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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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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes. That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster. … The headlines called it a non-event when Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided not to appoint a special counsel to look into the special counsel after all.
Trish Turner / ABC News:
Court poised to hand down 1st sentence in Mueller probe — Dutch national Alex van der Zwaan is expected to become the first person sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, having pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents.
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Ex-Skadden Lawyer Is Sentenced to 30 Days in Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — A former lawyer for a powerful international corporate law firm was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 days in prison for lying to investigators in the special counsel inquiry about his communications with a Trump campaign aide …
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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Mark Moore / New York Post:
Dutch lawyer is first to be sentenced in Mueller's Russia probe
Dutch lawyer is first to be sentenced in Mueller's Russia probe
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Was Authorized to Investigate Paul Manafort's Work for Ukraine
Mueller Was Authorized to Investigate Paul Manafort's Work for Ukraine
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Dutch attorney gets 30 days in first sentence for Mueller probe
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Mueller Found a Very Dishonest Way to Shroud His Investigation in Secrecy
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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Washington Post:
Top Pruitt aide at EPA also shopped for housing on his behalf … This post has been updated. — A top aide at the Environmental Protection Agency, who recently received a 33 percent raise from Administrator Scott Pruitt despite a lack of approval from the White House …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Pruitt Had a $50-a-Day Condo Linked to Lobbyists. Their Client's Project Got Approved.
Pruitt Had a $50-a-Day Condo Linked to Lobbyists. Their Client's Project Got Approved.
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Washington Post:
EPA explored private jet lease for Pruitt's travels last year
EPA explored private jet lease for Pruitt's travels last year
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Bloomberg:
Trump Told Embattled EPA Chief 'We've Got Your Back,' Official Says
Trump Told Embattled EPA Chief 'We've Got Your Back,' Official Says
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Pruitt Used Loophole To Give Two Top Aides Huge Raises
Report: Pruitt Used Loophole To Give Two Top Aides Huge Raises
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump and Kelly phone Pruitt as damaging reports pile up
Trump and Kelly phone Pruitt as damaging reports pile up
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Like, ‘How Can I F—k with Him?’”: Trump's War with Amazon (and The Washington Post) Is Personal — With the West Wing finally calm, Trump is contemplating a multi-front campaign against Jeff Bezos. — For the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, the West Wing soap opera appears …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Milton Friedman Predicted Socialism Would Kill Democracy. Instead, Trump Is. — In 1962, the conservative philosopher Milton Friedman wrote a classic essay titled “Capitalism and Freedom.” Friedman argued that a capitalist system is inherently more conducive to democracy because it disperses resources.
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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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Jill McCabe / Washington Post:
The president attacked my reputation. It's time to set the record straight. — Jill McCabe, an emergency room pediatrician, is married to former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. — I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician — someone who never thought …
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Axios:
Why Trump thinks he's winning his war on media — Nothing helps President Trump more — or tightens his hold on his base more securely — than his cozy, mutually beneficial relationship with conservative TV. Trump's feedback loop, including cable-news coverage, and mainstream media squawking …
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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 …
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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Michael McCaul / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
No, the Postal Service isn't losing a fortune on Amazon — President Donald Trump took a swing at Amazon once more on April 2, blaming the digital retailer for the United States Postal Service's financial woes. — “Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon,” Trump tweeted.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
President Trump is acting unhinged because that's all he can do
President Trump is acting unhinged because that's all he can do
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
17 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question — This is the third major lawsuit against the controversial new citizenship question. … Seventeen states, the District of Columbia, and six major cities sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the addition …
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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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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election — President Trump has said repeatedly that Russian interference didn't matter in the 2016 election, and he has suggested — wrongly — that the intelligence and law enforcement communities have said the same.
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 …
New York Times:
What Is Your City's Twin? — Let's imagine that you're looking for a job and want to live in a city similar to your hometown. — Or, hypothetically, let's say you run a large technology company that is searching for the location of another headquarters, and you want a place that feels like home.
Bloomberg:
Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit — Noncompetes, forced arbitration and a liquidated damages clause can equal 40 percent of annual salary. — , and — After Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. drew widespread criticism for having anchors read a statement taking aim …
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New York Times:
What the Supreme Court Doesn't Get About Racism — This is part of a series on voting in America, which will run up to Election Day in November. For Part 1, on the importance of voting, go here. And for Part 2, on a court case over a Kansas voter registration law, go here.
Politico:
Trump, McCarthy look to cut billions from budget deal they just passed — The move comes after a backlash from conservatives. — Facing pressure from conservatives for their budget-busting moves, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are considering forcing votes …
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
NYPD sex crimes chief donated thousands to Trump after video scandal on grabbing women ‘by the p—y’ — Four days after President Trump was caught on tape boasting about grabbing women “by the p—y,” the high-profile head of the NYPD's sex crimes division donated $500 to his campaign committee.
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Eric X. Li / Washington Post:
Why Xi's lifting of term limits is a good thing — Eric X. Li is a Shanghai venture capitalist and a trustee and chairman of the advisory committee of Fudan University's China Institute. — SHANGHAI — Western media and the Chinese chattering classes have been in an uproar since China's …
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