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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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Carolyn Kaster / Washington Examiner:
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
House Intel releases verdict in Russia probe: No collusion
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CNN:
House Intelligence Committee to announce they are done with Russia probe interviews
House Intelligence Committee to announce they are done with Russia probe interviews
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Daily Wire and Balloon Juice
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
House Intelligence Panel Wraps Up Russia Probe Interviews
House Intelligence Panel Wraps Up Russia Probe Interviews
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Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
GOP House intel committee concludes Putin didn't try to help Trump win in 2016
GOP House intel committee concludes Putin didn't try to help Trump win in 2016
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Washington Blade, The Daily Caller and Houston Public Media
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pennsylvania GOP chairman says Tuesday special election is in ‘Democrat district’ — The chairman of Pennsylvania's Republican Party said Monday the special election in which Democrat Conor Lamb is running neck-and-neck with Republican Rick Saccone is in a “Democrat district,” …
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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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Bloomberg:
Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision — Delay would let him wrap up less explosive parts of inquiry — Obstruction decision might undercut probe, one way or another — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice …
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Shakesville, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Breitbart, Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Politicus USA, Front Page Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, RedState, Althouse and Instapundit
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is about to get some very bad news … THE MORNING PLUM: — Prediction: If Republican Rick Saccone scrapes out a close win in tomorrow's special election for a House seat in southwestern Pennsylvania, Donald Trump will claim it was all because of Donald Trump.
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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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is The Stormy Story More Damaging Than We Thought? — We just finished recording this week's episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast. We had a special guest, Joan Walsh. We talked about the Stormy Daniels' story among other topics, including the 2016 election.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence — The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.
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CNN:
White House officials alarmed at education secretary's ‘60 Minutes’ performance — DeVos: Haven't visited underperforming schools — (CNN)White House officials were alarmed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' struggle to answer basic questions about the nation's schools and failure to defend …
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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Anita Kumar / mcclatchydc:
Ivanka Trump never cut ties with the Trump Organization. That's turned into a problem. — WASHINGTON Donald Trump isn't the only Trump with potential conflicts of interest in the White House. — Ivanka Trump — a senior White House adviser who is doing everything from lobbying the Senate …
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CBS News:
Police: “Similarities” indicate link in deadly Austin package explosions — AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin say “similarities” between two deadly package explosions in Texas' capital city this month lead them to believe the incidents are related. The latest incident, reported Monday morning …
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Mark D. Wilson / Austin American-Statesman:
Woman injured in 2nd explosion in Austin on Monday, EMS says
Woman injured in 2nd explosion in Austin on Monday, EMS says
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BBC:
Russian spy: Highly likely Moscow behind attack, says Theresa May — Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, Theresa May has told MPs. — The PM said the government concluded it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the Salisbury attack.
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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Senate leader Bill Dix resigns after video of him kissing woman in Des Moines bar is posted — UPDATE, 1:25 P.M.: Sen. Bill Dix has resigned. — ORIGINAL STORY: A video posted online Monday appears to show Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines tavern.
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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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The Daily Caller and TVNewser
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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Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov't — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father's 2016 presidential campaign and has had special access …
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Daily Kos, Politico, Raw Story and Political Wire
NBC News:
Qataris opted not to give info on Kushner, secret meetings to Mueller — WASHINGTON — Qatari officials gathered evidence of what they claim is illicit influence by the United Arab Emirates on Jared Kushner and other Trump associates, including details of secret meetings …
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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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Steven Overly / Politico:
White House says it's blocking Broadcom bid for rival Qualcomm — President Donald Trump blocked Asian chip manufacturer Broadcom's hostile takeover bid for U.S. rival Qualcomm today, scuttling the deal over national security concerns about China. — The decision comes after a review …
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Chloe Aiello / CNBC:
Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm deal, citing national security concerns
Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm deal, citing national security concerns
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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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