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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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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 …
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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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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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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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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica: 'We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
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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 …
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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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin — WaPo: Trump warned not to congratulate Putin — Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly is furious about the quick leak of a warning to President Donald Trump to not congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
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New York Times:
White House Job Requirement: Signing a Nondisclosure Agreement
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House opposed Republican picked to replace Cochran
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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
THE INVESTIGATION: Authorities clear Austin bombing suspect's home of explosives, officials say — 4:15 p.m. update: Pflugerville police Chief Jessica Robledo on Wednesday asked residents who have been evacuated from a neighborhood to head to their local library or recreation center until 9 p.m …
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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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Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’ — Surveillance photos of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt. — Mark Anthony Conditt was named Wednesday as the serial bomber behind the string of blasts that terrorized Texas for three weeks …
Los Angeles Times:
Austin bomber had a list of future targets and a room in his home to manufacture bombs
NBC News:
Austin bomb suspect Mark Anthony Conditt blows himself up as SWAT team approaches
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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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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: ‘Mueller should be fired’
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed
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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 …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Karen McDougal is the woman with the best chance of bringing down Trump
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
Fox News really doesn't want to say “Trump” and “porn star” on air
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi — The former head of the American Nazi Party ran for the Republican nomination of Congress in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District. No Republican stepped up to oppose him. — On Tuesday, despite his vocal Holocaust denial …
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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP senator's remarkable admission about Trump and Mueller … THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump just uncorked a new round of Twitter attacks this morning on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and on the English language, quoting one of his staunchest legal allies as follows …
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