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David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Former Trump aide Rick Gates to plead guilty; agrees to testify against Manafort, sources say … A former top aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign will plead guilty to fraud-related charges within days - and has made clear to prosecutors that he would testify against Paul J. Manafort Jr. …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Gates agrees to testify against Manafort in Mueller probe: report
Gates agrees to testify against Manafort in Mueller probe: report
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump attacks everyone but Russia — President Donald Trump railed against the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election Saturday night into Sunday, sending off a stream of tweets attacking the FBI, CNN, the Democratic Party, his own national security adviser …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care — As the rest of America mourns the victims of the Parkland, Florida, massacre, President Trump took to Twitter. — Not for him the rituals of grief. He is too consumed by rage and resentment. He interrupted his holidaying schedule …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jill Stein Downplays Russian Meddling: Media and DNC Interfered in 2016 Election Too — Days after the Russian indictments were handed down, Jill Stein appeared on MSNBC today to downplay Russian interference by pointing to American interference in the election.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud
Reading the Mueller Indictment: A Russian-American Fraud
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Florida teen shooting survivors announce ‘March for Our Lives’ demonstration in Washington — Teen survivors of the school shooting massacre in Florida last week are calling for a march on Washington to demand action on gun control. — Student organizers of the protest told ABC News' …
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Christine Yared / New York Times:
Don't Let My Classmates' Deaths Be in Vain — Parkland, Fla. — I am a freshman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. In the days since the attack that killed 17 people here, I have continued replaying those terrifying moments in my head.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
He survived the Florida school shooting. He vows not to return to classes until gun laws change.
He survived the Florida school shooting. He vows not to return to classes until gun laws change.
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CNN:
Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
Florida student Emma Gonzalez to lawmakers and gun advocates: ‘We call BS’
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Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Florida school shooting survivors plan march demanding end to gun violence
Florida school shooting survivors plan march demanding end to gun violence
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CNN:
Parkland students say, ‘We are going to be the last mass shooting’
Parkland students say, ‘We are going to be the last mass shooting’
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Florida shooting survivors announce national march against gun violence
Florida shooting survivors announce national march against gun violence
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
We've just hit a new presidential low … Donald Trump has taken the presidency to yet another new low. — In a remarkable set of tweets over the weekend, the commander in chief sounded off on new revelations about the extent of Russia's campaign to undermine our electoral system.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘They are laughing their asses off in Moscow’: Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election … West Palm Beach, Fla. — President Trump questioned the intensifying special counsel's investigation of his campaign and administration while attacking his own national security adviser …
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Washington Post:
Trump lashes out over Russia probe in angry and error-laden tweetstorm … WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump lashed out with fresh anger about the intensifying Russia probe over the weekend, accusing Democrats of enabling a foreign adversary to interfere in the 2016 election and attacking …
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Max Londberg / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Third-graders are selling AR-15 raffle tickets in Missouri — Third-graders in a Missouri community are continuing to sell raffle tickets for an AR-15 to benefit their traveling baseball team after the same type of rifle was used to slaughter and injure dozens at a Florida school.
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Eric and Don Jr. egged on Trump's weekend Twitter tirade against the FBI: CNN
Eric and Don Jr. egged on Trump's weekend Twitter tirade against the FBI: CNN
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump says he is skipping golf to honor the Florida shooting victims: report
Trump says he is skipping golf to honor the Florida shooting victims: report
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
'He's scared out of his mind': Ex-official nails Trump over blaming FBI for shooting to deflect from Russia probe — Appearing on AM Joy, former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi harshly criticized Donald Trump for attacking the FBI over the tragedy in Parkland …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Appeasing the Trigger Gods
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Skirmish in Beijing over the nuclear football — On Thursday Nov. 9, when President Trump and his team visited Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Chief of Staff John Kelly and a U.S. Secret Service agent skirmished with Chinese security officials over the nuclear football.
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Adam Rippon will work for NBC as a correspondent for remainder of 2018 Winter Olympics — PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon, the openly gay Olympic team bronze medalist who has become one of the best-known names at these Games, has been hired by NBC to work …
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Honor Jones / New York Times:
Why Yoga Pants Are Bad for Women — It's a new year and I've got a new gym membership. I went the other morning. It was 8 degrees outside. And every woman in there was wearing skintight, Saran-wrap-thin yoga pants. Many were dressed in the latest fashion — leggings with patterns …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
The Russian journalist who helped uncover election interference is confounded by the Mueller indictments … A 37-page indictment issued by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team on Friday brings fresh American attention to one of the strangest elements of alleged Russian interference …
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Weekend Box Office: ‘Black Panther’ Bounds to Record-Shattering $218M-Plus Bow — The movie scores one of the top openings of all time in North America; overseas, it amasses $169 million for a $387 million global debut. — In a defining moment for Hollywood, Disney and Marvel Studios …
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
‘Black Panther’ brings in a record-breaking box office weekend
‘Black Panther’ brings in a record-breaking box office weekend
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