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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms to Pay Porn Star ‘Stormy Daniels’ — President Donald Trump's lawyer used a private Delaware company to pay a former adult-film star $130,000 in return for her agreeing to not publicly discuss an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump …
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine — Last week, the Wall Street Journal triggered a new scandal for President Donald Trump when it reported that his lawyer, Michael Cohen, had paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a decade-old sexual relationship …
Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Mortal Again: Christie Blocked at VIP Entrance to Newark Airport — Police officer sends him to Terminal B with rest of nobodies — Three days out of office and Port Authority ends prized perk — Meet Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and current nobody at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
House passes spending bill, but shutdown threat remains — Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate. — Federal funding will lapse at midnight Friday if Republican leaders …
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New York Times:
House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Setting Up Shutdown Battle in Senate — WASHINGTON — The House approved on Thursday night a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open past Friday, but Senate Democrats — angered by President Trump's vulgar aspersions and a lack of progress …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell plans for shutdown
McConnell plans for shutdown
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Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Blows Up Republican Plan To Blame Democrats For Blocking CHIP
Trump Blows Up Republican Plan To Blame Democrats For Blocking CHIP
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The Hill:
Freedom Caucus backs funding bill, clearing way for House passage
Freedom Caucus backs funding bill, clearing way for House passage
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump's baffling tweet about CHIP and the government shutdown, explained
Trump's baffling tweet about CHIP and the government shutdown, explained
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Trump's TV habits raised the risk of a shutdown
How Trump's TV habits raised the risk of a shutdown
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
DEMOCRATS, IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR DREAMERS
DEMOCRATS, IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR DREAMERS
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New York Times, Media Matters for America, Conservative Review and Breitbart
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — Trump administration appointee Carl …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Accusations Of ‘Frat House’ Behavior Trail ‘LA Times’ Publisher's Career — The Los Angeles Times has given prominent coverage to recent revelations of sexual harassment of women by prominent men, particularly in entertainment and media. Yet a review by NPR finds that the newspaper's own CEO and publisher …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump — WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka — Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House. — Former Trump White House staffer Sebastian Gorka has an active warrant out for his arrest in Hungary, according to the Hungarian police's website.
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Murray Waas / Foreign Policy:
Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony — The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside — President Donald Trump personally made the decision to curtail the testimony of former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon before the House …
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court blocks redrawing of North Carolina congressional maps — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a lower court's order for North Carolina to rework its congressional map because Republicans violated the Constitution by drawing electoral districts intended to maximize their party's chances of winning.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court blocks order to redraw North Carolina congressional map
Supreme Court blocks order to redraw North Carolina congressional map
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says North Carolina does not have to immediately redraw congressional maps …
Supreme Court says North Carolina does not have to immediately redraw congressional maps …
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electionlawblog.org and Political Wire
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
A Bombshell House Intelligence report exposing extensive FISA abuse could lead to the removal of senior government officials — A review of a classified document outlining what is described as extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse was made available to all House members Thursday …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee takes step toward making Trump dossier findings public
House committee takes step toward making Trump dossier findings public
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Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Activists say Tom Cotton has issued do-not-call-or-write notice to some constituents. UPDATE. Such letters sent in ‘extreme circumstances’ says Cotton's office. — Ozark Indivisible, the activist group that has been pressing members of Congress from Arkansas on health care …
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Wall Street Journal:
Talking to Trump: A How-To Guide — Insights from more than 50 people the president met with in his first year in office — President Donald Trump has received huge public exposure in his first year through blanket TV coverage, speeches and tweets. But what is he like in person?
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Raw Story
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
One year after Trump's inauguration, no one will say how they spent the extra money — WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Trump's inauguration, the committee that raised a record $106.7 million for the event has not disclosed how much surplus money it still has or provided a final accounting of its finances.
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Maya Rajamani / Newsweek:
Hillary Clinton could still become president if Russia probe finds conspiracy evidence — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump's inauguration, a Harvard University professor says 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could still become commander in chief.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Conservative Ed Martin Out as CNN Contributor — The pundit was brought on by CNN to help replace Jeffrey Lord, whom the network fired in August. — Former Missouri politician and reliable Trump supporter Ed Martin is out as a CNN contributor, a network spokesperson confirmed Thursday to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Media Matters for America, Shareblue Media, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Donna Borak / CNNMoney:
Trump consumer protection chief requests $0 in funding — Mulvaney defends role at CFPB, promises changes — The Trump administration has requested zero funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the latest sign change may be coming to the agency.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Politico:
House panel releases transcript of interview with Fusion GPS co-founder — The co-founder of the firm behind a controversial Russia-related dossier urged lawmakers last year to look into what he said were ties between President Donald Trump and Russian money laundering …
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The Guardian:
The boss, the boyfriend and the FBI: the Italian woman in the eye of the Trump-Russia inquiry — No wonder Robert Mueller's investigation came knocking — imona Mangiante never expected that a flirtation that began on LinkedIn would lead to a subpoena to appear before federal agents working …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Map Has Changed, but the Math Remains the Same — House Democrats, as we have been reporting now for months, have the wind firmly at their back this year. All signs are pointing to a better than 50-50 shot at taking control of the House, perhaps by a decent margin.
Bloomberg:
The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought — Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct. So how did it all go wrong at Uber? — A year ago, before the investor lawsuits and the federal investigations, before the mass resignations …
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi is going to be a guest judge on 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars' — She might be more familiar with democracy, but top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi is soon going to show her expertise on a certain kind of monarchy: The California congresswoman is slated to appear as a guest judge …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
NYPD officers raid Newsweek headquarters — About two dozen NYPD offficers and investigators from the Manhattan district attorney's office raided the offices of Newsweek and its parent company, IBT Media, on Thursday. — IBT Media was co-founded by Jonathan Davis and Etienne Uzac.
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Amazon.com:
Amazon Announces Candidates for HQ2 — Amazon expects to create 50,000 high-paying jobs and invest over $5 billion in the city where it opens HQ2, a full equal to its Seattle HQ — Amazon reviewed 238 proposals from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to host HQ2, the company's second headquarters in North America.
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CBS News:
Dylan Farrow details her sexual assault allegations against Woody Allen — Only on “CBS This Morning,” Dylan Farrow is speaking candidly for the first time on television about her sexual assault allegations against her adoptive father, actor and director Woody Allen.