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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Despite Mueller's Push, House Republicans Declare No Evidence of Collusion — WASHINGTON — Even as the special counsel expands his inquiry and pursues criminal charges against at least four Trump associates, House Intelligence Committee Republicans said Monday they have found no evidence …
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CNN:
House Republicans say no evidence of collusion as they end Russia probe — (CNN)Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announced Monday they found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia and that they are shutting down their yearlong investigation.
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Shareblue Media, Wall Street Journal, Jamie Dupree - AJC, Mediaite, The Root, Joe.My.God., VICE News and Politicus USA
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
The Walls Are Closing In on Trump … The Fox and Trump media enterprise today launched into a spasm of complete ecstasy as the House Intelligence Committee declared their investigation of Russian interference in our elections and their contacts with and collaboration with the Trump campaign over, done, solved.
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CANNONFIRE, Politico and The Daily Caller
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Former DNI James Clapper Allegedly Leaked to CNN, investigation revealed
Former DNI James Clapper Allegedly Leaked to CNN, investigation revealed
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Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Papadopoulos says that Trump personally encouraged him to arrange meeting with Putin, new book reports
Papadopoulos says that Trump personally encouraged him to arrange meeting with Putin, new book reports
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Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Conclude Pretend Russia Investigation, Declare Trump Innocent
Mother Jones:
George Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Encouraged His Efforts to Establish a Russian Back Channel
George Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Encouraged His Efforts to Establish a Russian Back Channel
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
House Intel finds ‘no evidence of collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia
House Intel finds ‘no evidence of collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and ThinkProgress
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Republicans find no evidence of collusion or Russian preference for Trump
Republicans find no evidence of collusion or Russian preference for Trump
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Bangor Daily News, Mediaite and Political Wire
Dan Simon / CNN:
ICE spokesman in SF resigns and slams Trump administration officials — Trump, California battle over immigration — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — San Francisco (CNN)James Schwab, a spokesman for the San Francisco Division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has resigned …
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Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
ICE spokesman resigns, citing fabrications by agency chief, Sessions, about Calif. immigrant arrests … The San Francisco spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resigned over what he described as “false” and “misleading” statements made by top-ranking officials …
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Hillary slips down stairs in India — despite two men holding her up — Even though Hillary Clinton had help going down a set of stairs in India today, she still nearly fell down. — While visiting Jahaz Mahal in Dhar's Mandu, Clinton was attempting to descend about 15 stairs.
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YouTube:
Bitter Hillary Clinton Trashes America's Heartland, Calls States That Didnt Vote For Her “Backwards” … Dismissing America's Heartland to a foreign audience, Hillary Clinton says states that didn't vote for her are “backwards.” Clinton brags she won the coasts & places that are “moving forward.”
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CNN, The Federalist, WPIX 11 New York and Mediaite
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Gains in CD18 Special — Voters divided on steel tariffs, but negligible impact on vote — West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Conor Lamb has taken a lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans abandon tax cut message in Pa. special election — Republicans have backed away from their signature tax cut bill in the final days of a closely-watched special House election in the Pittsburgh suburbs — even though it's the very accomplishment on which they had banked their midterm election hopes.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pennsylvania GOP chairman says Tuesday special election is in ‘Democrat district’
Pennsylvania GOP chairman says Tuesday special election is in ‘Democrat district’
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside the DCCC's stealth effort to help Conor Lamb
Inside the DCCC's stealth effort to help Conor Lamb
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Politico, New York Times and Real Clear Politics
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
EXCLUSIVE: Stormy Daniels' Pal on Trump: ‘He Would Call All the Time’ … Stormy Daniels turned on the speakerphone when President Trump called. — So says Keith Munyan, one of the four people Stormy Daniels included in the nondisclosure agreement she signed with Donald Trump's lawyer.
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Mediaite, Raw Story and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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Dallas Morning News:
Texas notary's failure to sign Stormy Daniels' hush agreement is under investigation — Updated at 4:38 p.m. to include comment from Daniels' attorney Michael J. Avenatti. — Texas officials are investigating whether a Dallas-area notary properly signed off on Stormy Daniels' agreement …
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Fortune, The Hill, HeraldScotland, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, fox8.com, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and The Guardian
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is The Stormy Story More Damaging Than We Thought?
Is The Stormy Story More Damaging Than We Thought?
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Hullabaloo
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates … In the spring of 2016, longtime political operative Roger Stone had a phone conversation that would later seem prophetic, according to the person on the other end of the line.
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tillerson casts poisoning as sign of more aggressive Russia — ABOARD A U.S. GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cast the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain as part of a “certain unleashing of activity” by Russia that the United States is struggling to understand.
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Rex W. Tillerson / US Department of State:
Attributing Responsibility for the Nerve Agent Attack in the U.K.
Attributing Responsibility for the Nerve Agent Attack in the U.K.
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The Guardian, HeraldScotland and Mediaite
USA Today:
Rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney general, says Robert Mueller is ‘not an unguided missile’ — Special Counsel Robert Muller may delay the obstruction of justice portion of the 2016 election probe, potentially shifting focus to other parts of the case like collusion for the time being.
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Politico, Taylor Marsh, Balloon Juice, Shareblue Media, Mediaite and News & Guts Media
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Cramer: Larry Kudlow is the leading contender to replace Gary Cohn as Trump's top economic advisor — Larry Kudlow is the leading contender to replace Gary Cohn as National Economic Council director, CNBC's Jim Cramer reports. — Larry Kudlow is the leading contender …
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Susan Goldberg / National Geographic Magazine:
For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It — We asked a preeminent historian to investigate our coverage of people of color in the U.S. and abroad. Here's what he found. — It is November 2, 1930, and National Geographic has sent a reporter …
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Splinter, NPR, Axios, The Root, theGrio, Boing Boing and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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Jesse J. Holland / Yahoo:
National Geographic acknowledges past racist coverage
National Geographic acknowledges past racist coverage
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Power Line
BuzzFeed:
How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy — Felix Sater has been cast as a Russian mafioso, a career criminal, and a key business associate of President Donald Trump — but he spent more than two decades as an intelligence asset who helped the US government track terrorists and mobsters.
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The Daily Caller, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Will Betsy DeVos Expand the School-to-Prison Pipeline? — On Sunday evening, CBS's “60 Minutes” broadcast an interview that Lesley Stahl conducted with Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's education secretary and one of the richest members of his very rich cabinet. It was overwhelmingly seen …
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CNN, ThinkProgress and Mediaite
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Top Arab spy and prince's conduit to the Kremlin were at the Seychelles meeting between Trump donor Erik Prince and Russian oligarch which Mueller is probing — Erik Prince, the billionaire Blackwater founder and Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian banker close to the Kremlin met in the Seychelles in January 2017
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