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Kushner's Business Got Loans from Companies After White House Meetings — Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser. — Early last year, a private equity billionaire started paying regular visits to the White House.
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
The White House chief calligrapher has a higher clearance than Jared Kushner
The White House chief calligrapher has a higher clearance than Jared Kushner
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
New York Regulator Asks Deutsche Bank, Others About Kushner Loans
New York Regulator Asks Deutsche Bank, Others About Kushner Loans
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Regulator seeks information about Kushner's ties to 3 banks
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hope Hicks to Resign as White House Communications Director — Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she was resigning. — Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign without …
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Bloomberg:
More Than 30 White House Aides Lose Top Secret Clearance, Sources Say — More than 30 aides to President Donald Trump have been stripped of access to top secret intelligence, two people familiar with the move said. — The officials have been notified that they will be downgraded to a lower-level …
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Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Trump reportedly berated Hope Hicks over her testimony to the House Intel Committee — President Donald Trump reportedly berated Hope Hicks for testimony she gave to lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee during which she admitted telling white lies for him.
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CNN:
What Hope Hicks meant about white lies — (CNN)White House communications director Hope Hicks, who on Wednesday announced she plans to leave the White House, testified to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that she has told what amounted to white lies for President Donald Trump.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures
Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures
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Washington Post:
Trump aide Hope Hicks to resign amid personal tumult and Russia probe
Trump aide Hope Hicks to resign amid personal tumult and Russia probe
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is now on pace to have 11 communications directors in his first term
CNN:
Today in politics: Live updates
Today in politics: Live updates
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Washington Post:
Mueller investigation examining Trump's apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July … Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump seemed determined to drive Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his job, according to people familiar …
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NBC News:
Mueller asking if Trump knew about hacked Democratic emails before release — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is asking witnesses pointed questions about whether Donald Trump was aware that Democratic emails had been stolen before that was publicly known, and whether he was involved …
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Axios:
Scoop: Besieged Sessions dines with Rosenstein in show of solidarity — If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books. — Tonight at 7:35pm, the Attorney General strode into a high-end Washington restaurant …
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Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Trump's New Target: The Justice Department's Inspector General
Trump's New Target: The Justice Department's Inspector General
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news.walmart.com:
Walmart Statement on Firearms Policy — In light of recent events, we've taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales. Going forward, we are raising the age restriction for purchase of firearms and ammunition to 21 years of age. We will update our processes as quickly as possible to implement this change.
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Press Room:
Media Statements — We at DICK'S Sporting Goods are deeply disturbed and saddened by the tragic events in Parkland. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their loved ones. — But thoughts and prayers are not enough. — We have tremendous respect and admiration …
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Walmart says it will raise age restriction to 21 for gun purchases, remove items resembling …
Walmart says it will raise age restriction to 21 for gun purchases, remove items resembling …
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Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Dick's, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles
Dick's, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles
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Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn / Mother Jones:
Alex Jones Is Accused of Discrimination and Sexual Harassment by Former InfoWars Employees — One staffer says he was dubbed “The Resident Jew,” another claims she was groped. … Two former staffers at InfoWars have accused founder and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of discrimination …
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Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Has Jared Kushner Conspired to Defraud America? — Amid the dizzying details of internet trolls, almost a million dollars' worth of antique rugs and fake bank accounts, the indictments brought by Robert Mueller, the special counsel, in his investigation of Russian tampering in the 2016 election have one thing in common.
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA Secretary David Shulkin's top PR aide asked Congress to help get him fired — He says he's eager to move forward and focus on fixing the VA. USA TODAY — WASHINGTON — One of the top deputies to VA Secretary David Shulkin has actively lobbied Capitol Hill to demand his boss's resignation …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mnuchin, Dogged By Protesters, Doesn't Want Video Posted — Treasury secretary says he typically talks to ‘people who wanna listen to me speak’ — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked the University of California, Los Angeles not to post a video of his recent public appearance at which he was heckled by students.
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans say Trump is racist — WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for Hispanics and Muslims …
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Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Rubio bill would let young adults in D.C. purchase the AR-15 — WASHINGTON — Last week, Marco Rubio stared into the eyes of a father who lost his daughter during the nation's deadliest high school shooting and made an announcement: Young adults should not be able to purchase guns.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
NRA on Trump meeting: Great TV, but ‘bad policy’
NRA on Trump meeting: Great TV, but ‘bad policy’
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
PBS launching new conservative political talk show — NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
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CNN:
Political appointee at Interior resigns after KFile inquiry into birther, anti-Muslim comments — (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Interior resigned Wednesday after CNN's KFile flagged inflammatory comments she made on Facebook and Twitter. — Christine Bauserman …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’ — on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights. — “I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man's case that just took place in Florida …
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Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
Republicans Gobsmacked by Trump's Gun Control Comments — The president suggested gun confiscation could come before due process in a televised bipartisan meeting with members of Congress. — During a televised bipartisan meeting to discuss gun control proposals with members of Congress on Wednesday …
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Associated Press:
Hundreds gather at church for blessing ceremony featuring AR-15s — NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting a nearby school to cancel classes.
Tara Copp / Military Times:
Wife of 7th Special Forces Group vet faces deportation under tighter immigration rules — A Virginia immigration court on Monday could decide to deport the wife of an Army 7th Special Forces Group veteran, despite provisions in the law that allow her to remain in the United States.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“Jailed Instagram model wants to trade secrets for freedom” — For the Associated Press, any excuse to smear President Trump is a good one. Thus this story, which no doubt will appear in hundreds of newspapers tomorrow. I assume this “news” story wasn't intended as a joke, but it definitely contains humorous elements:
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CNN:
‘Surreal’ Trump meeting on guns left Republicans reeling, Democrats optimistic — Trump: Take guns first, then go to court — (CNN)Nobody knew quite what to think. — After a wide-ranging, televised meeting Wednesday at the White House, Democrats walked away stunned and with some tepid optimism …