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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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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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says — Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight lipped with Congress. He won't be that way with the Special Counsel. — BETSY WOODRUFF1.16.18 9:33 PM ET — Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke …
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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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CNN:
WH directs Bannon to avoid answering Hill queries in Russia probe
WH directs Bannon to avoid answering Hill queries in Russia probe
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Vox, The Hill, theGrio, Politico and Washington Post
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
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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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election — Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford — whose stage name is “Stormy Daniels” — and Donald Trump …
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
InTouch to Drop 5,000 Words From Stormy Daniels on Sex With Trump
InTouch to Drop 5,000 Words From Stormy Daniels on Sex With Trump
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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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The Week and Political Wire
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Democrats grab key Wisconsin Senate seat in Tuesday's special elections — MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall. — Patty Schachtner, the chief medical examiner …
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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.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats flip state Senate seat in Wisconsin
Democrats flip state Senate seat in Wisconsin
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DLCC Communications / Democratic Legislative …:
Wisconsin Democrats Flip 34th Seat From Red To Blue
Wisconsin Democrats Flip 34th Seat From Red To Blue
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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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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sen. Jeff Flake condemns Trump's media attacks, compares rhetoric to Stalin
Sen. Jeff Flake condemns Trump's media attacks, compares rhetoric to Stalin
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
John McCain to Donald Trump: stop attacking the press
John McCain to Donald Trump: stop attacking the press
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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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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Sanjay Gupta calls out doctor over Trump's ‘excellent’ …
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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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Citing ‘Inexcusable’ Treatment, Advisers Quit National Parks Panel
Citing ‘Inexcusable’ Treatment, Advisers Quit National Parks Panel
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, VICE and New York Magazine
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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Bad news for GOP: Mueller probe could collide with midterms
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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with birther movement activists in his office in 2013 — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy hosted members of the birther movement in his office for a meeting in 2013, where he was shown a video alleging then-President Barack Obama …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia. He's Just a Moron.
Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia. He's Just a Moron.
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims His Approval Among Black Americans Has Doubled — WASHINGTON — Even as he is embroiled in an immigration policy debate that has focused on whether he used vulgar language to describe Haiti and African countries, President Trump is claiming that he is delivering for black Americans …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's credibility crisis on Capitol Hill — Donald Trump ran for president as a bipartisan deal-maker. But if there's one thing he's proven after a year in office, he's better at killing bipartisan deals than clinching them. — On the cusp of a deal for the second time with Democrats …
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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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 …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
NBC taps first female executive producer for key ‘Today’ show time slot — NBC News announced Wednesday that Libby Leist would succeed Don Nash as executive producer at the “Today” show, making her the first woman to lead to program's 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. hours.
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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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Dan Gartland / SI.com:
Athletes Who Are the Same Size as Donald Trump — Trump is 6'3" and 239 pounds, according to his annual physical. You can't teach size, the old adage goes. — “I was always the best athlete, people don't know that,” Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week ahead of his much-anticipated annual physical.
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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Goldman's No. 2 Allegedly Swindled Out of $1.2 Million of Wine by Assistant — Personal assistant is indicted for taking, reselling bottles — Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines were taken, U.S. says — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Co-President David Solomon's personal assistant has been charged …