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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen — The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.
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Washington Post:
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the case … BREAKING: Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the case.
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New York Times:
Mueller Investigating Ukrainian's $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance — WASHINGTON — The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump's foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter …
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Searched and Seized: F.B.I. Agents Raid Michael Cohen's New York Hotel — Law-enforcement agents spent several hours at the Loews Regency hotel on Monday morning, as they executed a search warrant against the president's personal lawyer. Cohen's attorney said they were referred by Robert Mueller.
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Wall Street Journal:
FBI Raids Trump Lawyer's Office — Investigators seize communications between President Donald Trump and longtime lawyer Michael Cohen — Federal investigators on Monday searched the office of President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, seizing communications between the lawyer …
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Ken White / Reason:
Feds Raid Office of Trump Lawyer Who Paid Off Stormy Daniels. This Is a Big Deal. — The search of Michael Cohen's office, explained. — The very big news of the day: FBI agents raided the law office of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's lawyer who was involved in payment of $130,000 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Assails FBI Raid on His Lawyer's Office as ‘Disgraceful’ — Cohen paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels in ‘hush agreement’ — Raid signals criminal probe by FBI, but its target is unclear — President Donald Trump condemned as “disgraceful” an FBI raid on the office and home …
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Trump slams FBI raid on lawyer's office, calls Mueller probe ‘an attack on our country’ — A furious President Trump on Monday blasted the FBI's seizure of his personal lawyer's records, calling the move “a witch hunt” — and even “an attack on our country.”
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Washington Post:
'A bomb on Trump's front porch': FBI's Cohen raids hit home for the president … President Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III indicted his former campaign chairman.
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Ken White / Popehat:
The Search of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen's Office: What We Can Infer Immediately
The Search of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen's Office: What We Can Infer Immediately
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
FBI raids Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's office, seizes Stormy Daniels documents, bank records
FBI raids Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's office, seizes Stormy Daniels documents, bank records
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NBC News:
FBI raids the office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
FBI raids the office of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
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Washington Post:
FBI seizes records related to Stormy Daniels in raid of Trump attorney Michael Cohen's office
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump on whether he'll fire Robert Mueller: 'We'll see what happens'
Trump on whether he'll fire Robert Mueller: 'We'll see what happens'
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI raid targets Trump attorney Michael Cohen, under scrutiny over Stormy Daniels payments
FBI raid targets Trump attorney Michael Cohen, under scrutiny over Stormy Daniels payments
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump blasts FBI raids on his lawyer as ‘a disgraceful situation’
Trump blasts FBI raids on his lawyer as ‘a disgraceful situation’
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Sinclair commentator resigns after crude tweet about Parkland survivor David Hogg … A conservative commentator at a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned television station in St. Louis has resigned after a statement he made threatening to sexually assault David Hogg drew harsh criticism and sparked the beginnings of an advertiser boycott.
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
An Internal Email Contradicts Scott Pruitt's Account of Controversial Raises — An email that suggests Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt personally signed off on a controversial pay raise for a favored aide last month is roiling the agency.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
In Letter to E.P.A., Top Ethics Officer Questions Pruitt's Actions — WASHINGTON — The federal government's top ethics official has taken the unusual step of sending a letter to the Environmental Protecting Agency questioning a series of actions by Administrator Scott Pruitt and asking the agency to take …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake — For at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia, a review of the page and associated accounts and websites conducted by CNN shows.
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Juan Zamorano / Associated Press:
Trump family hotel business asked Panama president for help — PANAMA CITY (AP) — Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump's family hotel business appealed to Panama's president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury waterfront hotel.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump to Decide Soon Whether to Retaliate for ‘Barbaric Act’ in Syria — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday denounced the suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria over the weekend as a “barbaric act,” and said he will make a decision in the next 24 to 48 hours …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Tammy Duckworth gives birth to girl: First senator to have baby while in office — WASHINGTON — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., on Monday gave birth to a daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, becoming the first sitting senator to have a baby while in office. — Duckworth, who turned 50 on March 12 …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Take that down!’: Watch Fox host Howard Kurtz panic after graphic shows Fox News is least trusted network — Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz on Sunday implored his producer to take down a graphic that showed his own network was the least trusted of the big three cable networks.
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Herman Wong / Washington Post:
Fox News host slams incorrect reports saying graphic showed network is least trusted
Fox News host slams incorrect reports saying graphic showed network is least trusted
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Chuck Schumer / Associated Press:
Fox News Host: Graphic Posted at Wrong Point of Show
Fox News Host: Graphic Posted at Wrong Point of Show
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott running for Senate in epic showdown with Nelson — TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott made his long-awaited Senate candidacy official Monday, setting up an epic battle against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and testing the limits of whether a close alliance with President Donald Trump …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump's party
Exclusive: As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump's party
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority
GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
‘The Simpsons’ Responds to Criticism About Apu With a Dismissal — At the end of 2017, Hank Azaria, the voice behind Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a convenience-store owner on “The Simpsons” with a thick Indian accent, responded to a recent groundswell of criticism that the character was racist.
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USA Today:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he's left Facebook over data collection — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook out of growing concern for the carelessness with which Facebook and other Internet companies treat the private information of users.
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Trish Turner / ABC News:
Zuckerberg to Congress: Allowing data breach, foreign interference ‘a big mistake’
Zuckerberg to Congress: Allowing data breach, foreign interference ‘a big mistake’
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
9 questions Congress should ask Mark Zuckerberg
9 questions Congress should ask Mark Zuckerberg
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CBO's Publications:
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028 — In CBO's projections, the economy grows relatively quickly this year and next and then more slowly in the following several years. The federal budget deficit rises substantially, boosting federal debt to nearly 100 percent of GDP by 2028.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Arizona Supreme Court rules Arizona colleges can't give in-state tuition to DACA recipients — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are not eligible to receive in-state tuition rates at Arizona colleges.
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Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
DACA recipients fight for in-state tuition
DACA recipients fight for in-state tuition
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Trump: Farmers will understand if they get hurt in China trade spat — on Monday acknowledged that U.S. farmers could take a hit from trade disputes with China but said they will ultimately “understand” why the confrontation is necessary. — “But if we do a deal with China, if …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If Farmers Get Hit, They'll Understand
Junot Díaz / New Yorker:
The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma — “I never got any help, any kind of therapy. I never told anyone.” — X— Last week I returned to Amherst. It's been years since I was there, the time we met. I was hoping that you'd show up again; I even looked for you, but you didn't appear.
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Let's pay Trump to leave office … President Trump says that in many ways, the United States' infrastructure is like “a Third World country” and is an “embarrassment.” I don't often agree with our Twitter warrior in chief, but the guy's got a point. America's roads are crumbling.
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
MSNBC's Joy Reid: What If Trump Refuses To Be Arrested By Federal Marshals? — Sunday on her weekend morning program, MSNBC's Joy Reid seriously discussed a situation where President Trump refused a subpoena and would have to be arrested and put in jail until he testified before a grand jury.
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