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Washington Post:
FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired just before retiring. Former deputy director became lightning rod for Clinton email and Russia probes. — McCabe, who had stepped down from his post earlier this year but remained an FBI employee, had been accused by the Justice Department's inspector general …
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New York Times:
Andrew McCabe, a Target of Trump's F.B.I. Scorn, Is Fired Over Candor Questions — WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director and a frequent target of President Trump's scorn, was fired Friday after the Justice Department rejected an appeal that would have let him retire this weekend.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired a little more than 24 hours before he could retire … Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire. — Sessions announced the decision in a statement …
CNN:
Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe fired — (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe late Friday, less than two days shy of his retirement, ending the career of an official who had risen to serve as second-in-command at the bureau.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
McCabe says his Russia probe work sparked smear campaign before firing
McCabe says his Russia probe work sparked smear campaign before firing
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
DO NOT PUBLISH - Jeff Sessions Fires The Former No. 2 At The FBI Two Days Before His Scheduled Retirement
DO NOT PUBLISH - Jeff Sessions Fires The Former No. 2 At The FBI Two Days Before His Scheduled Retirement
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Paul Grewal / Facebook:
Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook — We are suspending Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), including their political data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, from Facebook. Given the public prominence of this organization, we want to take a moment to explain how we came to this decision and why.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans Trump campaign's data analytics firm for taking user data
The Daily Beast:
John Kelly: Rex Tillerson Was on the Toilet When I Told Him He'd Be Getting Fired … Reporters gathered at the White House on Friday were stunned when Chief of Staff John Kelly shared a very embarrassing story about outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Kelly says Trump probably contributing to staff chaos stories — John Kelly acknowledged in an off-the-record session with reporters today that his boss, Donald Trump, is likely speculating about staff moves to people outside the White House and that reporters are then talking to those people.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump and John Kelly Reach Truce — White House chief of staff had made cryptic comments suggesting he may have been the next senior adviser to step down — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff John Kelly have settled on a truce, at least temporarily …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Daniels' lawyer says some alleged incidents took place during Trump presidency — Lawyer: Stormy Daniels was physically threatened — Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the adult film star Stormy Daniels alleges that some of the accusations she's making against President Donald Trump occurred while Trump was in office.
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Washington Post:
Trump attorney accuses Stormy Daniels of violating nondisclosure agreement 20 times, claims right to seek $20 million in damages — Attorney Michael Cohen made the claim in papers filed in federal court Friday. Cohen formed a limited liability corporation to strike the nondisclosure agreement …
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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Claim Stormy Daniels Violated Confidentiality Agreement at Least 20 Times
Trump's Lawyers Claim Stormy Daniels Violated Confidentiality Agreement at Least 20 Times
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Joins Legal Fight In Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit To End Her “Hush Agreement”
Trump Joins Legal Fight In Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit To End Her “Hush Agreement”
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Trump Moves Stormy Daniels Hush Money Suit to Federal Court
Trump Moves Stormy Daniels Hush Money Suit to Federal Court
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Engineer of Florida Bridge Reported Cracks Days Before Collapse — MIAMI — An engineer reported cracks on a newly installed pedestrian bridge two days before it collapsed on a busy roadway here, killing at least six people, state officials said on Friday. — The report, by the lead engineer …
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Justice Department says it's considering public disclosure of Carter Page surveillance order — Former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page told Good Morning America hosts that he's never communicated with the president. Carter is the focus of a Republican memo alleging the FBI abused surveillance rules to spy on him.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
REVEALED: Peter Strzok Had Personal Relationship With Recused Judge In Michael Flynn Case
REVEALED: Peter Strzok Had Personal Relationship With Recused Judge In Michael Flynn Case
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Democrats May Seek Prosecution of Witnesses Who Misled House Intelligence Committee
Democrats May Seek Prosecution of Witnesses Who Misled House Intelligence Committee
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Julia Marsh / Page Six:
Vanessa Trump hires criminal defense attorney for Donald Jr. divorce — Vanessa Trump hired a criminal defense attorney to represent her in her divorce from Donald Trump Jr. just as special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the president's family business, The Post has learned.
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CNN:
Pro-Trump group hires Carl Higbie, who shared N-Word laden post on Facebook in 2014 — (CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — The new advocacy director at a nonprofit group aligned with President Donald Trump shared an N-word laden post written by someone else on Facebook in December 2014.
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Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Trump's CIA Has Set Up Teams To Kill Terrorists — “Small teams are locating and killing bad guys. That's what we are doing.” The official in charge of the hit teams was a senior aide to CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who Trump just nominated to be secretary of state.
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CNN:
Trump settles in as producer in chief — Source: Trump enjoying staff speculation — Washington (CNN)Midway through the first year of his presidency, Donald Trump had an idea. Wouldn't it be fun, he told an associate, to revive his hit NBC reality show “The Apprentice” inside the White House …
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Brett Stevens / Splinter:
The Smearing of Gina Haspel — In 1942, Virginia Hall, the notorious Allied spy, fled France, with Nazi spyhunter Klaus Barbie hot on her trail, hiking the snowy mountains that make up the border with Spain. The opportunity presented itself to get word to her handlers in London.
Tim Graham / The Buffalo News:
The O.J. Simpson interview: On prison, ‘retirement’ and football — In his first substantial interview in a decade and his first extensively about football since the 1990s, Simpson spoke to The Buffalo News earlier this week. He talks about his time in prison, his life since his release, football, CTE and more.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Michael Flynn campaigning for California congressional candidate — ABC News has learned Lt. General Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor, is expected to attend an event tonight for California Congressional Candidate Omar Navarro according to Joy Miedecke the President …
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Hacker Adrian Lamo dies at 37 — The coroner confirmed Lamo's death, but the circumstances of his passing are not yet known. — Adrian Lamo, a well-known hacker, has died at 37. — His father, Mario, posted a brief tribute to his son in a Facebook group on Friday.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Academy President John Bailey Under Investigation for Sexual Harassment (EXCLUSIVE) — John Bailey, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment. — The Academy received three harassment claims on Wednesday …
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Rep. Louise Slaughter dies at 88: A ‘giant’ and trailblazer for women — Congresswoman Louise Slaughter died Friday at age 88. She served the greater Rochester community, starting as a Monroe County legislator in 1976. Wochit — CONNECT — On Capitol Hill she was known …
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Black man beaten in Charlottesville found not guilty of assaulting white supremacist … A black man brutally beaten at last year's white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville — and who was later charged with assaulting a white nationalist — was acquitted Friday.
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Jordan Valinsky / CNNMoney:
Snapchat stock loses $800 million after Rihanna responds to offensive ad — Rihanna slams Snapchat for mocking her assault — Rihanna is the latest celebrity to send Snap's stock sliding. — The singer tore into the app on Thursday for allowing an offensive ad to appear on its platform.
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