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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's interest in Kushner grows to include foreign financing efforts — Sources: Rick Gates close to plea deal — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing …
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Shareblue Media, The Week, Washington Times, Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
How A Plea Reversal From Michael Flynn Could Uncover More Federal Corruption
How A Plea Reversal From Michael Flynn Could Uncover More Federal Corruption
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Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
5 things that are more complicated than buying a gun in Florida — The 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people on Valentine's Day at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, allegedly bought seven rifles in the last year, a federal law enforcement source has told CBS News.
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RedState, Breitbart and twitchy.com
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Columbine survivor introduces bill to expand concealed-carry in schools
Columbine survivor introduces bill to expand concealed-carry in schools
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People.com, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, RT, IJR, The Daily Caller, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, thecut, theGrio, AOL, Daily Wire, Mashable, The Guardian and Washington Post
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘How much are they being paid?’ Fox News fans trash teen Parkland survivors who demand stronger gun laws
‘How much are they being paid?’ Fox News fans trash teen Parkland survivors who demand stronger gun laws
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Students who survived massacre refuse to pose for photo op with Trump
Students who survived massacre refuse to pose for photo op with Trump
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BostonGlobe.com and IJR
Joshua Douglas / CNN:
Parkland students show why 16-year-olds should be able to vote
Parkland students show why 16-year-olds should be able to vote
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KTLA, RedState, IJR, The Daily Caller, NBC News and New York Times
Madison Park / CNN:
Florida school shooter obtained 10 firearms
Florida school shooter obtained 10 firearms
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twitchy.com, The Moderate Voice, Vox, The Hill, IJR, fox8.com, AOL, FOX6Now.com, The Right Scoop, KTLA, CBS Miami and FOX 61
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Florida Governor Rick Scott Won't Attend CNN Town Hall on Florida School Shooting
Florida Governor Rick Scott Won't Attend CNN Town Hall on Florida School Shooting
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Progressives Everywhere, Shareblue Media and CNN
New York Times:
The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices. — Reviewing the decisions made to redraw the map in one of the country's most gerrymandered states.
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Pa Supreme Court on 4-3 Vote Adopts Advisor Nate Persily's Maps for Pennsylvania Congressional …
Pa Supreme Court on 4-3 Vote Adopts Advisor Nate Persily's Maps for Pennsylvania Congressional …
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Washington Post
Elena Schneider / Politico:
New Pennsylvania map gives Democrats big boost in midterms
New Pennsylvania map gives Democrats big boost in midterms
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Axios and electionlawblog.org
Bshughart / Senator Joe Scarnati:
Scarnati, Turzai Issue Statement PA Supreme Court's Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Jonathan Lai / Philly.com:
Pa. gerrymandering case: State Supreme Court releases new congressional map for 2018 elections
Pa. gerrymandering case: State Supreme Court releases new congressional map for 2018 elections
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BuzzFeed, Associated Press and The Week
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Manafort Under Scrutiny For $40 Million In “Suspicious” Transactions — As the special counsel investigated President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, authorities obtained details on “suspicious” banking activity that was first unearthed in 2014 and 2015.
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The Week, Daily Kos, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, The Mahablog, TheBlaze and VICE News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Plans a Streaming Service for ‘Superfans’ — Thanks to a relentless news cycle — and a dedicated fan in the Oval Office — Fox News has defied the downward trends in the television business, notching its highest-rated year in 2017 even as audiences dwindled for many networks.
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FOX 61 and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
Fox News's appalling past 72 hours, analyzed
Fox News's appalling past 72 hours, analyzed
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Politico, The Guardian, Weekly Standard, Mediaite and Power Line
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
RECKONING WITH TRUMP'S ILLEGITIMACY
RECKONING WITH TRUMP'S ILLEGITIMACY
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The Daily Caller, New York Times and Lawfare
New York Times:
After Florida School Shooting, Russian ‘Bot’ Army Pounced — SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.
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The Atlantic
Washington Post:
For the weary White House, Florida shooting offered a ‘reprieve’ from scandals … The White House was under siege. — Domestic abuse allegations against a senior aide were ignored, pointing to a potential high-level coverup. Two Cabinet secretaries were caught charging taxpayers for luxury travel.
Lucian Wintrich / The Gateway Pundit:
EXPOSED: School Shooting Survivor Turned Activist David Hogg's Father in FBI, Appears To Have Been Coached On Anti-Trump Lines [VIDEO] — As previously reported: — In less than a week since they survived a mass murdering gunman attack on their school, two student who quickly became media stars …
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CNN, ThinkProgress and RedState
New York Times:
Tax Overhaul Gains Public Support, Buoying Republicans — The tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law now has more supporters than opponents, buoying Republican hopes for this year's congressional elections. — The growing public support for the law coincides with an eroding Democratic lead …
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The Gateway Pundit, Front Page Magazine and The Daily Caller
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Poll: Most Americans now support GOP tax law
Poll: Most Americans now support GOP tax law
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The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Lawmaker who led #MeToo push invited staffer to play spin the bottle, complaint says … California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, one of the leading voices behind the #MeToo movement, is facing accusations that she sexually harassed staffers — including one who said she fired him after he refused …
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The Stranger …
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Alexei Koseff / Sacramento Bee:
Spin the bottle game among newest allegations against female lawmaker
Spin the bottle game among newest allegations against female lawmaker
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Politico and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Rob Porter's Charisma and Ambition Disguised Flare-ups of Anger — WASHINGTON — People who crossed paths with Rob Porter in Harvard classrooms or the hallways of Capitol Hill describe him in glowing terms: He was articulate enough to be secretary of state. Intelligent enough to be a Supreme Court justice.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Oops! Sarah Huckabee Sanders cops to making a rare mistake and says Trump has not confirmed for WHCD yet - but WILL go to Gridiron — The White House told DailyMail.com Monday that President Trump would attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but then walked it back
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Politico, Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Bill Scher / Politico:
Why the NRA Always Wins — It's not the money. It's the culture. — Your burning outrage about the Parkland school massacre is already starting to flicker. The special counsel's indictments of the Russian hacker operation, and President Donald Trump's dizzying response to them …
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Front Page Magazine and New York Times
David Brooks / New York Times:
Respect First, Then Gun Control — This has been an emotional week. We greet tragedies like the school shooting in Florida with shock, sadness, mourning and grief that turns into indignation and rage. The anger inevitably gets directed at the N.R.A., those who support gun rights …
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Splinter
Bob Jordan / USA Today:
History experts in New York Times op-ed: Trump worst president ever, Obama in top 10 — Donald Trump is America's worst president, says a New York Times opinion piece that's based on a survey of 170 members of the American Political Science Association's Presidents and Executive Politics section.
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Washington Times, Daily Kos, IJR, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and Axios