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Revealed: Trump's election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians — Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica - the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump's presidential victory - have been secretly filmed saying they could entrap politicians …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz under fire in Cambridge Analytica scandal; firm targeted voters with data from 50M Facebook users — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is under fire for his connections with a voter targeting firm that used data taken from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rebekah Mercer Standing By Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal … Billionaire heiress Rebekah Mercer is standing by embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica—at least for now. A person close to Mercer, who sits on the firm's board, told The Daily Beast she has no immediate plans …
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Facebook:
Pursuing Forensic Audits to Investigate Cambridge Analytica Claims — We have hired a digital forensics firm, Stroz Friedberg, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica has agreed to comply and afford the firm complete access to their servers and systems.
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Cambridge Analytica, Trump-Tied Political Firm, Offered to Entrap Politicians — WASHINGTON — Sitting in a hotel bar, Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Scientist at center of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy speaks
Exclusive: Scientist at center of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy speaks
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Where's Zuck? Facebook CEO silent as data harvesting scandal unfolds
Where's Zuck? Facebook CEO silent as data harvesting scandal unfolds
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Joe Uchill / Axios:
Cambridge Analytica creator has State Department contract
Cambridge Analytica creator has State Department contract
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
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The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections
Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Cambridge Analytica CEO Caught on Tape Bragging About Entrapping Politicians With Sex Workers
Cambridge Analytica CEO Caught on Tape Bragging About Entrapping Politicians With Sex Workers
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New York Times:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively — WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday, according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third …
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New York Times:
Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President — MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers have turned over documents to Mueller with hopes of limiting interview scope … President Trump's attorneys have provided the special counsel's office with written descriptions that chronicle key moments under investigation in hopes of curtailing the scope of a presidential interview …
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CNN:
Mueller team gives Trump lawyers more details of what they want to talk to President about — WaPo: Trump lawyers try to limit interview — (CNN)As President Donald Trump's reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller grows more irate by the day, attorneys on both sides sat down last week …
Washington Post:
Trump shakes up team of lawyers as legal threats mount … President Trump shook up his legal team Monday by hiring a combative former prosecutor who has publicly argued that Trump is the target of an elaborate FBI conspiracy — marking another confrontational move by the president …
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CNN:
Republicans say Congress doesn't need to pass law protecting Mueller
Republicans say Congress doesn't need to pass law protecting Mueller
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP leaders give Trump a pass on Mueller attacks
GOP leaders give Trump a pass on Mueller attacks
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New York Times:
Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation — Facebook's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, will leave the company after internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation, according to current and former employees briefed on the matter.
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Page Six:
Donald Trump Jr. romanced Aubrey O'Day during marriage to Vanessa — Years before Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr., their marriage was rocked when Don Jr. fell in love with a contestant on NBC's “The Celebrity Apprentice.” — Page Six has exclusively learned that Don Jr. …
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. Had an Affair With ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Contestant Aubrey O'Day During Marriage to Vanessa … Donald Trump Jr. cheated on his wife, Vanessa Trump, with Aubrey O'Day, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. The pair met on the set of season 5 of the Celebrity Apprentice in 2011.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from Pennsylvania Republican legislative leaders to block the implementation of a redrawn congressional map that creates more parity between the political parties in the state.
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Katie Glueck / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘You can only scare so many people to the polls’—Republicans rethink Pelosi tactics
‘You can only scare so many people to the polls’—Republicans rethink Pelosi tactics
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Effort to Block Pennsylvania's New Map Is Dead
The GOP Effort to Block Pennsylvania's New Map Is Dead
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
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Bloomberg:
Uber Halts Autonomous-Car Testing After Fatal Arizona Crash
Uber Halts Autonomous-Car Testing After Fatal Arizona Crash
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Jason Howerton / IJR:
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: ‘They Were on Our Side’ — A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would've allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign.
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Jason Howerton / IJR:
Ex-Obama Campaign Director: It's ‘Unfair’ Facebook Let Us ‘Ingest Entire Social Network of US’
Ex-Obama Campaign Director: It's ‘Unfair’ Facebook Let Us ‘Ingest Entire Social Network of US’
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Social-Media Panic
The Social-Media Panic
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Carli Teproff / miamiherald:
Brother of Parkland shooter arrested for trespassing at Stoneman Douglas High, BSO says — Zachary Cruz, the brother of confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz, was arrested Monday after deputies say he trespassed onto the school's Parkland campus.
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Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
BREAKING: Brother of Parkland Shooter Arrested for Trespassing at School
BREAKING: Brother of Parkland Shooter Arrested for Trespassing at School
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Lawsuit accuses celebrity chef Mike Isabella of ‘extraordinary’ sexual harassment … Celebrity chef Mike Isabella, the head of a $30 million culinary empire based in the nation's capital, was sued Monday by a former top manager who claims that Isabella and his partners repeatedly sexually harassed her in the workplace.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Border wall Dreamers deal implodes — The White House and congressional Democrats traded immigration offers futilely over the weekend, according to three sources familiar with the talks, leaving little chance of an immediate deal to protect Dreamers. — The White House on Sunday …
New York Times:
Sons of Rich Black Families Fare No Better Than Sons of Working-Class Whites — Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping …
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Bloomberg:
What Michael Flynn Could Tell the Russia Investigators — The former national security adviser mingled business with government. That could help Robert Mueller look for similar overlaps among Trump insiders. — It started with helping a friend pitch the Pentagon on a smartphone chip …
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Luke Hyland / Loyola Phoenix:
Hannibal Buress' Microphone Cut During Colossus Performance — Comedian Hannibal Buress' mic was cut after making a joke about the Catholic Church's history of child abuse during his Saturday night Colossus performance, attendees said. — Colossus is an annual, two-night show held …
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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
The Rothschilds, a pamphlet by ‘Satan’ and conspiracy theories tied to a battle 200 years ago … In early 2011, a branch of the very rich Rothschild family bought a controlling stake in Weather Central, a provider of weather forecasts to hundreds of broadcasters.
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I Have Never Threatened Her in Any Way”: Michael Cohen Offers His Side of the Stormy Daniels Saga — A week before Stephanie Clifford's widely anticipated interview with Anderson Cooper, Trump's longtime personal lawyer proclaims his innocence—and his unbreakable bond with his old boss.
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Fortune:
Former Tronc Chairman and Investor Michael Ferro Accused of Inappropriate Advances by Two Women — Kathryn Minshew finally felt like a weight had lifted. It was September of 2013, and after months of back-and-forth, Michael Ferro, then-chairman of investment firm Wrapports …
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