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Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
Stormy Daniels describes her alleged affair with Donald Trump — The adult-film star and director is being threatened with financial ruin, but she wants to set the record straight about her alleged affair with Donald Trump — A week and a half before the 2016 election …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Adult Film Star Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear — The adult film star Stephanie Clifford told “60 Minutes” that she struck a $130,000 deal for her silence about an alleged affair with Donald J. Trump in the final days of the 2016 campaign because she was worried about her safety and that of her young daughter.
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Mother Jones, New York Magazine, Althouse, Daily Caller News Foundation and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
‘Stormy Will Eat You Alive’: How a Porn Star is Making Trump World's Lives Hell
‘Stormy Will Eat You Alive’: How a Porn Star is Making Trump World's Lives Hell
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Politico, Washington Post, Mediaite, Breitbart and New York Times
New York Times:
Trump Won't Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago — President Trump has decided not to hire two lawyers who were announced last week as new additions to his legal team, leaving him with a shrinking stable of lawyers as the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, enters an intense phase.
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Washington Post:
In another blow to Trump's efforts to combat Russia probe, diGenova will no longer join legal team … A lawyer who President Trump said last week would come on board to help handle his response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia probe will no longer be joining the legal team.
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Hullabaloo, Politico, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Law & Crime and Splinter
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legal Team Is Bigger Than It Looks
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Mattis isn't sure he can work with Bolton: report — has told colleagues he's unsure if he can work with John Bolton, President Trump — 's new pick for national security adviser, The New York Times reported. — Mattis reportedly told staffers he would find it difficult to work …
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One America News Network, RedState, Political Wire and New York Times
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Bolton's plan to be Trump's “enforcer”
Associated Press:
AP sources: Trump plans to oust Shulkin as VA secretary — PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning to oust embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin amid an extraordinary rebellion at the agency and damaging government investigations into his alleged spending abuses …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump to make ‘one or two major changes to his government’ soon: President's friend
Trump to make ‘one or two major changes to his government’ soon: President's friend
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Axios, Politico, Mediaite and Political Wire
New York Times:
Fund-Raiser Held Out Access to Trump as a Prize for Prospective Clients — WASHINGTON — For Elliott Broidy, Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign represented an unparalleled political and business opportunity. — An investor and defense contractor, Mr. Broidy became a top fund-raiser …
Washington Post:
Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise U.S. campaigns … LONDON — Cambridge Analytica assigned dozens of non-U.S. citizens to provide campaign strategy and messaging advice to Republican candidates in 2014, according to three former workers for the data firm …
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Political Wire
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Sheena McKenzie / CNN:
Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry in full-page newspaper ads
Facebook's Zuckerberg says sorry in full-page newspaper ads
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Santorum: Instead of calling for gun laws, kids should take CPR classes — Washington (CNN)CNN commentator and former Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Rick Santorum on Sunday suggested students protesting for gun control legislation would be better served by taking CPR classes and preparing for active shooter scenarios.
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Mediaite, CBS Los Angeles, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, Mashable, FOX59, Booman Tribune and Political Wire
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Santorum: Parkland students should learn CPR instead of marching
Santorum: Parkland students should learn CPR instead of marching
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Associated Press and Outside the Beltway
CBS News:
How many people attended March for Our Lives? Crowd in D.C. estimated at 200,000 — More than 200,000 people attended the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington D.C. on Saturday, according to Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc (DDIS). The Virginia-based firm uses a proprietary method …
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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Report: March For Our Lives Crowd Count Well Below Expected And Initial Reports
Report: March For Our Lives Crowd Count Well Below Expected And Initial Reports
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TheBlaze, Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily Wire, USA Today, The Hill, CBS News and ThinkProgress
Michael Rellahan / Daily Local News:
BREAKING! Citing political environment, Costello says he will not seek re-election in 6th District — WEST CHESTER >> Ending weeks of speculation in local and national political circles, U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, R-6 of West Goshen, confirmed to the Daily Local News Sunday that he will not be a candidate for another term in Congress.
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Politico
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
The NRA's Strategic Blunder — How the gun lobby created the movement that threatens to swamp it. — You had to be there. — As Americans took to the streets Saturday, defying a political order that, in Washington and many state capitals, has allowed extremists to write gun laws …
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Daily Kos
Paul Ratner / Big Think:
The U.S. military has a weapon that can create human speech miles away — The purpose of a modern military is hopefully not to go out and fight people outright but to scare them from attacking you, thus keeping the peace. At least, that's how our nuclear deterrence works.
BBC:
‘Orange snow’ baffles eastern Europeans — People in eastern Europe have been wondering at the appearance of orange-tinted snow. — Pictures of the snow have been posted on social media from Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. — Meteorologists say the phenomenon is caused …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Daily Express and The Western Journal
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Gap narrows on 2018 vote preference — The latest Fox News poll finds a tightening race when voters are asked their candidate preference in this fall's congressional election. — That's good news for Republicans because Democrats were up by 15 points in October (50-35 percent) in the so-called generic ballot test.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, twitchy.com, TheBlaze, Axios and The Western Journal
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun measures, doubt Congress will act
Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun measures, doubt Congress will act
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ThinkProgress, Daily Caller News Foundation, New York Times, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Moment 61-year-old limo driver blasts himself off the ground on a homemade ROCKET at 325mph to prove that the earth is ‘shaped liked a frisbee’ - before coming back down to Earth with a bang — It was scrubbed several times due to logistical issues and mechanical problems that kept popping up
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