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Raid on Trump's Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer on Monday were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Sitting There Bitching and Moaning”: Inside Trumpworld, Allies Fear the Boss Could Go Postal and Fire Mueller — Trump's friends say the president is “dry tinder” awaiting a match. Meanwhile, his latest hires are already creating new management nightmares for John Kelly.
Ken White / New York Times:
Why the F.B.I. Raid Is Perilous for Michael Cohen — and Trump — After a year of almost weekly revelations about Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, even indictments and guilty pleas of campaign officials have grown familiar. It's not that the special counsel …
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FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate — Washington (CNN)The FBI raid on President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen sought information that included payments allegedly made to keep women silent about affairs with Trump more than a decade ago.
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
US Attorney, Trump appointee, recused from Michael Cohen investigation — ABC News has learned that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation. — Two sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News Berman …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged — Sources close to the president say that a political dispute with special counsel Robert Mueller has turned visceral and personal after the feds' raid on the New York offices of Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and fixer.
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Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Feds Seek Stormy Daniels Documents Tied to Trump Organization — Request comes in connection with FBI raids of lawyer Michael Cohen — Federal prosecutors in New York asked the Trump Organization, President Donald Trump's flagship company, for records relating to a $130,000 payment …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Cohen Raid — This is one of the rare moments in the Trump Wars where everybody is right. The raid on Michael Cohen's office is a big deal. For much — but not all — of the MAGA crowd, this is the last straw, a rogue prosecutor violating the cherished rights of a citizen, never mind the president.
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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Lots of Mueller action, but what about collusion? — Remember collusion? The allegation that Donald Trump and his aides coordinated or conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 presidential election is, and has always been, the heart of the Trump-Russia investigation.
John Santucci / ABC News:
President Trump ‘less inclined’ to sit down with special counsel for interview after raid on personal attorney: Sources
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Targeting Trump's lawyer should worry us all
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Michael Cohen Has a Big Problem
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CNN:
Trump ‘certainly believes he has the power’ to fire Mueller, White House says
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Melanie Schmitz / ThinkProgress:
The other woman central to the FBI raid on Trump's lawyer
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Grassley: ‘It would be suicide’ for Trump to talk of Mueller firing
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
What's a guy gotta do to get impeached in Trump's out-of-control America? | Will Bunch
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Top Trump economic adviser looking for the exits
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Alleged Affairs Become a Legal Threat After Raid on His Lawyer
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
FBI Raid on Michael Cohen Is the Most Dangerous Day of Donald Trump's Life
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Trump must beware the Cohen trap
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagram — A visual of how it all fits together. — There is a complicated web of relationships that explains how the Trump campaign, via the help of a political consulting firm, was able to harvest raw data …
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Zuckerberg Gaslights Congress
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Andrew Harrer / CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
T.J. Miller Arrested for Allegedly Calling in a Fake Bomb Threat — The former ‘Silicon Valley’ star was released on a $100,000 bond. — Todd Joseph “T.J.” Miller was taken into custody Monday night at LaGuardia Airport, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed.
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Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:
The Trump Russia probe is expanding, as Mueller looks into new meetings in Seychelles: exclusive — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean …
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Sam Reilly / ABC News:
Tennessee college student defends her gun-toting ‘graduation’ photo — Amid a youth-driven gun control debate that has swarmed social media, a college senior in Tennessee is defending the provocative photo she posted of her packing a handgun with the caption, “I don't take normal graduation photos ...”
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Bloomberg:
Trump Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert to Resign — Tom Bossert advised president on cybersecurity, hurricanes — Had served in White House since Trump's inauguration — President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, will resign at the request …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns
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Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Under Trump, a voice for the American consumer goes silent — NEW YORK (AP) — In the 135 days since the Trump administration took control of the nation's consumer watchdog agency, it has not recorded a single enforcement action against banks, credit card companies, debt collectors or any finance companies whatsoever.
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Russia has figured out how to jam U.S. drones in Syria, officials say — WASHINGTON — The Russian military has been jamming some U.S. military drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operations, according to four U.S. officials.
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Sinclair TV chairman to Trump: ‘We are here to deliver your message’ — The rightwing broadcaster met Trump at the White House to pitch a potentially lucrative new product to officials … The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group met Donald Trump at the White House during a visit to pitch …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle — As a sharply partisan Republican member of Congress, CIA Director Mike Pompeo tormented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her response to the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, which Pompeo called “morally reprehensible.”
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Harvard University:
Institute of Politics Spring 2018 Youth Poll — Spring 2018 marks the 35th National Youth Poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School examining the political opinions and civic engagement of young Americans ages 18 to 29. Since its conception …
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Hannah Allam / BuzzFeed:
State And Local Republican Officials Have Been Bashing Muslims. We Counted. — A BuzzFeed News analysis found that Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, and few have faced repercussions. — Talal Ansari
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Failures of Anti-Trumpism — WACO, Tex. — Over the past year, those of us in the anti-Trump camp have churned out billions of words critiquing the president. The point of this work is to expose the harm President Trump is doing, weaken his support and prevent him from doing worse.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Fox News giving bigger role to ex-Bush aide Perino — NEW YORK (AP) — When Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg made the media rounds in advance of Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony this week, it was a telling sign that Dana Perino was chosen to question her for Fox News Channel.
Itay Hod / The Wrap:
SlimFast Is 21st Sponsor to Drop Laura Ingraham's Show After David Hogg Uproar — Ingraham returned to Fox News on Monday, but the fallout isn't over — SlimFast became the 21st company to say it will no longer advertise on Laura Ingraham's show, one day after she returned to Fox News …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Queen Elizabeth likens Trump to noisy helicopter — Queen Elizabeth II is comparing President Trump — to a noisy helicopter, quipping that the commander in chief goes “round and round when you want to talk.” — The British monarch made the crack while filming a documentary …
Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
One of America's least-favorite candies is suddenly its most sought after. Here's why. … Word that the country's oldest continuously operating candy company might shut down has people suddenly hoarding Necco Wafers, despite the candy's unpopularity among, well, almost everyone.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Air Force Un’: As North Korea's leader steps onto international stage, a question over his ability to fly … With a million-man army, a bevy of intercontinental ballistic missiles and a growing nuclear arsenal, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sought to project the image of a powerful leader …
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Alison Flood / The Guardian:
The Fall of Gondolin, ‘new’ JRR Tolkien book, to be published in 2018 — Edited by his son Christopher, Tolkien's tale of a reluctant hero defending a city was written while the author was in hospital after the Battle of the Somme … JRR Tolkien's The Fall of Gondolin, his tale of a beautiful …
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