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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Mueller Still Investigating Possible Collusion, Source Says — Indictments of 13 Russians don't preclude further charges — Trump reaffirms ‘no collusion!’ by his presidential campaign — Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors haven't concluded their investigation …
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Russians indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of election meddling to support Donald Trump — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday that a grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential elections …
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Meet Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian Oligarch Indicted in U.S. Election Interference — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Long before he was indicted by the United States in a case involving the troll factory that spearheaded Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 United States elections …
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The Daily Beast:
Mueller Indicts 13 Russian Nationals for Election Interference, Says They Communicated With Trump Campaign — Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election. The lead defendant is the …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from Mueller's stunning new indictments … Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller just indicted 13 Russian nationals for participating in an alleged criminal plot to undermine the 2016 presidential election. Here's the key line from the indictment:
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New York Times:
13 Russians Indicted as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department charged 13 Russians and three companies on Friday in a sprawling indictment that unveiled a sophisticated network designed to subvert the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign.
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New York Times:
Indictment Makes Trump's Hoax Claim Harder to Sell — WASHINGTON — He brushed it off as a hoax. He mused that it might be China, or a guy from New Jersey, or “somebody sitting on their bed who weighs 400 pounds.” He said President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had assured him it wasn't true.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Mueller's Latest Indictment Shows Trump Has Helped Putin Cover Up a Crime
Mueller's Latest Indictment Shows Trump Has Helped Putin Cover Up a Crime
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Accuses Russians of Pro-Trump, Anti-Clinton Meddling
Mueller Accuses Russians of Pro-Trump, Anti-Clinton Meddling
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘Russia hoax’ turns out to be real
Trump's ‘Russia hoax’ turns out to be real
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer: President's ‘Happy’ Mueller Indicted 13 Russian Meddlers
Trump Lawyer: President's ‘Happy’ Mueller Indicted 13 Russian Meddlers
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders silent on claim that Russians backed him in 2016
Sanders silent on claim that Russians backed him in 2016
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Ex-CIA chief debunks Trump: ‘Implausible’ Russia didn't influence votes
Ex-CIA chief debunks Trump: ‘Implausible’ Russia didn't influence votes
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Ryan Goodman / New York Times:
Message to Trump: Let Mueller Do His Job
Message to Trump: Let Mueller Do His Job
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The Hill:
Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in US election
Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in US election
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Has Interviewed Trump Legal Team's Former Spokesman
Mueller Has Interviewed Trump Legal Team's Former Spokesman
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida — On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI's Public Access Line (PAL) tipline to report concerns about him. The caller provided information about Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior …
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CNN:
From ‘broken child’ to mass killer — (CNN)Long before he slaughtered 17 people at the South Florida high school he once attended, Nikolas Cruz had a disturbing way of introducing himself. — “Hi, I'm Nick,” he used to say, according to an acquaintance interviewed by CNN. “I'm a school shooter.”
Associated Press:
Shooting suspect was on school rifle team that got NRA grant — The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Parkland survivor slams GOP for shrugging off dead kids — but freaking out over ‘rainbow wedding cakes’ — Speaking with CNN host Anderson Cooper, a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed the lives of 17 students …
The Daily Beast:
Parkland Students to President Trump: Stay ‘Far Away’ From Us … Two days after enduring a horrific school shooting, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and parents of the victims have one request for President Donald Trump: stay away. — “In my opinion I do not want Trump here at all …
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Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence
Five states allow guns to be seized before someone can commit violence
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Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Authorities Were Called To Alleged Florida School Shooter Nikolas Cruz's House More Than 35 Times
Authorities Were Called To Alleged Florida School Shooter Nikolas Cruz's House More Than 35 Times
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Scott Travis / Sun-Sentinel:
School district to tear down Stoneman Douglas High building where attack took place
School district to tear down Stoneman Douglas High building where attack took place
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James Profetto / WSVN-TV:
Students protest outside South Broward High in wake of Parkland shooting
Students protest outside South Broward High in wake of Parkland shooting
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Sam Smink / WPTV:
Mom and son survive Parkland school shooting, Fort Lauderdale airport shooting
Mom and son survive Parkland school shooting, Fort Lauderdale airport shooting
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Was Warned of Florida Suspect's Desire to Kill but Did Not Act
F.B.I. Was Warned of Florida Suspect's Desire to Kill but Did Not Act
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Doug Criss / CNN:
3 billboards near Miami are trolling Sen. Marco Rubio after the Florida school massacre
3 billboards near Miami are trolling Sen. Marco Rubio after the Florida school massacre
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Washington Post:
The FBI said it failed to act on a tip about the suspected Florida school shooter's potential for violence
The FBI said it failed to act on a tip about the suspected Florida school shooter's potential for violence
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Ben Feuerherd / The Daily Beast:
Parkland Teacher Opposed to Gun Control Has Change of Heart
Parkland Teacher Opposed to Gun Control Has Change of Heart
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New Yorker:
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity — One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair. — In June, 2006, Donald Trump taped an episode of his reality-television show, “The Apprentice …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump arrives solo to air base amid second affair scandal as first couple heads to Florida — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump eschewed the traditional South Lawn couple's walk to Marine One on Friday amid another adultery allegation scandal, opting instead to drive separately ahead of President Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
Read Kelly's memo of proposed changes to White House security clearance process — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, under pressure over his handling of allegations of domestic abuse against a top aide, has approved an overhaul of how the White House manages security-clearance investigations …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Kelly makes changes to White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against top aide
Kelly makes changes to White House security clearance process after abuse allegations against top aide
Jessica Estepa / USA Today:
Watchdog group files complaint to remove Jared Kushner's temporary security clearance
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Chief of Staff Orders an Overhaul for Security Clearances
James Risen / The Intercept:
Is Donald Trump a Traitor? — I find it hard to write about Donald Trump. — It is not that he is a complicated subject. Quite the opposite. It is that everything about him is so painfully obvious. He is a low-rent racist, a shameless misogynist, and an unbalanced narcissist.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Californian man pleads guilty to identity fraud connected to Russian interference in presidential election — (CNN)A California man pleaded guilty to identity fraud in a second case unsealed Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election.
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Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
How white nationalists fooled the media about Florida shooter — Following misrepresentations by a white nationalist leader and coordinated efforts by internet trolls, numerous researchers and media outlets spread a seemingly false claim that the man charged with killing more than a dozen people …
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Andy Sher / timesfreepress.com:
Fincher out of Senate race, wants Corker to run — NASHVILLE - In a major shake up of Tennessee's U.S. Senate GOP primary, former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher said late Friday afternoon he's getting out of his race with U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and thinks incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Corker should get in.
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