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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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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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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations … Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of the case.
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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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The Daily Beast:
Feds Are Treating Michael Cohen Like a Mob Lawyer, Trump Allies Say … Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are treating Michael Cohen like he's a lawyer for the mob. That's how seasoned white collar defense attorneys describe the raid on Cohen's office, home, and hotel room conducted on April.
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 …
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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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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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’
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Ken White / Popehat:
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
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump on whether he'll fire Robert Mueller: 'We'll see what happens'
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Allstate Quietly Drops Laura Ingraham in Internal Memo to Employees (Exclusive) — Allstate is the 20th advertiser to drop Ingraham, who returns to Fox News tonight — Laura Ingraham's return to Fox News tonight doesn't mark the end of her bad news: Allstate insurance has quietly dropped Ingraham's show …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Conservative TV Host's Show Canceled After Threatening to 'Ram a Hot Poker Up David Hogg's Ass'
Brandon Griggs / CNN:
David Hogg will take a gap year before college to work on the midterm elections
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Janelle O'Dea / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Jamie Allman lands in hot water with tweet about hot poker
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Goes on Marathon Rant Questioning Whether Assad Is Behind Attack in Syria — Tucker Carlson embarked on a nearly 10-minute diatribe to kick off his Monday night show, railing against those condemning the Bashar al-Assad regime for its alleged chlorine attack on a town in Syria.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump to Decide Soon Whether to Retaliate for ‘Barbaric Act’ in Syria
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Washington Post:
Regional tensions soar in Syria as Trump threatens to strike and Iranians die in an attack
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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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CNN:
Tammy Duckworth gives birth, first US senator to do so while in office
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Tammy Duckworth Becomes First Sitting U.S. Senator to Give Birth
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The Guardian
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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
A Second Paul Manafort Associate Has Turned on Him … Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has trouble in his own house. According to court documents, one of Manafort's former employees led an FBI agent to a storage locker filled with paperwork on Manafort's businesses and finances.
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
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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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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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Associated Press:
China's president promises to cut auto import tariff — BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping has promised to cut China's auto import tariffs and ease restrictions on foreign ownership in its auto industry amid an escalating tariff spat with Washington. — In a speech Tuesday at a business conference …
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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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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
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Wall Street Journal:
Lawyer's Office Is Unusual Target for Federal Agents — Typically, attorney-client communications are protected from disclosure — The Manhattan law office of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, made for an unusual target for federal agents, who raided it Monday morning.
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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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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Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
Organizers try to keep overweight people from joining a Dutch military parade … It is meant to be a somber event, an opportunity to celebrate incredible bravery in the face of evil. — But this time around, it has sparked a debate on fat-shaming. — Each year, people gather …
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The Guardian
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
He scored a political upset that shocked Washington. But is it Rep. Dave Brat's turn for a shock? … MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — As an unknown economics professor, Dave Brat personified the grass-roots revolution that shook the Republican Party four years ago when he dethroned House Majority Leader Eric Cantor …
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