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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Going for a Clean Reset”: Fuming in the West Wing, Trump Prepares to Defenestrate Cuck Allies and Go Full MAGA — The president will meet with potential chief-of-staff candidates at Mar-a-Lago next weekend. McMaster is likely next to go. Then Jivanka.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Dined with Fox News' Seb Gorka and Jesse Watters at the White House This Week … On Monday night, President Donald Trump welcomed Seb Gorka back into the White House—not for a job but for a meal. — The president was joined for dinner in the White House residence by Fox News personalities …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump makes a mess of North Korea talks hours after announcing them — Even Trump doesn't know what Trump agreed to with North Korea. — Trump's hastily reached decision to accept an invitation to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sent the White House into a tailspin …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump's bold stroke on North Korea dissolves into confusion
Trump's bold stroke on North Korea dissolves into confusion
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Damage control at White House to reverse Trump's stunning blunder
Damage control at White House to reverse Trump's stunning blunder
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
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Politico, The Diplomat, Hullabaloo, FiveThirtyEight, Defense One and Shakesville
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
White House puts an asterisk on Trump, Kim Jong Un meeting
White House puts an asterisk on Trump, Kim Jong Un meeting
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Washington Post:
In Trump's decision on North Korea, the world glimpses a president who is his own diplomat, negotiator and strategist
In Trump's decision on North Korea, the world glimpses a president who is his own diplomat, negotiator and strategist
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New York Times:
On North Korea, Donald Trump Does the Right Thing, for Once
On North Korea, Donald Trump Does the Right Thing, for Once
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Trump-North Korea meeting: 'He can't even make a deal with a porn star'
‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Trump-North Korea meeting: 'He can't even make a deal with a porn star'
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NBC News:
Michael Cohen used Trump company email in Stormy Daniels arrangements — President Donald Trump's personal attorney used his Trump Organization email while arranging to transfer money into an account at a Manhattan bank before he wired $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence.
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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Funds ‘from my home equity line’ used for porn star payoff: Cohen — The lawyer for Stormy Daniels says emails show President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen was using his Trump Organization email just days before the 2016 election as he arranged the wire transfer of a $130,000 payment …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The President and the Porn Star: A Story's Slow Rise Above the Din — WASHINGTON — If a porn-tinged hush payment falls in a news din already torqued to maximum volume, does it make a sound? — It seems to be getting there, despite North Korean intervention.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Stormy Daniels Scandal Gets Serious
The Stormy Daniels Scandal Gets Serious
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Michael Cohen says he used his own home equity line for Stormy Daniels payment
Michael Cohen says he used his own home equity line for Stormy Daniels payment
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Evan Siegel / The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels Absolutely Slays Trump Trolls on Twitter
Stormy Daniels Absolutely Slays Trump Trolls on Twitter
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek Deal With Mueller to Speed End of Russia Probe — Legal team seek to use interview with president as leverage in negotiations — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to negotiate a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that uses an interview …
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Jeffrey Schweers / Tallahassee Democrat:
NRA sues Florida over gun bill same day Gov. Scott signed it into law — The National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit this afternoon against the state to block a law that had just been signed by Gov. Rick Scott that prohibits gun sales to anyone between the ages of 18 and 21.
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Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
Gov. Rick Scott signs gun, school security legislation over NRA opposition
Gov. Rick Scott signs gun, school security legislation over NRA opposition
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Florida Gov. Rick Scott breaks with NRA to sign new gun regulation
Florida Gov. Rick Scott breaks with NRA to sign new gun regulation
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Steve Almasy / CNN:
NRA sues Florida to block new gun law
NRA sues Florida to block new gun law
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Washington Post:
In a personal letter, Trump invited Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant … Donald Trump was so eager to have Vladimir Putin attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that he wrote a personal letter to the Russian president inviting him to the event, according to multiple people familiar with the document.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump's Latest Pardon Shows The Best Way To Get One: Go On Fox News — By comparing his case to Hillary Clinton's, a Navy sailor and his lawyer were able to grab Fox's attention — and the president's. — WASHINGTON A former Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to a felony count of unauthorized possession …
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Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says
Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump pardons sailor in submarine photos case
Trump pardons sailor in submarine photos case
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years in prison — says, ‘This is my fault’ — Convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli is sentenced for securities fraud related to two hedge funds he ran and to his former drug company Retrophin. — The notorious “pharma bro” …
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump getting a parade but tanks won't roll down Pennsylvania avenue — Here's how other countries do military parades — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will get his military parade, but it is unlikely to mirror the Paris Bastille Day event which inspired …
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New York Times:
The E.P.A Chief Wanted a Climate Science Debate. Trump's Chief of Staff Stopped Him. — Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter. — John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has killed an effort by the head …
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John D. Feeley / Washington Post:
Why I could no longer serve this president — John D. Feeley, who retired this week as a U.S. diplomat, will soon be working with Univision and the Fusion Media Group on immigration-themed content. — Shortly after the Charlottesville riots last August, I made the private decision to step …
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Leslie Dyste / KTVU-TV:
3 hostages taken, shots fired at Yountville Veterans Home — Woman on lockdown at Yountville Veterans Home speaks with KTVU — YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (KTVU) - Three people were taken as hostages and shots were fired at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville — the largest in the United States …
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Kayleigh McEnany / CNN:
Jared Kushner is quietly tackling Washington's swamp — Kayleigh McEnany is the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. Prior to joining the RNC, McEnany was a CNN political commentator. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School and BSFS from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.
KQCA-TV:
Bay Area coffee shop won't serve police for ‘safety of customers’ — Hasta Muerte Coffee: ‘We need support of the actual community to keep this place safe, not police’ — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — A coffee shop in Oakland is refusing to serve law enforcement officers for the …
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Sergio Quintana / NBC Bay Area:
Coffee Shop in Oakland Refuses to Serve Police Officers
Coffee Shop in Oakland Refuses to Serve Police Officers
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's hotel group wrote $151,470 check to the U.S. Treasury as it handed over all 2017 profits from business with foreign governments — Trump Organization wrote the check on Feb. 22, representing all the hotel and related profits from foreign governments that it could account for
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
The Sam Nunberg exit interview: 'Now the game's over' — WASHINGTON — We in the media might not have Sam Nunberg to kick around anymore. Then again, who knows for sure? — Late Thursday evening, hours before he appeared before a grand jury hearing as part of special counsel
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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
A Review Of ‘The Shape Of Water,’ From A Guy Who Had Sex With A Dolphin — “I find a dolphin a lot more sexy than that thing was,” said Malcolm Brenner. — In 2010, journalist Malcolm Brenner released his autobiographical novel, Wet Goddess. A few years later, Brenner was the subject …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him — Dean Heller knows he's the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country. But he thinks Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might just help him hang on to his seat. — “Kennedy is going to retire around sometime early summer …