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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg called before grand jury, says he will refuse to go … Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg said Monday that he has been subpoenaed to appear in front of a federal grand jury investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election but that he will refuse to go.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Former Trump aide refusing Mueller subpoena: ‘Screw that’ — Washington (CNN)In a defiant pair of CNN interviews, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said Monday he refuses to comply with a grand jury subpoena in the Russia investigation. — “Screw that,” Nunberg told CNN's Gloria Borger.
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Lawfare:
Sam Nunberg's Media Meltdown—and What He Might Want to Remember About Special Prosecutors' Powers — It is an understatement to say that Sam Nunberg is playing with fire. — Nunberg, a longtime Trump adviser and former campaign aide who is on the outs with the president …
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The Daily Beast:
‘What The F*ck?’ Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg's Mueller Meltdown Leaves Friends Petrified … Sam Nunberg, an early political adviser to Donald Trump, had a very public meltdown on Monday afternoon, repeatedly daring special counsel Robert Mueller to greenlight his arrest and insinuating that his old boss …
Katy Tur / MSNBC:
Sam Nunberg interview: Former Trump aide refusing to comply with Mueller subpoena — Sam Nunberg, a former aide to President Trump, has been subpoenaed by Robert Mueller's special counsel. However, Nunberg says he refuses to cooperate, citing he sees no reason to spend hours digging up emails of his from 2015 that are requested.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Former Trump Adviser Says “Screw” Mueller Subpoena In Intense TV Interviews
Former Trump Adviser Says “Screw” Mueller Subpoena In Intense TV Interviews
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sam Nunberg, Ex-Trump Aide, Says He Will Refuse Order to Appear Before Grand Jury
Sam Nunberg, Ex-Trump Aide, Says He Will Refuse Order to Appear Before Grand Jury
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer's Payment to Porn Star Was Reported as Suspicious by Bank — First Republic alerted Treasury Department about Michael Cohen's $130,000 wire transfer to former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels — The bank used by President Donald Trump's personal lawyer to wire $130,000 …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Bank flagged Trump lawyer's payment to porn star as suspicious: report
Bank flagged Trump lawyer's payment to porn star as suspicious: report
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ABC News:
Police enter lobby of Trump Hotel in Panama, attempt to evict Trump staff — More than a dozen police wearing bulletproof vests entered the lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Panama on Monday morning after weeks of simmering tensions over control of the property.
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ProPublica:
‘Trump, Inc.’ Podcast Extra: The Trump Organization Ordered Golf Course Markers With the Presidential Seal. That May Be Illegal. — President Donald Trump loves putting his name on everything from ties to steaks to water — and, of course, his buildings. But now the Trump Organization appears …
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BBC:
Critically ill man is former Russian spy — A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands. — Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a “spy swap” between the US and Russia in 2010.
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier — How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump's ties to Russia. — In January, after a long day at his London office, Christopher Steele, the former spy turned private investigator, was stepping off a commuter train in Farnham …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump says Obama administration investigated campaign's alleged Russia ties to help Clinton — President Donald Trump questioned Monday morning why the Obama-era Justice Department launched an investigation into his campaign in the midst of the 2016 election, positing that then-President Barack Obama …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Oscars Drop to All-Time Low 26.5 Million Viewers — The telecast stumbles an unfortunate 19 percent from 2017. — A comparatively uneventful Oscar telecast led the way on TV Sunday night — though updated numbers have the telecast somewhat predictably stumbling to an all-time low.
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Richard C. Paddock / New York Times:
Escort Says Audio Recordings Show Russian Meddling in U.S. Election — BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday that she had more than 16 hours of audio recordings that could help shed light on Russian meddling in United States elections.
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Mimi Montgomery / Washingtonian:
Why It's Hard for Conservatives to Date in DC Right Now — Fewer people are hooking up across party lines, and Republicans say it's because Democrats are too quick to dismiss their dating-app profiles. — Most Americans think today's strongest tensions lie between Democrats and Republicans, according to a Pew Research study.
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Alex Nichols / The Outline:
Premium Twitter feeds are for suckers — I know, because I read them. — Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services, partly in response to persistent hoaxes claiming otherwise. And why would they?
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Cochran resigns effective April 1 — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will resign from the Senate on April 1, his office announced Monday, triggering a second Senate election in Mississippi this fall and reshaping the leadership of one of Congress's most powerful committees.
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Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg:
Shkreli Ordered by U.S. Judge to Forfeit Almost $7.4 Million — Assets include E*Trade account, rare Wu-Tang Clan album — Pharma Bro promised to be be honest if got break on sentence — Martin Shkreli must turn over almost $7.4 million to the U.S., a judge ruled in a win for prosecutors …
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Ryan splits with Trump on trade as GOP lawmakers move to block planned tariffs … Congressional Republicans are maneuvering to stop President Trump from levying harsh tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, arguing the move runs counter to the core of their economic agenda …
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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO — In search of reasonable rent, the middle-class backbone of San Francisco — maitre d's, teachers, bookstore managers, lounge musicians, copywriters and merchandise planners — are engaging in an unusual experiment in communal living: They are moving into dorms.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley — “Oh my god, this is so cute!”
Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley — “Oh my god, this is so cute!”
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Emerson College Polling / PR Newswire:
Emerson College ePoll: Statistical Dead Heat in PA 18th Congressional Special Election — Democrat Conor Lamb leads Republican Rick Saccone 48% to 45%, 10 days out from election — A new Emerson College poll finds Pennsylvania's 18th District Special Congressional election with Conor Lamb …
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Jay Solomon / Columbia Journalism Review:
The source — How hacked emails and a yacht in Monaco ended my career — Off the coast of Monaco in the summers of 2014 and 2015, I discovered what I thought was a sort of journalistic nirvana for my job as The Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent, in the form of a yacht, the Conquistador.
Richdemuroktla / KTLA:
Flippy the Burger Flipping Robot Is Now Cooking at the CaliBurger Fast Food Chain … A burger-flipping robot named Flippy is now cooking up hamburgers at a fast food restaurant called Caliburger. — A robot named Flippy is now in the kitchen at a fast food restaurant called CaliBurger in Pasadena.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News keeps running columns from the same guy explaining, “I'm a Democrat but [insert agreement with GOP]” — Bryan Dean Wright, a consultant looking for career opportunities and freelance gigs, has found the perfect publicity gimmick to get in outlets like Fox News: proclaiming he's …
BuzzFeed:
Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie And Brutally Beat People — And Still Keep Their Jobs — Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions …
AJ Willingham / CNN:
Middle school teacher secretly ran white supremacist podcast, says it was satire — (CNN)Dayanna Volitich is a social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Crystal River, Florida. Online, she was also known as “Tiana Dalichov,” the pseudonymous host of a white supremacist podcast called …
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
MoviePass CEO proudly says the app tracks your location before and after movies — Everyone knew the MoviePass deal is too good to be true — and as is so often the case these days, it turns out you're not the customer, you're the product. And in this case they're not even attempting to camouflage that.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Senate investigators want answers from Reddit and Tumblr on Russia meddling … Congressional investigators probing Russian interference around the 2016 U.S. presidential election plan to question Reddit and Tumblr over new reports that the Kremlin may have helped spread disinformation on their sites …
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