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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller authorized by DOJ to investigate alleged Manafort collusion with Russian government — (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
What Mueller's Most Conspicuous Silence Suggests — But the emails! — It's not just an increasingly worn rejoinder to any story of chaos and disaster in the Trump administration. It's also an interesting question to ask about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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Washington Post:
Justice official authorized Mueller to investigate whether Trump campaign chair colluded with Russia … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was authorized by a top Justice Department official to investigate whether Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes. That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster.
Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes. That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
In a footnote, Mueller sends a warning shot to Trump
In a footnote, Mueller sends a warning shot to Trump
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Dutch attorney gets 30 days in first sentence for Mueller probe
Dutch attorney gets 30 days in first sentence for Mueller probe
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Zachary Fryer-Biggs / Vox:
Alexander van der Zwaan is going to jail for lying to Mueller's Russia probe
Alexander van der Zwaan is going to jail for lying to Mueller's Russia probe
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Thank You, Jeff Sessions
Los Angeles Times:
Active shooting at YouTube headquarters brings huge police response — An active shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., sparked panic and a massive police response Tuesday. — Several YouTube employees sent tweets Tuesday afternoon, saying employees were racing …
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NBC Bay Area:
Police Respond to Active Shooter at YouTube HQ in San Bruno — Live Video Coverage from NBC Bay Area — Police are investigating an active shooter at YouTube's office in San Bruno, California, on Tuesday. — San Bruno Police tweeted: “Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive.”
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Justin Carissimo / CBS News:
Police respond to “active shooter situation” at YouTube's California headquarters — live updates — Police are responding to an active shooter situation at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. Employees evacuated the building and police are warning people to avoid the area.
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KRON:
Active shooter at YouTube HQ in San Bruno — KRON4 is hearing reports of an active shooter at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno. — The City Manager says they've received multiple 911 calls from YouTube reporting a shooting. — A witness told KRON4's Gabe Slate that they heard 20 shots fired.
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Police respond to active shooter at YouTube's California headquarters
Police respond to active shooter at YouTube's California headquarters
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides — In early March, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt approached the White House with a request: He wanted substantial pay raises for two of his closest aides.
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Clare Foran / CNN:
How EPA's Scott Pruitt avoided tough questions on Tuesday — Washington (CNN)As questions swirled over whether or not he can hold onto his administration post, embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared calm on Tuesday as he touted the agency's decision …
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HuffPost:
2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign
2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has ‘No Credibility’ — David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, said he dislikes and fundamentally distrusts the print media, which he believes “serves no real purpose.” In emails to New York, Smith said that print …
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Bloomberg:
Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit
Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit
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Axios:
Why Trump thinks he's winning his war on media
Why Trump thinks he's winning his war on media
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Aaron Weiss / HuffPost:
Confessions Of A Former Sinclair News Director
Confessions Of A Former Sinclair News Director
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Plans to Order Military to Guard Border — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to order the military to guard parts of the southern border until he can build a wall and tighten immigration restrictions, proposing a remarkable escalation of his efforts …
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Washington Post:
That caravan of migrants Trump was tweeting about? Mexico stopped it. … VERACRUZ, Mexico — The Mexican government on Monday evening moved to break up the caravan of migrants moving through southern Mexico, with immigration officials registering the travelers and suggesting …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump proposes sending troops to U.S.-Mexico border until wall is built
Trump proposes sending troops to U.S.-Mexico border until wall is built
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke says he raised staggering $6.7M in first quarter of 2018 — U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, says he raked in over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018. It's an eye-popping number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump is finally making investors nervous — Investors spent most of last year ignoring the president's antics. They're not anymore. — If the stock market was in a Trump rally before, it's in a Trump slump now — even if the president would rather not admit it.
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: US suspects listening devices in Washington — For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Hollywood Reporter:
Don't Be Fooled, ‘Roseanne’ Is Really TV's Most Anti-Trump Show — The NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues the politics on the revived sitcom are played for laughs like on ‘All in the Family’ or the ‘Colbert Report,’ but the daily economic struggles of the Conner family actually make a pointed anti-Trump statement.
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Politico:
Trump: I could have ‘very good relationship’ with Putin — At a joint news conference with Baltic leaders, the president said ‘getting along with Russia is a good thing.’ — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he might get along quite well with Russian President Vladimir Putin — or that he might not.
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Michael Jones / The College Fix:
University event aims to combat ‘Christian Privilege’ — George Washington University diversity workshop to be held four days after Easter — Just four days after Easter, George Washington University will host a training session for students and faculty that teaches that Christians …
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Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
Marco Rubio on gun control: It depends who he's talking to — WASHINGTON (AP) — It was one week after the fatal shootings at a Parkland, Florida, high school, and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was looking to show solidarity with an angry crowd of parents and students in his home state.
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
'I can't breathe': Asheville police video shows white officer beating, choking black jaywalking suspect … Johnnie Rush was trying to get home from a long shift at the Cracker Barrel. — Then he got stopped for jaywalking — an encounter with the police department in Asheville, N.C. …
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Tulsa World:
‘Go ahead, be pissed at me’: Oklahoma lawmaker, upset at teachers' decorum, vows not to vote for education … As the statewide teacher walkout entered its second day, some lawmakers are criticizing the behavior of those protesting at the Capitol. — Rep. Josh Cockroft …
The Clarion Ledger:
Next Slide — A poll commissioned by Democrat Mike Espy's U.S. Senate campaign shows him leading Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Chris McDaniel in a three-way race as the two Republicans split votes. — The poll was taken by Chism Strategies in the days after Gov. Phil Bryant announced …
Corey Robin:
Why is the media—including the liberal media—supporting these teachers' strikes? — I've been amazed—in a good way—at how positive is the media coverage of all these teacher wildcat strikes and actions in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arizona. Particularly from liberal media outlets.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Stormy Daniels requests ‘suspicious’ bank information related to hush payment — Avenatti: Trump popping champagne too soon — (CNN)A lawyer for Stormy Daniels is asking the Treasury Department to release information filed with the government by a bank about “suspicious” …
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