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Mike Schroepfer / Facebook:
An Update on Our Plans to Restrict Data Access on Facebook — Two weeks ago we promised to take a hard look at the information apps can use when you connect them to Facebook as well as other data practices. Today, we want to update you on the changes we're making to better protect your Facebook information.
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users
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Facebook said the personal data of most its 2 billion users has been collected and shared with outsiders
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Revealed: graphic video used by Cambridge Analytica to influence Nigerian election
Elena Hernandez / Energy and Commerce Committee:
E&C Announces Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify April 11th
E&C Announces Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify April 11th
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Facebook raises number of users affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal to 87 million
Facebook raises number of users affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal to 87 million
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Ethan Baron / Mercury News:
YouTube shooter's father says she was angry at company — The night before Nasim Aghdam opened fire in a courtyard at YouTube's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, Mountain View police found the San Diego woman sleeping in her car. — She had been reported missing by her family in Southern California …
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KGTV-TV:
Shooter's family warned police about YouTube grudge — MENIFEE, Calif. (KGTV) - The family of the YouTube shooter spoke with 10News Tuesday night in Menifee, heartbroken and unwilling to speak on camera. — They opened the door to tell us that they tried to warn authorities before the shooting …
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NBC Bay Area:
Suspect in YouTube Shooting Posted Rants About the Company Online
Suspect in YouTube Shooting Posted Rants About the Company Online
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CNN:
YouTube shooter's brother said he warned police in advance
YouTube shooter's brother said he warned police in advance
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New Yorker:
The Department of Justice Thinks That Collusion Is a Crime — Is collusion a crime? That is one of the central questions of the investigation into Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections. Even if it could be proved that Donald Trump and his supporters worked with the Russian government …
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Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
When will the media accept that Trump is not a criminal target? — In terminal medical cases, doctors often deal with patients who move through “stages” that begin with denial. These so-called Kübler-Ross stages can be a long road toward acceptance. A weird form of Kübler-Ross seems to have taken hold of the media.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mueller told Trump he's not a criminal target in the Russia probe. That may not mean what you think.
Mueller told Trump he's not a criminal target in the Russia probe. That may not mean what you think.
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
China Tariffs Could Wreck Republicans in November — Pain from trade war could hit Midwestern states with pivotal Senate and gubernatorial races in 2018. — President Trump may insist—as he did on Twitter Wednesday morning—"We are not in a trade war with China," but the $50 billion …
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China fires back at Trump with the threat of tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans
China fires back at Trump with the threat of tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans
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Wall Street Journal:
China Tariffs Threaten U.S. Cars, Planes and Soy in Response to Trump
China Tariffs Threaten U.S. Cars, Planes and Soy in Response to Trump
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade Wars, Stranded Assets, and the Stock Market (Wonkish)
Trade Wars, Stranded Assets, and the Stock Market (Wonkish)
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CNN:
Stone, on day he sent Assange dinner email, also said ‘devastating’ WikiLeaks were forthcoming — (CNN)Roger Stone appeared on the InfoWars radio show the same day he sent an email claiming he dined with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — and he predicted “devastating” upcoming disclosures about the Clinton Foundation.
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Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
EPA's Scott Pruitt pushes back on pay raise, condo controversy in Fox exclusive — Embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt fired back at critics Wednesday, defending his decision to take a $50 a day condo rental from the wife of a lobbyist and claiming he just found …
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Washington Post:
Trump instructs military to begin planning for withdrawal from Syria … President Trump has instructed military leaders to prepare to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, but has not set a date for them to do so, according to a senior administration official. — In a meeting with top national …
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Sam Gillette / People.com:
Planned Parenthood CEO Says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Offered ‘Bribe’ to Stop Abortions — In a riveting passage from Cecile Richards' new memoir, the Planned Parenthood chief says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during Donald Trump's 2016 transition as president-elect …
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Patriots' Julian Edelman May Have Thwarted a School Shooting — The New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman was in Texas visiting his former teammate Danny Amendola late last month when he received a direct message on his Instagram account: “Dude, there is a kid in your comment section …
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Roger Alford / Kentucky Today:
McConnell on midterm elections: ‘The wind is going to be in our face’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was instrumental in marshaling forces to pass the largest tax overhaul in 30 years to spur an economic resurgence. — Yet, that doesn't top McConnell's list …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Right. It Is the Amazon Washington Post. — President Donald Trump's insistence on calling the Washington Post the “Amazon Washington Post” riles the newspaper's executive editor, Martin Baron, to no end. He wants one and all to know that the online retailer and the newspaper are distinct corporate entities.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
An airing of grievances: Trump spends days issuing a torrent of complaints against foes
An airing of grievances: Trump spends days issuing a torrent of complaints against foes
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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale, 42, is said to have hired Porter just days after he stepped down as a hush-hush favor to the president — Porter had been dating former White House communications director Hope Hicks when DailyMail.com revealed that Porter had been accused of abusing his two ex-wives.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair producer in Nebraska resigns to protest ‘obvious bias’ — Ex-Sinclair news director: We had must-run pieces — A morning TV producer at a Sinclair-owned station in Nebraska has resigned in protest of what he calls the company's “obvious bias.” — Justin Simmons gave notice at KHGI TV on March 26.
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Page Six:
Rudy and Judith Giuliani to divorce — Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith are divorcing after 15 years of marriage, the former New York mayor has exclusively confirmed to Page Six. — Giuliani, who married Judith in 2003, said, “It is with great sadness I can confirm that Judith and I are divorcing.
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Walker Warns Of ‘#BlueWave’ Coming To WI After Dem Wins State High Court Race — After the Democratic-backed Wisconsin state Supreme Court candidate pulled off a double-digit defeat of her GOP rival on Tuesday evening, Gov. Scott Walker warned his state that a “blue wave” of the “Far Left” …
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Oracle's Safra Catz Raises Amazon Contract Fight With Trump — Competing for multi-billion Pentagon cloud-computing deal — President said to tell Catz at dinner he expects fair bidding — Oracle Corp. chief executive Safra Catz criticized the bidding process for a huge Pentagon cloud computing contract …
Chase Cook / capitalgazette.com:
Pasadena delegate says her father, a state senator, sought conversion therapy for her — Del. Meagan Simonaire said in a dramatic speech Wednesday she would vote for a ban on conversion therapy for homosexuality and revealed that her father — state Sen. Bryan Simonaire …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Scans What You Send Other People on Messenger App — System is supposed to detect content that violates standards — Company on the defensive about how it handles private data — Facebook Inc. scans the text and images that people send each other on Facebook Messenger …
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Daily Mail:
Pensioner, 78, is arrested on suspicion of MURDER after ‘stabbing armed burglar, 38, to death in a struggle in his kitchen’ when two intruders woke him as he slept next to his wife — 32k — A 78-year-old homeowner has been arrested by murder detectives after a suspected burglar he fought …
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
A woman says an Ancestry.com DNA test revealed her father — her parents' fertility doctor … When Kelli Rowlette received the results from a DNA sample she had sent to a popular genealogy website, she assumed there had been a mistake. — The test showed that her DNA matched a sample …