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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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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Mueller Charges Lawyer With Lying in Russia Probe — Van Der Zwaan helped prepare Ukraine report for Manafort — False statements case comes days after Russians charged — An attorney who worked for a prominent law firm was charged with making false statements to federal authorities …
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Washington Post:
Mueller probe: London-based son-in-law of Russian businessman to plead guilty to false statements … The London-based son-in-law of one of Russia's wealthiest men is set to plead guilty Tuesday afternoon in Washington to making false statements in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's probe …
New York Times:
Former Skadden Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Lying in Russia Investigation
Former Skadden Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Lying in Russia Investigation
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller charges lawyer with lying about interaction with Rick Gates
Mueller charges lawyer with lying about interaction with Rick Gates
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Media Matters for America:
Pro-Trump media launch attacks on student survivors of Florida school shooting — After any mass shooting, disinformation spreads online like wildfire. It happens immediately, created and disseminated on purpose, often in real time as the event is unfolding.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Former Congressman joins smear campaign against students who survived Parkland massacre — Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has joined a growing far-right smear campaign against the students who survived last week's massacre in a Parkland, Florida high school.
Sun-Sentinel:
West Point posthumously admits shooting victim Peter Wang to Class of 2025
West Point posthumously admits shooting victim Peter Wang to Class of 2025
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miamiherald:
Hundreds of students walk out of class and are marching to Stoneman Douglas High
Hundreds of students walk out of class and are marching to Stoneman Douglas High
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BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Jr. Liked Tweets Promoting A Conspiracy Theory About A Florida Shooting Survivor
Donald Trump Jr. Liked Tweets Promoting A Conspiracy Theory About A Florida Shooting Survivor
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James LaPorta / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Army Awards Medal of Heroism to Slain Parkland Students
U.S. Army Awards Medal of Heroism to Slain Parkland Students
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Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC's Katy Tur: ‘Kids or Guns, What Do You Value More?’
MSNBC's Katy Tur: ‘Kids or Guns, What Do You Value More?’
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's Twitter-Fueled Weekend Meltdown — White House aides prayed for rain. Inclement weather would mean President Donald Trump would have to take the motorcade to the waiting plane to Florida. That would mean he couldn't take the helicopter from the South Lawn to Joint Base Andrews …
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Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
NC couple pitching dating site for Trump supporters — RALEIGH, N.C. — A married couple from Guilford County have become the faces of a new Donald Trump-themed dating website. — Barrett and Jodi Riddleberger's smiles, beneath Trump campaign baseball caps, are the first thing greeting visitors at Trump.dating.
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Jason Dearen / Associated Press:
Man featured on ‘Trump Dating’ site has child sex conviction — GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man who was one of the faces of a dating service for fans of the president has a felony conviction for indecent liberties with a child. — News outlets reported Monday that visitors …
Reuters:
White House says Trump son-in-law Kushner can do job without security clearance — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, can continue in his role as a senior White House adviser even if he does not obtain a security clearance, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump moves to ban ‘bump stocks’ 4 months after Las Vegas shooting
Trump moves to ban ‘bump stocks’ 4 months after Las Vegas shooting
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Don Jr. Advises President Trump After School Shooting: Don't Go Wobbly on Guns
Don Jr. Advises President Trump After School Shooting: Don't Go Wobbly on Guns
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Carolyn Van Houten / Washington Post:
Trump accuser keeps telling her story, hoping someone will finally listen — This Trump accuser keeps asking herself that. But she plans to keep talking about that day in 2006. — She believed her best chance to be heard was through sheer repetition, so Rachel Crooks took her seat …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
How Banks Could Control Gun Sales if Washington Won't — For the past year, chief executives have often talked about the new sense of moral responsibility that corporations have to help their communities and confront social challenges even when Washington won't.
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
In Emails, Trump's Top General Said The Transgender Military Ban Was “Unexpected” And He Was “Not Consulted” — Emails newly obtained by BuzzFeed News reveal the surprise for Joint Chiefs of Staff. — Less than 24 hours after President Trump tweeted that “after consultation with my Generals …
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Remy Smidt / BuzzFeed:
Here's What It's Like At The Headquarters Of The Teens Working To Stop Mass Shootings — Just days after surviving a mass shooting, a team of teens are trying to start a revolution from their parents' living rooms. — Reporting From Parkland, Florida — PARKLAND, Florida …
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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 …
VICE:
The Reversal of Pennsylvania's GOP Gerrymander Is a Big Democratic Win — Welcome back to House Party, our column looking at the 2018 House of Representative races as midterms approach. — In a hugely positive development for American democracy, on Monday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court implemented …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines on Trump's Romney endorsement — I've been calling people in the White House and sources close to Mitt Romney to find out the backstory behind the Trump endorsement of Romney. — What I've learned: Both sides agree Romney, who has a tumultuous history with Trump, didn't ask for an endorsement.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Mitt Romney said he wouldn't accept an endorsement from Trump. Monday night, he did.
Mitt Romney said he wouldn't accept an endorsement from Trump. Monday night, he did.
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ARLnow.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Employees Are Very Interested in a Particular Article About Arlington — Eagle-eyed readers of this site may have noticed something odd in this past Friday's weekend discussion post: namely, the inclusion of an article from December among the most-viewed stories of the week.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Devin Nunes' 10 questions about the Trump dossier — House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has sent a series of questions about the Trump dossier to a number of current and former government officials. The committee did not specify to whom Nunes sent the questions …
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Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Parkland students come under attack for their outspokenness — Critics begin to question their motives. — The grieving students in Parkland have been praised for their articulate, emotional and forceful response to the tragedy. — Now they are coming under attack from the far-right …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Don't blame ‘Washington.’ Blame the GOP. — Dysfunctional Washington refuses to work out its differences to solve problems that matter to Americans. — So say pundits and policy activists, perhaps hoping that diffuse criticism, rather than finger-pointing, will yield a government willing to govern.
Serena Williams / CNN:
What my life-threatening experience taught me about giving birth — Serena Williams shares scary birth experience — Serena Williams is a professional tennis player, businesswoman and UNICEF goodwill ambassador. The views expressed in this commentary are her own.
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Smarm of the Contrarian — Conor Friedersdorf has taken some time off from his complaints about how college students are coddled snowflakes to write a column about how horrible it is when people say unkind things about the arguments made by well-compensated newspaper columnists.
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Stop Inflating the Russia Threat — Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of thirteen Russians last week for meddling in the 2016 election has incited hysterical threat inflation among many pundits and foreign policy experts. For Washington Post columnist Max Boot …
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Walter Shapiro / The Guardian:
If Trump has nothing to hide, why is he so soft on Russia? — This is a question the press must keep asking over and over again - until they receive an answer … The political world has known the power of repetition since Cato the Elder reputedly ended every speech in the Roman Senate with the words …
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Focus On The Family Has Declared Itself A Church, Avoiding IRS Disclosure Rules — Focus on the Family, the behemoth Religious Right organization founded by James Dobson, has declared itself to be a church, thereby avoiding a requirement that it file public tax documents …
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Rachel Wolfe / Vox:
How a post-Columbine generation views gun control — Younger Americans aren't as progressive on gun legislation as you might expect. — In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, shooting, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students have demanded changes to gun control legislation.
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Washington Post:
Louisville forced to vacate 2013 men's basketball championship in punishment for sex scandal — The NCAA appeals committee upheld a ruling that the university must forfeit 123 victories, including the 2013 national championship and a 2012 Final Four appearance, as punishment for a scandal …