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Exclusive: Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs — 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 …
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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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Cristina Alesci / CNN:
EPA ethics official says he didn't have all the facts on Pruitt's lease — Pruitt: I didn't know about staffers' raises — (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 …
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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:
Top EPA ethics official says he lacked key facts about Pruitt's condo rental … The Environmental Protection Agency's top ethics official said Wednesday that he lacked key facts when he concluded recently that Administrator Scott Pruitt's rental lease with a lobbyist last year did not violate any federal gift rules.
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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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Axios:
The latest on Scott Pruitt's dangerous days
The latest on Scott Pruitt's dangerous days
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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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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Mark Zuckerberg refuses to step down or fire staff over Facebook ‘mistakes’
Mark Zuckerberg refuses to step down or fire staff over Facebook ‘mistakes’
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Todd Haselton / CNBC:
Zuckerberg says most Facebook users should assume they have had their public info scraped
Zuckerberg says most Facebook users should assume they have had their public info scraped
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Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Trump Told Jared and Ivanka to Go Back to NYC, Said His Son-in-Law Looked Like ‘Little Boy’ on TV — President Donald Trump once mocked Jared Kushner to aides, saying his son-in-law and senior adviser looked like “a little boy” as he addressed reporters during a television appearance, according to a new book.
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: When Trump's words confound his own government
The Note: When Trump's words confound his own government
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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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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
NUNES WARNING: Demands FBI and DOJ Turn Over Un-Redacted Documents
NUNES WARNING: Demands FBI and DOJ Turn Over Un-Redacted Documents
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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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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
For Mueller, a Feared Weakness Becomes a Strength — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, transformed this week what has appeared to be a weakness — his relative lack of independence — into a strength.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Paul Manafort's Lawyers Are Trying To Block Mueller's Office From Indicting Him Again
Paul Manafort's Lawyers Are Trying To Block Mueller's Office From Indicting Him Again
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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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Ginger Hervey / Politico:
Lavrov: UK is ‘mocking’ diplomatic ethics in Skripal case
Lavrov: UK is ‘mocking’ diplomatic ethics in Skripal case
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sinclair's Boss Responds to Criticism: 'You Can't Be Serious!' — David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, says the media is getting his company all wrong. — His remark, in a lengthy email exchange with The New York Times, came in response to renewed scrutiny of Sinclair …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair producer in Nebraska resigns to protest ‘obvious bias’
Sinclair producer in Nebraska resigns to protest ‘obvious bias’
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Rex Tillerson's $12 million army of consultants — It was one of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's core goals: radically reshaping the State Department to make it leaner, cheaper and modernized to the standards of a former private-sector CEO. — Now that Tillerson has been fired …
New York Daily News:
NYPD cops fatally shoot black man holding metal pipe police mistake for gun on Brooklyn street — Police fatally shot a mentally troubled black man on a Brooklyn street Wednesday afternoon, after police said he “took a two-handed shooting stance” and aimed what turned out to be a metal pipe at them.
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NBC News:
Trump sending National Guard troops to Mexico border, but they won't have contact with immigrants — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday directing National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration, but it is not likely to allow …
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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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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 …
Jan-Werner Müller / New York Times:
What's Wrong With ‘Illiberal Democracy’? — On Sunday, Hungary's right-wing prime minister, Viktor Orban, is up for re-election, possibly on track to his fourth term in office. Mr. Orban has spent the past several years weakening his country's democratic checks and balances …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker to introduce legislation to mandate picture of president, VP at post offices — Rep. Dan Donovan (R-N.Y.) is planning to introduce legislation that will mandate that post offices of the U.S. Postal Service display photos of the president and the vice president.
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Camilla Parker Bowles Busted Flicking Through Program At Ceremony … If she wants to be queen, she is going to have to try harder than this. — Prince Charles' wife Camilla Parker Bowles has been slammed after she appeared to be so bored in attendance at the opening ceremony …
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CNN:
Lawyer who cut deals for Daniels and McDougal says the whole truth has not been told — (CNN)The attorney who represented a porn star and Playboy model in deals that buried their allegations of sexual encounters with Donald Trump in exchange for six-figure payouts said the “whole truth” about the now-public scandal has not been told.
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CNN:
Trump gets testy as national security team warns of risks of Syria withdrawal — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump grew irritated with his top military brass and national security team on Tuesday when they advised him an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Syria would be unwise …
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Ramona Giwargis / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Ex-fiancee says Las Vegas GOP campaign adviser made her his slave — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks (Photo obtained by Las Vegas Review-Journal) — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks is pictured in this undated photo obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Sparks is accused of sexually enslaving and battering his ex fiancee.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Contract With Authoritarianism — In 1994, Newt Gingrich, brandishing his Contract with America, led a Republican revolution that swept aside Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate, initiating an epoch of conservative ascendancy that lingers on.
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.
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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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Rachel Maddow Beats Sean Hannity, Takes Title As Most-Watched Cable News Host — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has toppled Sean Hannity from his perch atop the cable news ratings, winning a decisive victory in March, according to data released Wednesday by Nielsen.
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