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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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CNN:
Exclusive: A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller — Washington (CNN)Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he's poised to cooperate in the investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.
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Washington Post:
No, there haven't been 18 school shootings in 2018. That number is flat wrong. … The stunning number swept across the Internet within minutes of the news Wednesday that, yet again, another young man with another semi-automatic rifle had rampaged through a school, this time at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in South Florida.
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New York Times:
The N.R.A. Can Be Beat — It's time to vote the gun lobby out of office. — Parents throughout the country live with the dread that the next lockdown at their child's school won't be a drill and that screams like those we heard on cellphones from classrooms at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
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David French / National Review:
New Gun Policies Won't Stop Mass Shootings, but People Can
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New York Times:
Flashes of Rage. Family Loss. Nikolas Cruz's Lifetime of Trouble. — PARKLAND, Fla. — Before he was hauled into a jailhouse hearing room on Thursday, head bowed and shackled at the wrists and ankles, Nikolas Cruz had been causing trouble as long as anyone here could remember.
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Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
Local law enforcement: No ties between militia and school shooter — Jordan Jereb, local leader for the Republic of Florida, a separatist group on the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch — Local law enforcement sources have so far not found a connection between accused Parkland …
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miamiherald:
The victims of the Douglas High mass shooting — The Broward County Sheriff's Office has not yet released the names of the 17 people killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday. But relatives and friends of the victims took to social media on Thursday to mourn and honor the people they lost.
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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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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Pruitt's security threat? A passenger shouting, 'You're f—ing up the environment' — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Pruitt Started Flying First Class To Avoid People Yelling Profanities At Him — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt began flying first class in May when his security team determined that it would help him avoid confrontations, Henry Barnet, the director of the EPA's Office of Criminal Enforcement, told Politico on Thursday.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
EPA: Pruitt faced profanities from fellow passengers when he flew coach
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Emma Dumain / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House, Lindsey Graham go to war over immigration — WASHINGTON — “Who the hell wrote this?” — That's how Sen. Lindsey Graham described his furious reaction to a Department of Homeland Security statement condemning a Senate immigration plan carefully crafted by Republicans and Democrats.
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CBS News:
White House refuses to release photo of Trump signing bill to weaken gun law — A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More than 40 percent of Trump's Cabinet-level picks have faced ethical or other controversies — President Trump came to Washington promising to “drain the swamp.” But after less than 13 months, more than 40 percent of the people he originally picked for Cabinet-level jobs have faced ethical or other controversies.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case? — Observers are buzzing about a series of events in the last 60 days in the case of Michael Flynn, the Trump national security adviser who on Dec. 1 pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI in the Trump-Russia investigation.
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CNN:
Ex-wife's photos raise questions about McGahn's role in Porter scandal — Washington (CNN)The FBI obtained photos of the bruised face of Colbie Holderness seven days after President Donald Trump's inauguration last year, according to emails obtained by CNN, raising questions …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
White House left feeling rudderless as Trump hangs back in crisis
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria — Mattis gave Putin “plausible deniability” for a military assault that went badly awry. — If you've been listening just to the Kremlin and the Pentagon, you probably didn't know that Russia attacked American forces and their allies …
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Facebook complies with Russia's request to take down an Instagram post linked to Putin's rival — Facebook-owned Instagram has taken down posts related to bribery allegations made by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny against prominent figures in a YouTube video.
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Washington Post:
A significant minority of Americans say they could support a military takeover of the U.S. government — With the administration planning a military parade in the capital and three former generals occupying key posts in the Trump administration, some observers are concerned about the militarization …
Maureen Groppe / Indianapolis Star:
After Rippon: Searching for clarity on Mike Pence's stance on gay conversion therapy — WASHINGTON — What is Vice President Mike Pence's position on the discredited practice of trying to change a person's gender identity or sexual orientation through “conversion therapy”?
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
ABC's George Stephanopoulos Has Landed The Big Comey Interview — Stephanopoulos will interview Comey in mid-April ahead of the release of his highly-anticipated book. — ABC has landed one of the most sought-after interviews of the year: former FBI Director James Comey.
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ProPublica:
Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Conservative Think Tank — U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski is asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether a series of financial deals improperly benefited the leaders of the Illinois Policy Institute — the latest call for authorities to examine the influential conservative think tank.
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Roll Call
Dal Kalsi / FOX Carolina 21:
Deputies: Broome High student arrested after Snapchat threat ‘Round 2 of Florida tomorrow’ — A Broome High School student was arrested after a threat was made via social media, a school district spokesperson said Thursday. — Spartanburg School District Three spokesperson Sherri Horton …
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