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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump's Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump.
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Orin Kerr / Reason:
Did Trump's Lawyer Pay Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket? — A minor point, but it's not what his statement says. — This isn't the biggest story in the world, but I was interested in the statement by Trump's personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, about the payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Washington Post:
White House reels as FBI director contradicts official claims about alleged abuser … The White House struggled Tuesday to contain a widening crisis over its handling of domestic violence allegations against a senior official, as it reeled from sworn testimony by the FBI chief …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jared Kushner credit line debts increased in 2017
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
The wife-beater, the witch and the White House: Why the hell did Trump ever tell Rob Porter and Omarosa 'you're hired'?
The wife-beater, the witch and the White House: Why the hell did Trump ever tell Rob Porter and Omarosa 'you're hired'?
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Porter blamed ex-wife's black eye on an accident in off-the-record meeting with reporters
Porter blamed ex-wife's black eye on an accident in off-the-record meeting with reporters
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Kushner has added millions in debt since joining White House
Kushner has added millions in debt since joining White House
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CNN:
Porter was up for promotion despite abuse allegations
Porter was up for promotion despite abuse allegations
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Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
REPUBLICAN SCARE-MONGERING ON “SANCTUARY CITIES” BACKFIRES, DEMOCRATS WIN BIG UPSET IN FLORIDA SPECIAL ELECTION — In a special election on Tuesday, Florida's Republicans took a page from Ed Gillespie's playbook and deployed the threat of “sanctuary cities” to scare up the votes to win.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Margaret Good Flips Seat in Florida, the 36th Democratic Flip Since Trump's Inauguration
Democrat Margaret Good Flips Seat in Florida, the 36th Democratic Flip Since Trump's Inauguration
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
In third bellwether contest, Florida Democrats again carry the day and hope for a blue wave
In third bellwether contest, Florida Democrats again carry the day and hope for a blue wave
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Carrie Battan / ELLE:
Louise Linton Is Super-Duper Sorry — Louise Linton has accomplished the near-impossible task of locating an ordinary meeting place in the most moneyed stretch of the Upper East Side, where she and her husband, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, own an apartment.
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HuffPost:
NY Times ‘Very Concerned’ Over Tweets By Its Nazi-Befriending Editorial Board Hire — Quinn Norton has tweeted that she's friends with neo-Nazis, and has used slurs on a regular basis. — The New York Times is investigating past tweets by Quinn Norton, a journalist who just joined the paper's editorial board, HuffPost has learned.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NY Times Hires, Quickly Fires Journalist With History of Homophobic Tweets … Less than 24 hours after she was hired, The New York Times on Tuesday fired editorial board member Quinn Norton, after a history of homophobic and racially insensitive tweets were uncovered.
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Ari Bevacqua / The New York Times Company:
Quinn Norton Named to Editorial Board
Quinn Norton Named to Editorial Board
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump threatens veto on immigration deal — A senior administration official said Tuesday night that President Trump “will veto any bill that doesn't advance his common-sense immigration reforms” — a hardening of the White House bargaining position as the Senate begins an epic debate.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump readies blame game if Senate fails on DACA
Sean Hannity:
PORTRAIT PERVERSION: Obama Portrait Features ‘SECRET SPERM,’ Artist Joked About ‘Killing Whitey’ — The widening scandal surrounding former President Barack Obama's official portrait continued to swirl on Tuesday, with shocking allegations the artist included ‘secret sperm cells’ within …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Promotes, Then Deletes Bonkers Obama Portrait ‘Secret Sperm’ Conspiracy Theory … The official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama received a wide array of reactions when they were unveiled on Monday. But none has been quite as insane …
CNN:
Trump still unconvinced Russia meddled in 2016 election — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump still isn't buying that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. — Even as his intelligence chiefs unanimously told a Senate panel Tuesday that Russia meddled in 2016 and is planning to do so again in 2018 …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
FBI chief: Trump hasn't directed me to stop Russian meddling in midterms
FBI chief: Trump hasn't directed me to stop Russian meddling in midterms
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New York Times:
Netanyahu Should Be Charged With Bribery and Fraud, Israeli Police Say — JERUSALEM — The Israeli police recommended on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, casting a pall over the future of a tenacious leader who has become almost synonymous with his country.
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Gregg Carlstrom / Politico:
Can Netanyahu Survive?
Can Netanyahu Survive?
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Dems: Bill Clinton too toxic to campaign in midterms — One of the party's top surrogates has been effectively sidelined by the #metoo movement. — Democrats are looking to embrace the #MeToo moment and rally women to push back on President Donald Trump in the midterms—and they don't want Bill Clinton anywhere near it.
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Shadi Hamid / Wall Street Journal:
Why the Center-Left Became Immoderate
Why the Center-Left Became Immoderate
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New Yorker:
Donald Trump's ICE Is Tearing Families Apart — Taseen Jamal, a fourteen-year-old from Lawrence, Kansas, was getting ready for school two weeks ago when his younger sister, Naheen, ran into the kitchen, screaming. A black truck with tinted windows was parked in their driveway, and two men …
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
In The Wake Of Rob Porter Allegations, Mormon Women Say Church Leaders Encouraged Them To Stay With Their Abusers — Nearly two dozen women told BuzzFeed News they went to Mormon church leaders after suffering abuse at home and were counseled to remain in their relationships.
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
ICE lawyer in Seattle charged with stealing immigrant IDs — SEATTLE (AP) — The chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle has been charged with stealing immigrants' identities. — Raphael A. Sanchez, who resigned from the agency effective Monday …
Tina Moore / New York Post:
Here's what the letter sent with powder to Trump Jr. said — The letter to Donald Trump Jr. that contained a suspicious white powder and landed his wife in the hospital said, “You are getting what you deserve,” according to law-enforcement sources. — “You are an awful person. This is why people hate you.
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Glen Weyl / Politico:
Sponsor An Immigrant Yourself — The raw emotions generated by immigration policy—provoked by heartrending stories of families torn apart by deportation, or citizens murdered by illegal immigrants—have scrambled political allegiances and confused public debate.
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CBS News:
EPA's Scott Pruitt got waiver to fly business class on foreign carrier from Italy to U.S. — WASHINGTON — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been under fire for frequently flying in first and business class at taxpayer expense. CBS News has learned more about one of those flights …
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Bloomberg:
May's Brexit Road Map Starts With Johnson Appeal: Brexit Update — Boris Johnson kicks off Prime Minister Theresa May's ‘Road Map to Brexit’ with an appeal to supporters of European Union membership to embrace the U.K.'s future outside the bloc — though extracts released late last night suggest …