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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed …
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New York Times:
Witness in Mueller Inquiry Who Advises U.A.E. Ruler Also Has Ties to Russia — WASHINGTON — A witness who is cooperating in the special counsel investigation, George Nader, has connections to both the Persian Gulf states and Russia and may have information that links two important strands …
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Political Wire, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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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Cristina Alesci / CNN:
EPA ethics official says he didn't have all the facts on Pruitt's lease — (CNN)The Environmental Protection Agency's top ethics watchdog clarified his earlier analysis of whether Administrator Scott Pruitt's rental arrangement broke the federal gift rule, saying he didn't have all the facts …
Washington Post:
After leaving $50-a-night rental, EPA's Scott Pruitt had no fixed D.C. address for a month … This post has been updated. — After moving out of the Capitol Hill condo apartment he rented for $50 a night last summer, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
John Kelly to Scott Pruitt: The Scandals Need to Stop
John Kelly to Scott Pruitt: The Scandals Need to Stop
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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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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Paul Manafort's Lawyers Are Trying To Block Mueller's Office From Indicting Him Again — In Manafort's civil lawsuit, his lawyers are arguing special counsel Robert Mueller's original appointment order was unlawful. — Reporting From Washington, DC — Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort …
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New Yorker:
The Department of Justice Thinks That Collusion Is a Crime
The Department of Justice Thinks That Collusion Is a Crime
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Accused Russian Intel Asset Teamed Up With GOP Operative
Accused Russian Intel Asset Teamed Up With GOP Operative
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Politico, Vox and emptywheel
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
When will the media accept that Trump is not a criminal target?
When will the media accept that Trump is not a criminal target?
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Threatening legal fight, Nunes demands document that kicked off FBI Trump-Russia investigation — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding an uncensored copy of the document …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
House Intel Chairman Threatens Legal Action Against FBI, DOJ Over Russia Records
House Intel Chairman Threatens Legal Action Against FBI, DOJ Over Russia Records
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Washington Post:
Trump administration to impose fresh sanctions against Russia … The United States is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, according to U.S. officials. — The sanctions are economic and designed to target oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin, the officials said.
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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 …
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.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge denies Bill O'Reilly's motion to keep settlements under seal — Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement — A federal judge in New York has denied Bill O'Reilly's motion to seal settlement agreements he struck with multiple women who accused him of harassment …
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Federal judge denies Bill O'Reilly's move to seal harassment settlements
Federal judge denies Bill O'Reilly's move to seal harassment settlements
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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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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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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.
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Josh Eells / Rolling Stone:
Dwayne Johnson: The Pain and the Passion That Fuel the Rock — Hollywood's most dependable good guy on saving the day in ‘Rampage,’ his beef with Vin Diesel, presidential rumors and more — If the world seemed a little bit sluggish this morning - if the birds weren't singing as sweetly …
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
A giant crack in Kenya opens up, but what's causing it? — WASHINGTON — A giant crack in the Earth opened up almost overnight, 50 feet deep and at its widest 65 feet across, slicing through a highway and terrifying many who live in an area just west of Nairobi, Kenya. — So what caused it?
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
John Bolton runs into potential ethics issues before he becomes Trump's national security advisor — John Bolton is continuing to meet with White House attorneys over possible conflicts of interest. — Bolton resigned from his foundation in March. His two political action committees …
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Politico and National Review
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why Big Business Isn't Defending Amazon Against Trump — In big, bold letters, the homepage of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's website describes the organization's mission: “Standing up for American Enterprise.” — But the huge business federation—like its counterparts …
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Hullabaloo and New York Magazine
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
Trump's war with Amazon is phony, but the company is winning the real one
Trump's war with Amazon is phony, but the company is winning the real one
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USA Today, Bloomberg, Vox and New Republic
Justina Crabtree / CNBC:
The full list of US products that China is planning to hit with tariffs — China announced additional tariffs on 106 U.S. products Wednesday, in a move likely to heighten global concerns of a tit-for-tat trade war between the world's biggest economies. — The effective start date …
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New York Times:
The True Damage of Trump's ‘Fake News’ — Many people, including many Republican lawmakers, dismiss President Trump's attacks on The Washington Post, CNN and other news organizations as just one of those crazy — but ultimately harmless — things he does to blow off steam. They're wrong.
Media Matters for America:
Kevin Williamson also said on his podcast that people who've had abortions should be hanged — The Atlantic recently sparked outrage after hiring former National Review writer Kevin Williamson — who notoriously argued that “the law should treat abortion like any other homicide” with punishment including hanging.
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Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog and Boing Boing
Leonard Pitts Jr / miamiherald:
50 years after his murder, it's time to kill the myth of Martin Luther King — MEMPHIS — Martin Luther King's men had a different question. — At least, according to his aide, Andrew Young, they did. When the first reports went out that King had been gunned down while standing …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Cavuto Battles Kudlow in Tense Standoff: You Don't Sound Like the Larry Kudlow I ‘Respected and Admired’ — Several weeks ago — Larry Kudlow and Neil Cavuto were adversaries of a sort, but also allies in the field of cable news financial punditry. Now, however, Kudlow is gone from CNBC …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘You Hate America!’: How ‘the Caravan’ Story Exploded on the Right — WASHINGTON — It was the kind of story destined to take a dark turn through the conservative news media and grab President Trump's attention: A vast horde of migrants was making its way through Mexico toward the United States, and no one was stopping them.
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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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Benjy Egel / Sacramento Bee:
More than a million undocumented immigrants have received California driver's licenses — More than 1 million undocumented immigrants have received driver's licenses, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Wednesday. — Assembly Bill 60, authored by then-Assemblyman Luis Alejo in 2013 …
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Police release e-fit of distraction burglary suspect — Police have released an e-fit of a man they are looking for in connection with a distraction burglary in Stratford-upon-Avon. — At between 2.00pm and 2.36pm on 5 February 2018, two men claiming to be from Orbit Housing tricked their way into a flat in Hertford Place.
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
If male authors described men in literature the way they describe women … Inspired by Vulture's cringe-inducing compilation of the descriptions of female characters in screenplays, and the viral Twitter threads (including Talia Lavin's) prompted by podcast host Whitney Reynolds's challenge to …
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New Yorker and The Guardian
USA Today:
Chappaquiddick: The story of the Mary Jo Kopechne we knew was a classic American tragedy — Mary Jo Kopechne was not a wide-eyed Capitol Hill staffer. She was a seasoned idealist with big ambitions. When you realize who she really was, the tragedy is greater. — “With Bobby it was different.
Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
Pelosi: Democrats Will Repeal the GOP Tax Law When We Retake the House — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that Democrats would indeed repeal the GOP tax law if they are successful in retaking the House of Representatives this November during a town hall on Wednesday.
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