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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
McMaster: Evidence of Russian meddling is ‘now really incontrovertible’ — McMaster responds to Russian indictments — Washington (CNN)Evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election is “now really incontrovertible,” White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said Saturday.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader — WASHINGTON — After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump's first reaction was to claim personal vindication …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-Russian diplomat calls US charges ‘fantasies’ — MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Russian response to U.S. indictments (all times local): — Russia's former ambassador to the United States is dismissing detailed allegations of attempted Russian interference …
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Lawfare:
Russian Influence Campaign: What's in the Latest Mueller Indictment — None of the defendants indicted Friday for their alleged influence operation against the U.S. political system is likely to ever see the inside of an American courtroom. None is in custody. None is likely to surrender to U.S. authorities.
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
McMaster: Russian meddling in U.S. elections is beyond dispute — President Trump's national security adviser said Saturday that Russian inrterference in the 2016 U.S. elections is beyond dispute, marking a sharp reversal of the president's frequent dismissal of alleged Russian cyber-meddling as a “hoax.”
Washington Post:
What Trump still doesn't get about Russian interference in the election
What Trump still doesn't get about Russian interference in the election
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Mueller's Indictment Ends Trump's Myth of the Russia “Hoax”
Mueller's Indictment Ends Trump's Myth of the Russia “Hoax”
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
The rise of 'Putin's chef,' the Russian oligarch accused of manipulating the U.S. election
The rise of 'Putin's chef,' the Russian oligarch accused of manipulating the U.S. election
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Mueller Still Investigating Possible Collusion, Source Says
Mueller Still Investigating Possible Collusion, Source Says
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Worries about Trump's legitimacy resurface with Russia indictment
Worries about Trump's legitimacy resurface with Russia indictment
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New York Times:
Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters
Inside a 3-Year Russian Campaign to Influence U.S. Voters
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
It's Going to Be Much, Much Harder for Trump to Fire Rod Rosenstein Now
It's Going to Be Much, Much Harder for Trump to Fire Rod Rosenstein Now
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Go Donald!’: Inside the Russian shadow campaign to elect Trump
‘Go Donald!’: Inside the Russian shadow campaign to elect Trump
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New York Times
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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Los Angeles Times:
Horrified Florida students beg the adults: Please, do something about guns … The kids in South Florida are fed up. With the adults. — After a mass shooting left 17 students and faculty dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Parkland …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The students at Florida's Douglas High are amazing communicators. That could save lives. — Telegenic and media-savvy is one way to describe David Hogg, a lean and dark-haired senior at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. — But maybe a better way is this: Change agent.
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Associated Press:
Shooting suspect was on school rifle team that got NRA grant
Shooting suspect was on school rifle team that got NRA grant
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Kelly Fisher / Courier-Journal:
Marshall County shooting suspect's identity confirmed, will be tried as an adult
Marshall County shooting suspect's identity confirmed, will be tried as an adult
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump visits hospital, meets shooting survivors
The Latest: Trump visits hospital, meets shooting survivors
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Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns — (CNN)In a private Instagram group chat, confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz repeatedly espoused racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views and displayed an obsession with violence and guns.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller levels new claim of bank fraud against Manafort — Prosecutors say they've found ‘additional criminal conduct’ by the former Trump campaign chairman. — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman …
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Mueller adds bank fraud to Manafort's list of alleged criminal conduct — has reported a new criminal accusation against President Trump — 's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — Mueller's team said in a court filing Friday that it learned of “additional criminal conduct” …
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New White House security clearance policy could put 'bull's eye' on Kushner … White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly announced Friday that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
We know nothing; Mueller knows all — Robert Mueller's meaty indictment, accusing 13 Russians (including an oligarch known as “Putin's cook") of “information warfare against the United States of America,” shows the special counsel has been doing deep, serious investigative work — totally under the radar, and with zero leaks.
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Sam Amick / USA Today:
Kevin Durant on Laura Ingraham's commentary: ‘To me, it was racist’ — LOS ANGELES - The timing was perfect. — While the social media stratosphere was still buzzing on Friday about Laura Ingraham's offensive segment on Fox News, where the host told LeBron James and Kevin Durant to …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Kevin Durant Responds to Laura Ingraham: ‘To Me, It Was Racist’
Kevin Durant Responds to Laura Ingraham: ‘To Me, It Was Racist’
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Sporting News, USA Today and Media Matters for America
Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
Bari Weiss and the Left-Wing Infatuation With Taking Offense — The mob was unusually vociferous, even for Twitter. After the California-born ice skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, the New York Times writer Bari Weiss commented “Immigrants: They get the job done.”
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Tennessean.com:
Stephen Fincher halts U.S. Senate bid, encourages Corker to seek re-election — Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is halting his bid for the U.S. Senate and is encouraging U.S. Sen Bob Corker to seek re-election. — The seventh-generation cotton farmer from Frog Jump ended his campaign late Friday.
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