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Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump's data firm — An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran key parts of the presidential campaign for Donald Trump. — The British data company was secretly filmed discussing coordination between Trump's campaign …
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Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘Utterly horrifying’: ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine — Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques - likely affecting hundreds of millions of users - and that Facebook looked the other way … Hundreds of millions of Facebook users …
CA Commercial:
A Statement from the Board of Directors — The Board of Cambridge Analytica has announced today that it has suspended CEO Alexander Nix with immediate effect, pending a full, independent investigation. — In the view of the Board, Mr. Nix's recent comments secretly recorded by Channel 4 …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg AWOL From Facebook's Data Leak Damage Control Session … It's not just that he's silent in public. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg declined to face his employees on Tuesday to explain the company's role in a widening international scandal over the 2016 election.
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Ben Shapiro / The Hill:
What's genius for Obama is scandal when it comes to Trump — On Sunday, The Guardian reported on the supposedly nefarious workings of President Trump — 's data-gathering team at Cambridge Analytica. The report suggested that Cambridge Analytica had essentially issued questionnaires through …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix After Video's Release
Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix After Video's Release
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Laurie Segall / CNNMoney:
Where in the world is Mark Zuckerberg? Frustrated Facebook execs are asking
Where in the world is Mark Zuckerberg? Frustrated Facebook execs are asking
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Cambridge Analytica Says It Won The Election For Trump. Here's What It's Actually Talking About.
Cambridge Analytica Says It Won The Election For Trump. Here's What It's Actually Talking About.
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Mother Jones:
Here's a Photo of Cambridge Analytica's CEO With the Russian Ambassador to the UK
Here's a Photo of Cambridge Analytica's CEO With the Russian Ambassador to the UK
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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Cambridge Analytica Has Suspended Its CEO As States Demand Facebook Hand Over Information
Cambridge Analytica Has Suspended Its CEO As States Demand Facebook Hand Over Information
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Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The “Propaganda Machine” — “Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues. “Now I am ashamed.” — A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calls Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calls Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Playboy Model Sues to Break Silence on Trump — A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies' efforts during …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Stormy History: The Seven-Year Battle Between the President and the Porn Star — Since 2011, Stormy Daniels and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen have battled over her allegations of an affair, a standoff that has now reached the White House — The extraordinary legal battle between …
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Washington Post:
Trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway. … President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section …
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mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP CONGRATULATING VLADIMIR PUTIN — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his “election” victory:
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Weekly Standard:
‘It Would Have Been Like Me Calling Castro’: Republicans Slam Trump for Congratulating Putin
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Flake warns Trump of impeachment ‘remedy’ if Mueller probe is halted … Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of President Trump's most prominent Senate critics, told The Washington Post in an interview on Tuesday that he would support impeachment proceedings against Trump if the president ends …
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Washington Post:
Trump legal team seeks to add star GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson … President Trump's legal team has reached out to Theodore B. Olson, one of the country's most high-profile and seasoned litigators, to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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NBC4 Washington:
2 Students, Gunman Injured in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School — “This is the realization of your worst nightmare — that, in a school, that our children could be attacked,” Sheriff Tim Cameron said — A student pulled a gun out and shot two other students at a high school …
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Armed School Resource Officer Engages Maryland High School Shooter
Armed School Resource Officer Engages Maryland High School Shooter
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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
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NBC4 Washington:
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School
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Tim Swift / WPLG-TV:
Deputy suspended accused of sleeping on duty at Stoneman Douglas
Deputy suspended accused of sleeping on duty at Stoneman Douglas
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Christine Quinn bashes ‘unqualified lesbian’ Cynthia Nixon — Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, an openly-gay supporter of Gov. Cuomo, called Cynthia Nixon an “unqualified lesbian” a day after the actress announced she's going to challenge the governor in a primary.
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant can sue Trump for defamation — President Trump must face a defamation suit filed by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos — as a Manhattan Supreme Court judge denied him immunity through his job as the nation's commander-in-chief.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson Defends Purchase of $31,000 Dining Set at Congressional Hearing — WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, told a House committee on Tuesday he failed to adhere to a $5,000 federal spending cap for the purchase of a $31,000 lavish mahogany dining room set …
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Lobbyist says he was nearly killed by man he hired to investigate Seth Rich's death … As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of launching his own private investigation.
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Pew Research Center:
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters' Party Identification — College graduates increasingly align with Democratic Party — As the 2018 midterm elections approach, women and especially college graduates have moved toward the Democratic Party.
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Insiders See Democratic House Gains of 30-45 seats
Insiders See Democratic House Gains of 30-45 seats
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Farenthold weighs resigning from Congress — Texas GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold is considering stepping down from Congress before the end of his term, according to multiple Republican sources with direct knowledge of private party conversations. — Farenthold already announced …
CBS Dallas:
Can Austin Stay Weird Despite The Bombs That Keep Exploding? — AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Suddenly, the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan doesn't feel so fun anymore. — The beloved local motto — repeated with equal pride by college students, self-proclaimed slackers …
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Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Tempe police chief says early probe shows no fault by Uber — Pushing a bicycle laden with plastic shopping bags, a woman abruptly walked from a center median into a lane of traffic and was struck by a self-driving Uber operating in autonomous mode.
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