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New York Times:
Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December — In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.
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CNN:
Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller — (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
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Don Lemon / CNN:
Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was ‘professional, courteous, respectful’ in raids, counter to Trump's depiction — New York (CNN)In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents “were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.”
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New York Times:
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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New York Times:
At the White House, Trump Takes Selfies and Seethes Over Mueller — WASHINGTON — Outside the White House, President Trump grinned for selfies with Alabama's Crimson Tide, telling the college football champions that they had beaten their rivals so brutally, “you flat-out made them quit” …
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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.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump has never been in more trouble than right now … As you've heard, federal agents raided the office and home of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer. Yet despite how rare an action it is to pierce attorney-client privilege this way, the big-picture story here seems inevitable …
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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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 …
Associated Press:
Trump axes trip amid discussions over Syria, raid on lawyer — WASHINGTON (AP) — With federal agents digging into his personal affairs, Donald Trump drove his West Wing into deeper tumult Tuesday, canceling a South American trip to consider a military strike in Syria and bidding farewell …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Are Reporters Goading Trump Into Firing Mueller When They Scream at Him Constantly About Firing Mueller? — In July 2017 New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt asked Donald Trump a leading question about whether an investigation of his personal finances …
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Targeting Trump's lawyer should worry us all
Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Feds Seek Stormy Daniels Documents Tied to Trump Organization
Feds Seek Stormy Daniels Documents Tied to Trump Organization
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen, ‘Ultimate Trump Loyalist,’ Now in the Sights of the F.B.I.
Michael Cohen, ‘Ultimate Trump Loyalist,’ Now in the Sights of the F.B.I.
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Above the Law
CNN:
FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate
FBI raid targeted records of payments to porn star, ex-Playmate
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Daily Mail:
Justice Department violated Michael Cohen's constitutional rights just by seizing his records …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Many people have said’ I should fire Mueller
Trump: ‘Many people have said’ I should fire Mueller
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged
Inside the West Wing with Trump enraged
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Cohen Raid — This is one of the rare moments in the Trump Wars …
The Cohen Raid — This is one of the rare moments in the Trump Wars …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Federal probe into Trump's lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president
Federal probe into Trump's lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: It's time to vote on legislation protecting Mueller
Schumer: It's time to vote on legislation protecting Mueller
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE — Jim Jordan: Sessions, Rosenstein ‘Need To Be Held Accountable’
EXCLUSIVE — Jim Jordan: Sessions, Rosenstein ‘Need To Be Held Accountable’
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Raw Story
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Trump believes he has power to fire Mueller
White House: Trump believes he has power to fire Mueller
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New York Times:
Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers' Political Clout — Last month, a friend of the wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer arrived at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters. His task: Find out what — if anything — could repair relations between Facebook, the world's biggest social media company …
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Zuckerberg hearing: Grasping — and grasping for — tech terms
Zuckerberg hearing: Grasping — and grasping for — tech terms
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New York Times:
Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Messages
Facebook Data Collected by Quiz App Included Private Messages
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New York Times:
Fact Check: What Mark Zuckerberg Is Saying About Facebook, Data and Elections
Fact Check: What Mark Zuckerberg Is Saying About Facebook, Data and Elections
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Bustle
Associated Press:
The Latest: Zuckerberg says Facebook has seen no falloff
The Latest: Zuckerberg says Facebook has seen no falloff
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Rebekah Mercer Asked Facebook For An Independent Investigation Into Cambridge Analytica
Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:
A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
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Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London — The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. — It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Fox offices in London raided by European Commission investigators
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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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: John Bolton urged Trump to cancel trip abroad
The Latest: John Bolton urged Trump to cancel trip abroad
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One America News Network
Michael Casagrande / al.com:
How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think
How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think
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The Daily Caller
Emily Holden / Politico:
Exclusive: EPA removes staffer who OK'd report on Pruitt's security — EPA removed a career staffer Tuesday who approved an internal report that undermined Administrator Scott Pruitt's claims that he needed around-the-clock bodyguards and other expensive security protection …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump ‘asked me to switch parties’ … Donald Trump was still weeks away from being sworn in as president when, according to one Democratic senator, he was already trying to get her to defect to the Republicans. — “When I visited with him in Trump Tower …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Military Strike on Syria Will Be Illegal … With much of the world bracing for Donald Trump's new missile strikes on Syria, the president's legal authority to attack Bashar Assad is conspicuously AWOL. — Assad isn't subject to either of the two authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 to bless the use of military force.
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Russia-linked account pushed fake Hillary Clinton sex video — A pornographic video that falsely claimed to show Hillary Clinton engaged in a sex act has been traced back to an account that Reddit acknowledged on Tuesday is linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency.
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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump to host GOP leaders for dinner after Mueller attacks — President Donald Trump will host Republican leaders for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night, according to three sources familiar with the matter. — The dinner has been in the works for several days and was being planned …
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Facebook told two women their pro-Trump videos were ‘unsafe’ … Two sisters famous for praising President Trump say Facebook has deemed their videos dangerous. — Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson are better known as “Diamond and Silk” to their hundreds of thousands of fans — one of whom is Trump.
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