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Mark Zuckerberg:
I want to share an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation — including the steps we've already taken and our next steps to address this important issue. — We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you.
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Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg to face questions in CNN interview exclusive — Zuckerberg's mentor: Crisis could destroy Facebook — Five days after a data scandal first upended Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to give a rare interview with CNN. — Zuckerberg will sit down with CNN's Laurie Segall …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica was offered politicians' hacked emails, witnesses say — Hackers offered personal data about future Nigerian president and future PM of St Kitts and Nevis, sources say … The data analytics firm that worked on the Donald Trump election campaign was offered material …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Special Counsel studies Trump campaign ties to Cambridge Analytics, sources say — As questions have mounted about data firm Cambridge Analytica's alleged misuse of Facebook data from up to 50 million user profiles, it has not only caught the eye of Congressional investigators …
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Recode:
Mark Zuckerberg says he's ‘open’ to testifying to Congress, fixes will cost ‘many millions’ and he ‘feels really bad’ — In a wide-ranging interview, the Facebook CEO admitted the social networking giant may have made mistakes in opening up its network so much a decade ago.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes — Let's get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Facebook. I'm confident that social media is a cancer on our private lives and a source of derangement in our politics. I take it for granted that the tech barons are acquiring the power to tilt elections …
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New York Times:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Bolster Privacy Amid Cambridge Analytica Crisis
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Bolster Privacy Amid Cambridge Analytica Crisis
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica: 'We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we …
Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica: 'We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say — Nearly a year before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired senior FBI official Andrew McCabe for what Sessions called a “lack of candor,” McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor …
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The Intercept:
Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket” — Until he was stripped of his top-secret security clearance in February, presidential adviser Jared Kushner was known around the White House as one of the most voracious readers of the President's Daily Brief …
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New York Times:
How a Witness for Mueller and a Republican Donor Influenced the White House for Gulf Rulers — A cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation worked for more than a year to turn a top Trump fund-raiser into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Mueller probe witness who met Jared Kushner and was ‘best friends’ with Steve Bannon flees the country after being revealed as a pedophile — Robert Mueller co-operating witness George Nader has fled the United States for the United Arab Emirates, DailyMail.com reveals
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Jared Kushner's Dreams of Mideast Peace Are Alive
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Defends Congratulating Putin: ‘Getting Along ... Is A Good Thing’ — In the wake of a report that he ignored his national security team's advice not to congratulate Russian president Vladimir Putin on Putin's recent re-election, President Donald Trump defended the exchange Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Trump's remark to Putin that they could meet soon caught White House advisers by surprise … President Trump's senior advisers were thrown when he told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he expected to meet with him soon, as briefings before the call to Moscow included …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump
Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump
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Fox News Insider
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Austin Package Bomber — Mark Anthony Conditt from Pflugerville, Texas, has been identified as the package bomber who rocked Austin. He died when he detonated an explosive during a confrontation with police on Wednesday. — Authorities on Wednesday identified …
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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
THE INVESTIGATION: Authorities clear Austin bombing suspect's home of explosives, officials say
THE INVESTIGATION: Authorities clear Austin bombing suspect's home of explosives, officials say
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Los Angeles Times:
Austin bomber had a list of future targets and a room in his home to manufacture bombs
Austin bomber had a list of future targets and a room in his home to manufacture bombs
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Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director — Kellyanne Conway is moving closer to accepting President Donald Trump's offer for her to succeed Hope Hicks as White House communications director, if only on an interim basis, according to multiple sources who have spoken with her.
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
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CNN:
Mueller team so far has indicated 4 main areas it wants to ask the President about — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has so far discussed with President Donald Trump's lawyers four main topics they want to talk about with the President.
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Washington Post:
Congressional negotiators reach deal on $1.3 trillion spending bill ahead of Friday government shutdown deadline … Congressional leaders reached a tentative $1.3 trillion spending deal Wednesday to keep government agencies operating through September, unveiling legislation …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep: The ‘Deep State’ is Responsible for Ordering Ben Carson's Dining Set … Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) appeared to blame the nefarious “Deep State” for ordering a costly dining set for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. — During a recent appearance on Talk!
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Jane Coaston / Vox:
Watch: Tucker Carlson rails against America's demographic changes — “This is more change than human beings are designed to digest,” he said. “How would you feel if that happened in your neighborhood?” — On his top-rated Fox News show Tuesday night, conservative pundit Tucker Carlson opined …
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: ‘Mueller should be fired’ — (R-Texas) said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller — should be fired from his position investigating Russia's election meddling and the Trump campaign. — “I think Mueller should be fired,” Gohmert said during the monthly “Conversation with Conservatives” meeting on Wednesday.
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Bloomberg:
YouTube Bans Firearm Sales and How-To Videos, Prompting Backlash — Google's new policy prohibits promotion of guns, bump stocks — At least one video gun blogger ditched YouTube for PornHub — YouTube, a popular media site for firearms enthusiasts, this week quietly introduced tighter restrictions …
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Pennsylvania GOP Moves To Impeach Supreme Court Democrats For Gerrymandering Ruling — A Republican leading the impeachment drive says it's about separation of powers. — A dozen GOP Pennsylvania lawmakers filed legislation on Tuesday to impeach four Democratic state Supreme Court justices …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Charlotte Pence says she bought John Oliver's Marlon Bundo book — Charlotte Pence says she's among those picking up a copy of John Oliver's sold-out spoof of her children's book about the vice president's family's pet rabbit. — “I have bought his book,” said the author of “Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President.”
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Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations … Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is taking heat for some possible campaign-finance violations. — The Federal Election Commission on Wednesday sent a letter to Nunes' campaign committee, raising red flags about some particular contributions received in 2017.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News analyst's blistering critique of the network draws praise from critics, allies — Fox News analyst denounces network as ‘propaganda machine’ — Fox News is a “propaganda machine.” It is “wittingly harming our system of government for profit.” — Fox critics — mostly on the left …