Democracy Was Asking for It … The American foreign-policy community has spent the past year arguing about how to counter Russian influence operations. Newspapers such as the New York Times have written article after article describing how Russian trolls ran campaigns …
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Katie Couric's Return to Broadcasting Proves that Lying Is Okay If You're Lying About the Right Thing — Disgraced journalist Katie Couric was figuratively run out of town after she was caught blatantly lying in her anti-gun documentary “Under the Gun,” and was discovered intentionally trying …
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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.”