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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Search of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen's Office: What We Can Infer Immediately — The Very Big News of the day: FBI Agents raided the law office of Michael Cohen, President Trump's lawyer who was involved in payment of $130,000 to adult performer “Stormy Daniels” for a nondisclosure agreement.
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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.”


FBI executes ‘series of search warrants,’ raids Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's office
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FBI raid targets Trump attorney Michael Cohen, under scrutiny over Stormy Daniels payments
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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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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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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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Exclusive: As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump's party
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GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority
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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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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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‘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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Fox News host slams incorrect reports saying graphic showed network is least trusted
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Fox News Host: Graphic Posted at Wrong Point of Show
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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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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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The past 48 hours of big Syria news, explained — Why Trump might be about to attack Syria — again. — Syria used chemical weapons against its own citizens, killing at least 42 adults and children. President Donald Trump threatened a military response in a tweet, vowing …
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Trump to Decide Soon Whether to Retaliate for ‘Barbaric Act’ in Syria
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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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David Hogg will take a gap year before college to work on the midterm elections
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‘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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DACA recipients fight for in-state tuition … Arizona colleges can't give in-state tuition to young immigrants covered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday. — The court issued a brief decision order saying justices unanimously agreed …
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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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Bots in the Twittersphere — The role of so-called social media “bots” - automated accounts capable of posting content or interacting with other users with no direct human involvement - has been the subject of much scrutiny and attention in recent years. These accounts can play a valuable part …
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Most Links to Popular Sites on Twitter Come From Bots
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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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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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Trump: If Farmers Get Hit, They'll Understand — Notable moment in President Trump's remarks a few moments ago. If China enacts tariffs that harm US farmers, they'll understand, he said. Because they're “patriots.” — “When we do a deal with China - which probably we will …
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Trump: Farmers will understand if they get hurt in China trade spat
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A journalist's family says the Assad regime assassinated her. Here's the evidence. … The war correspondent Marie Colvin spent her career witnessing terrible things and then telling the world about them. She was known for going to places that others wouldn't, talking to people who were usually ignored …
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White House has no plan for countering Comey — Former FBI Director James Comey is about to return to the national spotlight with the release of his memoir next week — but the White House is doing little to prepare for the onslaught, according to two officials.
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Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It — What would you say is harder: appearing in two concurrent Broadway shows when you were a full-time college student, or running for governor of New York State when most people know you only from “Sex and the City”? I think that running for office …
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