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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 — There are credible allegations that the President of the United States engaged in an affair with an adult film actress, paid her over $100,000 to keep quiet about it weeks before the election, and is now actively engaged in an elaborate cover-up.
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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Bannon to meet with Mueller's investigators
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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 — 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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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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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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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
With A Possible Shutdown Hours Away, Republicans Are Negotiating With Themselves
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
An archconservative revolt is taking the government closer to shutdown
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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 …
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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.
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Apple:
Apple accelerates US investment and job creation
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Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Apple announces plans to repatriate billions in overseas cash, says it will contribute $350 billion …
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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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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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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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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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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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John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press
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Melissa McEwan / Shakesville:
Trump Administration Revives the “Conscience Clause” — [Content Note: Misogyny; transphobia; homophobia; fat hatred; disablism.] — The Trump administration, by which I mean Mike Pence, loves the old culture wars so much that he's pulled up one of its Greatest Hits on the ol' jukebox of horrors: The Conscience Clause.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump to shield health care workers who claim moral objections
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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